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  • Through Sunday, October 4, 2026 – Nature Sanctuary at the deCordova Museum

    In June 2025 deCordova opened Nature Sanctuary, an outdoor exhibition that explores relationships between the natural world and ideas of home. Spanning the Sculpture Park’s front lawn and beyond, this exhibition features original, site-inspired commissions and loans by six women artists: Venetia Dale, Kapwani Kiwanga, Joiri Minaya, Zohra Opoku, Kathy Ruttenberg, and Evelyn Rydz. The exhibit will remain on view through October 4, 2026.

    The artworks of Nature Sanctuary express refuge, care, and shared protective relationship between humans and the natural world.  Through their work, these artists consider past, present, and future ramifications of climate change, as well as deeper histories of land use and the migration of people, plants, and animals across homelands. Their projects also reveal contradictions inherent to a “nature sanctuary” and expose how the exclusion or displacement of living beings has been justified to protect the natural world.

    Nature Sanctuary is framed by deCordova’s former identity as a family home and the museum’s present-day integration within The Trustees. As Massachusetts’ largest and the nation’s first conservation and preservation nonprofit, The Trustees protects more than 120 special places, as well as countless plants and animals. The exhibition deepens awareness of deCordova’s “more than human” landscape and its unique ecological and geological features. Programming and interpretation led by environmental caretakers will center these interconnections of art and place. The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is located at 51 Sandy Pond Road in Lincoln, and more information may be found at https://thetrustees.org/exhibit/nature-sanctuary/

  • Saturdays, September 6 – 27, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – City Natives Nursery Fall Plant Sale

    The Trustees of Reservations and City Natives announce the return of the Fall Plant Sale on Saturdays in September at 30 Edgewater Drive in Mattapan. Pick up resilient varieties of native perennials, trees, shrubs and fruit trees along with garden supplies, locally grown garlic, and straw, Proceeds support The Trustees’ network of Boston Community Gardens.

  • Saturday, August 9, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm – City Natives Tree ID Walk

    Join The Trustees and City Natives on August 9 at 11 am for a free Tree ID Walk. Meet at 30 Edgewater Drive in Mattapan. Learn the basics of tree identification with City Natives’ urban grower Lacey along the Neponset River. More information at https://thetrustees.org/SeedSow

  • Saturday, July 12, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Edible Native Plants

    Join Urban Grower Lacey for a taste of native flora with The Trustees on Saturday, July 12 from 11 – 12:30. Learn about sustainable food systems and the local edible plants that used to– and could again– feed the northeast. The program will be held at City Natives, 30 Edgewater Drive in Mattapan. It’s free. Street parking is available and the nursery is a short walk from the Mattapan Center Red Line Trolley station. Directions and more information at https://thetrustees.org/event/440973/

  • Sunday, June 22, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Season Opening, Charlesgate Farmers Market

    Join The Charlesgate Alliance and the Charlesgate Farmers Market on Sundays, June 22 – October 12, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, for the popular Farmers Market. Support local farmers, small businesses, and musicians. Entering its second year, the event has been a success and fills a community need for fresh food and friendship.

  • Thursday, June 12, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Juneteenth Celebration at Nightingale Garden

    Come celebrate Black history and liberation in the Nightingale Garden! Cohosted by The Trustees of Reservations, Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation, Egleston Main Street, and Dorchester Food Coop. The event takes place Thursday, June 12 from 5:30 – 7:30 at Nightingale Garden, 512 Park Street in Boston. For complete details visit https://thetrustees.org/event/440287/

  • Tuesdays, June 3 – June 24, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Eastern – About Fostering Land Trust Engagement in Urban Communities, Online

    This 4-part Zoom series, co-sponsored by MLTC and The Trustees, is intended for staff and board members from land trusts interested in initiating or expanding work in urban/developed parts of their service areas. Covers five topic areas, lots of participant interaction, and includes an associated field trip in July. Cost: $20 MLTC members, $35 non-members. One registration covers all participants within your organization for all four weeks.

    Each week, speakers from Massachusetts land trusts will share examples of their work in five different topic areas, delving into issues such as their motivations for the project, the relationships they needed to build, considerations for working on land that is owned by partners, and benefits and challenges they’ve experienced. They will also describe lessons learned, recommendations for successful partnerships, and funding sources that may be particular to urban work. They hope to demonstrate that with the right motivation and preparation, any sized land trust can embark on similar work. Each week will offer plenty of time for questions from attendees. For complete information and to register visit https://thetrustees.org/event/440353/

  • Thursday, May 22 & Saturday, May 24, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – City Natives Spring Plant Sale

    The City Natives Nursery 2024 spring plant sale is here! Pre-orders open at https://bit.ly/citynativesplantsale

    We will have a wide selection of seedlings including annual vegetables, herbs, and cut flowers, as well as native herbaceous perennials and woody plants for sale.

    The 2025 plant sale will include pre-orders and in-person shopping. Pre-orders are open now (using link above) for pick up mid-May. Vegetable supply is limited- pre-order to ensure availability.

    City Natives, part of The Trustees of Reservations, is located at 30 Edgewater St in Mattapan, a short walk from the Mattapan Square trolley station. There is limited parking available on site.

    Pre-order pick up dates: May 8, 10, 15, 17 from 9am-3pm

    In-person shopping: May 22 and 24 from 9am-3pm

    We accept cash, credit, and debit for in person sales. If you show your EBT card we can offer a 50% discount on vegetable plant sales.

  • Thursdays through Sundays, April 18 – May 11 – Naumkeag Daffodil & Tulip Festival

    The Daffodil & Tulip Festival at Naumkeag returns for its 6th year on Thursdays through Sundays, April 18 – May ll. Stroll through the 8 acres of the Trustees’ world-renowned gardens artfully decorated with daffodil, tulip and minor bulbs as we celebrate the return of Spring to the Berkshires. The 48 acre estate in the heart of Stockbridge will come to life with the colors and spirit of spring. There will be a plant sale, food, and refreshements for sale on site. Advanced purchase of timed tickets is required – tickets will not be sold on site. Member adults $15, nonmembers $25, children FREE. To learn more, reserve tickets, and for more information on parking and weather cancellations visit https://thetrustees.org/event/427419/

  • Powisset Farm and Noanet Woodlands Abutting Land To Be Saved

    The Trustees of Reservations are thrilled to announce a major conservation milestone. Together with Hale Education @hale.1918 and the Dover Land Conservation Trust @doverlandtrust, conservation restrictions were submitted to protect over 1,100 acres in Dover and Westwood. The effort will protect one of the largest contiguous privately-owned tracts of land in the Boston metro region for many decades.

    Hale’s land abuts two properties owned by The Trustees – the 109-acre Powisset Farm @powissetfarm and the 595-acre Noanet Woodlands (pictured below), as well as lands protected by the Dover Land Conservation Trust, and the towns of Dover and Westwood.

    A conservation restriction is a method to permanently protect environmental values and limit the ways privately-owned land can be used, forever. The conservation restrictions are currently under programmatic and legal review by the state’s Division of Conservation Services in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. The project is anticipated to be completed by July 2025.

    Learn more here: https://thetrustees.org/press-release/the-trustees-hale-education-and-dlct-reach-major-milestone-in-conservation-of-more-than-1100-acres/