Join us for our annual online auction, taking place March 1–31, 2026, and bid on an exciting array of fun, unique, and one-of-a-kind items—all while supporting two mission-driven organizations. Each year, we bring together extraordinary experiences and exclusive offerings generously donated by our community partners. Past contributors have included the Museum of American Bird Art, […]
Spring 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together One Thursday per month. One essay per meeting. March 19: A Natural History of Massachusetts Register Other Reading Group sessions: April 16: Moon and Moonlight May 21: A Walk to Wachusett June 18: Slavery in Massachusetts At Thoreau Farm, 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 6:00 pm - […]
After traveling to more than 100 countries in pursuit of rare birds, Peter Alden has accumulated a lifetime of remarkable stories. Beginning in the 1960s—long before nature travel and birding tourism were widely popular—he led groups of adventurous travelers to remote corners of the globe, from tented safaris to small-boat expeditions across all seven continents […]
THIS EVENT WAS RESCHEDULED FROM FEBRUARY 15 Register Mycologist and author of Fascinating Fungi of New England, Fungipedia, Lawrence Millman, will be the foray leader on a mushroom identification walk in Hapgood-Wright Forest. Scheduled this year to NOT conflict with the Super Bowl, the Super Cup Fungus Foray offers much excitement for those with a sporting spirit. […]
Spring 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together One Thursday per month. One essay per meeting. April 16: Moon and Moonlight Register Other Reading Group sessions: March 19: A Natural History of Massachusetts May 21: A Walk to Wachusett June 18: Slavery in Massachusetts At Thoreau Farm, 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 6:00 pm - […]
Register to Attend Join us for an inspiring evening exploring the entrepreneurial spirit of one of America’s most original minds: Henry David Thoreau.** Best known for his reflections on simple living and principled resistance, Thoreau is rarely recognized for something equally compelling—his sharp business instincts and inventive professional life. In this dynamic author talk, bestselling […]
Register to Attend Before 1910, the American chestnut was one of the most common—and cherished—trees in the eastern United States. Its rot-resistant wood framed barns and fences; its abundant nuts fed wildlife, livestock, and families. Then a blight fungus arrived, and within decades the species was functionally extinct across its native range—an ecological catastrophe and a cultural […]
Spring 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together One Thursday per month. One essay per meeting. May 21: A Walk to Wachusett Register Other Reading Group sessions: April 16: Moon and Moonlight March 19: A Natural History of Massachusetts June 18: Slavery in Massachusetts At Thoreau Farm, 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 6:00 pm - […]
Spring 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together One Thursday per month. One essay per meeting. June 18: Slavery in Massachusetts Register Other Reading Group sessions: April 16: Moon and Moonlight March 19: A Natural History of Massachusetts May 21: A Walk to Wachusett At Thoreau Farm, 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 6:00 pm - […]
Living Well: Thoreau, Health, and Flourishing “Nature is but another name for health,” Thoreau wrote in “Huckleberries,” an essay he left unpublished at his death at age 44 from tuberculosis. Thoreau celebrated health even as he battled his final illness. He found ways to flourish in spite of a body, and a society, that was […]