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Tag: Skyfields Arboretum

  • Saturday, January 24, 9:30 am – 12:00 noon – Environmental Education Network

    For all interested in engaging children in nature-based and experiential learning, Mount Grace invites you to a local environmental education network event on Saturday, January 24, from 9:30 – noon at the Mount Grace office, Skyfields Arboretum, 1461 Old Keene Road in Athol.  This is a forum for sharing successes and challenges, discussing curriculum development needs, brainstorming topics for future workshops, and talking about subject matter with the experts.  There will also be a winter lesson demonstration.  Opportunities to volunteer with Mount Grace as curriculum consultants or outdoor lesson chaperones are also available.  Coffee and snacks will be served.  RSVP to Martine at service_americorps@mountgrace.org, or to David Kotker at 978-248-2055, x 19.

  • Tuesday, October 16, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Autumn Naturalist Walk

    Join North Quabbin Trails Association president Bobby Curley and Athol Bird & Nature Club naturalist Allen Young for a look at two outdoor gems, on Tuesday, October 16 from 9 – 1. The group will meet at the Millers River Environmental Center, 100 Main Street in Athol, and proceed by shuttle bus to Skyfields Arboretum, the headquarters of Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust, for a walkabout of the arboretum and information about Mount Grace. Then the group will head on to S. Royalston and the brand new P+P loop trail, a short, easy walk along the just-developed eight-mile Millers/Baquaq River trail, before returning to the Center. Please register with Curley at atphocon@yahoo.com. This event is cosponsored by ABNC, NQTA, MGLCT, Americorps and the Athol Council on Aging.