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  • Wednesday, June 14, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (new time) – Violet Riot: Bradley in Bloom

    You are cordially invited to attend the public opening of an exciting new horticultural experience at The Trustees.  Thanks to an exclusive partnership with renowned plant breeding firm Proven Winners, the Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate’s Formal Garden will host a summer long display of arresting annuals, provocative perennials, and showy shrubs.  Entitled Violet Riot: Bradley in Bloom, the display garden is designed to celebrate the long legacy of gardening at this historic estate with a vibrant new color palette featuring a mix of purple and chartreuse plantings designed to bloom throughout the spring into the early fall.The evening (Wednesday, June 14, 6 – 8) will include  a hands on workshop featuring design tips & winning plant combos. John Gaydos, Director of Product Development and Promotion, Proven Winners will present at this exciting special event opening of the newly restored formal garden at the Bradley Estate.  The program will include music and light refreshments. The address is 2468 Washington Street in Canton, the event is $9 for members of the Trustees, $15 for nonmembers. Register at www.thetrustees.org.

  • Saturday, March 18, 10:00 am – 11:00 am – Seed Starting

    Learn how to start your own seeds and plan your garden for the coming season at the FARM Institute, Aero Avenue, Edgartown, in Martha’s Vineyard on Saturday, March 18 at 10 am.

    This Trustees of Reservations program will include:

    Planning the garden
    Choosing varieties
    Creating a seed plan (& how to plan for seed saving)
    Transplanting and hardening off
    Companion planting and crop rotation

    Each participant will take home four six packs of seedlings. $9 for members of the Trustees, $15 for nonmembers. Register online at http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/cape-cod-islands/event-29344.html?

  • Saturday, March 18, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – 42nd Annual Gardeners’ Gathering

    The Trustees and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh present the 42nd Annual Gardeners’ Gathering on Saturday, March 18 from 11 – 4 at Northeaster University’s Shillman Hall.  Free and open to all, The Gardeners’ Gathering brings together over 400 gardeners to kick off Boston’s gardening season. The Gardeners’ Gathering is the city’s largest educational forum for urban gardeners, and an opportunity for people to share ideas, network, and learn.

    **Special guest speaker LaDonna Redmond, food justice activist**

    **Over 2 dozen skill building and community organizing workshops**

    **Boston environmental, agricultural, and community exhibitors**

    The Gardeners’ Gathering offers more than two-dozen skill-building workshops for both vegetable and ornamental gardeners, with an emphasis on healthy practices for urban gardens. Topics range from seed starting, composting, fermentation, and urban beekeeping to community and youth organizing. Attendees will also be able to interact with exhibitors from Boston-area agriculture, gardening, and environmental organizations.

    Special guest speaker LaDonna Redmond will address “Food and Justice–feeding ourselves in uncertain times” during the noon plenary and will participate in a roundtable discussion during the workshop sessions about food justice as a movement toward liberation, and ending oppression in our food system and beyond.

    For more information visit http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/greater-boston/event-29688.html

  • Thursday, February 23, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm – From the Farm Kettle: Stews

    Join Appleton Cooks! and chef Carolyn Grieco on Thursday, February 23 from 6 – 8:30 for our winter culinary workshop  on Stews at Appleton Farms in Hamilton and Ipswich, Massachusetts. With seasonal ingredients as our inspiration, this class bring together the farm’s winter bounty and professional chef instruction to inspire, improve, and support your culinary endeavors at home.

    This culinary series features hearty stews and homemade bread making skills. We’ll cover culinary techniques & kitchen tips as we prepare seasonal recipes perfect for the long chilly winter season! Hands-on cooking, chef instruction, printed recipe booklet, and a warming meal of fresh hearth-baked bread and steaming stew.  You can expect to roll up your sleeves and learn as we cook together then enjoy a sumptuous shared meal at the end of the workshop. BYOB beer or wine is allowed.

    Recipes to include dishes such as:

    Pot-Roasted Chicken Stew with Garlic, Wine, & Root Veggies

    3-Grain Sunflower Rolls

    Vegetarian Winter Squash & Black Bean Chili

    Fee for members of Trustees of Reservations: $60, nonmembers $75. For more information about Appleton Cooks! and similar events please visit http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/north-shore/event-29854.html?.  Image from www.twohealthykitchens.com.

  • Saturday, February 18, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Urban Homesteading Festival

    The homesteading movement is all about self-sufficiency, characterized by growing and preserving food, and conjuring up images of greenhouses, gardens, and cellars filled with dusty jars. But what about us city-dwellers? How can we move towards self-sufficiency and embrace this movement without packing up and moving to rural America?

    The KITCHEN at The Boston Public Market, Slow Food Boston, and The Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) are jointly hosting The Urban Homesteading Festival on Saturday, February 18th from 11 – 4 at The KITCHEN at the Boston Public Market, 100 Hanover Street, to train Boston urbanites how to modify traditional homesteading techniques to work in an urban setting. The Conference will showcase six different topics. Session topics will include stocks & bone broth, food preservation techniques, home brewing, urban gardening, home made cheese, and working with herbs. Each session will be led by a leading expert who will walk attendees through the steps to making each product at home. Sessions will include demonstrations, tastes of finished products, and time for Q&A. Bring a notebook and prepare to learn A LOT. Each hour-long session will be packed with tips and tricks, recipes, and answers to all your burning questions. $28 – $48 – register online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/urban-homesteading-festival-tickets-31082660073?aff=PR

  • Saturday, February 4, 10:00 am – 6:30 pm – Root + Reboot Wellness Festival

    Kick-start 2017 at the Root + Reboot Wellness Festival in The KITCHEN at the Boston Public Market on Saturday, February 4th. During this special day-long event you will connect with local wellness leaders, nourish your body, mind and spirit, and develop a customized daily gratitude and wellness practice to sustain you in the new year.

