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  • Saturday, December 5 – Sunday, December 6 – Country Roads Christmas

    On December 5th and 6th 2009, a number of local country stores in the Quabbin Reservoir area are teaming again for the annual Christmas in the Country Weekend. Each offer the area’s seasonal products and flavors in an authentic, friendly, and relaxing atmosphere.  Feel the holiday warmth and charm of local shops where folks are truly glad you came by!  Complimentary light refreshments are available at each stop.

    Local participants with a horticultural bent include The Kitchen Garden, 268 Baldwinville Road in Templeton, Whiting Farm on Route 2A in Phillipston, Down to Earth Nursery, 450 Royalston Road in Phillipston, Popple Camp Alpacas, Route 101, Phillipston, Carter & Stevens Farm, 500 West Street, Route 122 in Barre, and Hartman’s Herb Farm, 1026 Old Dana Road in Barre.  If you are not familiar with this historic part of central Massachusetts, you are in for a treat.

    For complete information, email Jessie at jjdcdug@comcast.net, or log on to www.countryroadschristmas.com.

  • Sunday, July 26, 10:00 a.m. – Botanize Hartman Recreational Park

    Field trips are a long standing tradition of the Connecticut Botanical Society.  They provide an opportunity to learn about plants and habitats from some the area’s most knowledgeable botanists, and an opportunity to share your own knowledge with others.  The trips also add to the bank of knowledge of New England flora.  On each field trip. a list is made of all plant species identified, and this list becomes part of the Society’s records.  The Connecticut Botanical Society encourages the gardening public to participate in the botanizing of Hartman Recreational Park in Lyme, Connecticut, led by Carol Lemmon, President of CBS.  This 300-acre park with 10 miles of trails meanders through swamps, marshes, around a beaver pond, under power line cuts, and unusual rock formations.  There are archeological sites dating from the American Revolution.  For field trips, wear sturdy footwear and bring a lunch.  Sunscreen and insect repellant are also recommended.  For plant identification, you may wish to bring a field guide(s), a hand lens, and a small notebook.  Familiarity with plant taxonomy is helpful, but not required.  No pre-registration is required.  Free to CBS members.  Non-members must pay a $15 fee, which includes a one-year membership in CBS, and entitles you to join future trips this season at no additional cost.  For more information and directions, call 203-484-0134, or log on to www.ct-botanical-society.org.