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Upcoming Events
July 15:
GARDEN TOUR in Sandwich from 11 am - 3 pm.
Visit
a number of lovely private gardens in Sandwich at your leisure anytime between 11 am and 3 pm.
Tickets for the Garden Tour are available
in advance or on the day of the tour for $15.00. 508-888-6870
Children's
Programs
Check
out our great summer programs for children:
Peter Rabbit’s
Friends
ages 4-5
Discoverers
grades 1 - 3
Explorers
grades 4 - 8
Family
Programs
Night Walks
on the Full Moon
Now that spring has arrived, the monthly full moon walks begin
again at Green Briar. Walk by the light of the "Buck Moon" on
Tuesday, July 7 at 8pm. Join the naturalist
looking and listening for signs of night animals along the
wooded trails of the Briar Patch. These popular walks are
always fun and suitable for adults and children ages 4 and up.
Adult Programs
Nature
Walking Club
Wednesdays at 1pm
Adult Recreational Programs at East Sandwich Game Farm
ongoing
WILDFLOWERS…as perfume, food & medicine
Members: $5 per session
Non-members: $8 per session
Join ethnobotanist Sharon Ackland in the Shirley G. Cross Wildflower
Garden at Green Briar for a garden tour and informal lecture on
historical and modern day uses of wildflower plants. Sessions meet
from 1:00 – 2:00pm.
Friday, JULY 10
Wildflower Perfumes
Garden
Series - Grow Plants for Scent, Flavor & Healing
Members:$20
Non-Members: $25
Roses:
Delight in the richly fragrant palette of summer roses. Review wild Cape
landscape species, as well as old-fashioned "antiques" to plant for
perfume and cosmetic-making (eg, damask, bourbon, cabbage roses). Learn
growth requirements. Watch a rose pruning demonstration. Learn how to
distill blossoms for rosewater, rose honey, petal perfume and milk of
roses.
Tuesday, JULY 7
1:00-3:00pm
SLIDE PRESENTATIONS ON A SUMMER’S EVENING
OUTER MOST HOUSE -
This slide show,
narrated on tape by Colonel Eugene S. Clark, details his friendship with
Henry Beston and the locals of the Cape Cod classic Beston authored.
Wednesday, JULY 29 at 7:00pm
Members: Free Non-members: $5
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The
Thornton Burgess Society is happy to offer
Recreational Programs
for adults Spring through Fall at the East Sandwich Game
Farm. Join our Resident
Naturalist, Jonathan Gottsche, for these walks, talks and
paddling events at this appealing location.
More
info & schedule
PLAN YOUR OWN
PRIVATE JAM CLASS:
Get
together a group of 6 or more friends for your own private jam class.
Call the office for details 508-888-6870 Mary or Andrea
- or - join one of our regularly scheduled adult or family jam
workshops.
Jam Workshops
Articles from our
June
E-Newsletter
Pumpkinseed Sunfish
Around the Pond
by Mary Beers
Director of Education
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Birding
with Phil
by Phil Kyle
Mayapple
Nature's Apothecary
by Sharon
Ackland
Read about our Mayapple which is blooming in our Wildflower Garden in
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