    Sweat + taste + learn + meet + calm your mind with friends and neighbors in this unique wellness event in the heart of Boston.

    We’ve got a STACKED day of fun, tasty and restorative experiences for you to enjoy:

    10:00-10:45 pm | Kick It w/ Eliza Shirazi
    10:45-11:15 am | Fitness Q&A with Kick It Instructors & Jennifer Hanway
    11:45-12:45 pm | Superfood Society: Superfoods can be Affordable & Local w/ Jennifer Hanway (pictured)
    1:00-2:15 pm | Revitalize + Revisit Your Mid-Winter Meal Prep with Yvette Taylor
    2:45-4:00 pm | De-Stress + Restful Sleep and Guided Meditation with Sara DeVillo
    4:30-6:30 pm | Tastes of the Market, Seasonal Cocktails & Meet the Instructors

    Join us for one or two sessions or have a full day of wellness. End the day by mingling with Root+Reboot instructors, sampling healthy winter offerings from the Boston Public Market, and sipping seasonal cocktails crafted by Jennifer Hanway and made with market ingredients.

    This event is hosted by The Trustees of Reservations, a founding partner of the Boston Public Market and a member-supported nonprofit conservation organization that preserves and cares for some of Massachusetts’ most treasured natural, scenic, and historic sites for public use and enjoyment. Our passion is to connect more people to outdoor recreation, culture, agriculture, and healthy, active living by using our properties and our annual programs as a powerful and compelling platform. For tickets visit www.thetrustees.org.

    Trustees Members: $15 all sessions (does not include Tastes of the Market)
    Non-Trustees Members: $25 for 1-2 sessions (does not include Tastes of the Market)
    Non-Trustees Members: $35 for 3+ sessions (does not include Tastes of the Market)
    Tastes of the Market add-on: $10 (includes one cocktail ticket)

  • Sunday, September 18, 12:00 noon – 3:00 pm – Opening Reception with Jeppe Hein: A New End

    Jeppe Hein, a Berlin and Copenhagen-based artist, often combines elements of humor with the traditions of minimalism and conceptual art in his work. At Trustees of Reservations Hingham property World’s End, Hein will install a reflective labyrinth structure, made of mirrored posts of differing heights, whose form mimics the shape of the surrounding drumlin formations. Hein draws inspiration from the stunning natural beauty and landscape at World’s End, which features a combination of Frederick Law Olmsted-designed and natural landscapes with spectacular views of the Boston harbor and skyline.

    Visitors can walk through the labyrinth, touch the mirrored panels, and create their own photographic interpretations of “art and the landscape.” The sculpture will be installed in August and will be on view for a full year. Each season will bring a new and interesting dimension to this unique work. The Trustees will host a free (with admission) opening reception with the artist from noon to three on Sunday, September 18, 2016. For more information visit www.thetrustees.org.

  • Tuesdays, beginning September 6, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – New England Farms & Food Lecture Series

    Come to the Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate in Canton, Massachusetts and hear about sustainability, farms, food, and natural products. Let’s walk through the fields and forests. A different topic each session: wild foraging, beekeeping, and herbal medicines are among the areas we will cover with experts such as author Russ Cohen and Muddy River Herbalist Jenny Hauf (pictured – we’ll assume she’s from Wisconsin). Sponsored by the Trustees of Reservations, TTR member price $9, nonmembers $15.

  • Sunday, September 4, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm – Pasture to Plate Cheese Making Tour

    This in-depth look at Appleton Farms’ dairy operation will take you from the pastures to the cheese kitchen viewing area – and everywhere in between – to learn about how we make our delicious farm fresh cheese. Our cheesemaker will show the process in action and answer any questions you have. Finish up with a sampling of some of our products. The Sunday, September 4 program meets at our Dairy Store at 3:30 pm and there is no need to pre-register. Become a Trustees member at the farm and day of and come on the tour without charge! TTOR members $12, nonmembers $20. For directions to Appleton Farms in Hamilton and Ipswich, visit www.thetrustees.org.  Image of Appleton Farm cheeses from www.macheeseguild.org.

  • Saturday, August 27, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Mushroom Stalking

    Mushrooms are a fascinating part of the diverse habitats found in Berkshire County. Come to Bartholomew’s Cobble in Sheffield, Massachusetts on Saturday, August 27 from 10 – 12 and learn about the different varieties of mushrooms in our community and how to identify them. This Trustees of Reservations program is $5 for TTOR members, $10 for nonmembers. Sign up by calling 413-298-3239, x 3013, or email cpetrikhuff@thetrustees.org. For directions visit http://www.thetrustees.org. Image from www.dogchannel.com of a muscarinic mushroom poisonous to dogs.