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North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival
Forsters Farm, Orange
Chestnut Hill Road
September 20–21
10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Come enjoy the agricultural, artistic and cultural bounty of the region in a landscape of protected farms and hills. Stop by the Mount Grace booth for updates on land protection around the region and for a book signing with local author/photographer John Burk.
Gale Farm Benefit Sale
Trail Head Store, Orange
1 South Main Street
Saturday, September 27
10:00 AM–6:00 PM
Trail Head owners Paul and Brenda Anderson have offered to donate 20% of their proceeds from a one day sale to benefit the Gale Farm project. Mount Grace staff will be on hand to answer questions about the farm. Trail Head sells a range of outdoor equipment and gifts, including folding and inflatable kayaks, camping gear, maps, guides, bird houses, garden items, gourmet foods and chocolates.
Annual Meeting [get more information]
Bascom Hollow Farm, Gill
Bascom Hollow Road
Saturday, October 18
11:00 AM–2:00 PM
$25 per ticket
Join fellow Mount Grace members at the annual meeting. The program includes author and local landowner Brian Donahue speaking on conservation and farming. A buffet lunch will be provided after the election of new board members. There will be a pre-meeting hike around the farm, an APR project facilitated by Mount Grace.
Volunteer Workday
Skyfields Arboretum, Athol
1461 Old Keene Road
Saturday, November 8
10:00 AM–3:00 PM
Experience the outdoors at Skyfields and help us make it more enjoyable for others. We need active people to help with pruning and invasives removal as well as maintenance of the grounds and trails. Please bring work gloves. Food will be provided.
For more information, to register for an event,
or for rain dates, please contact David Kotker
at (978) 248-2043 ext. 19 or email:
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