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Storybook Trail: Henry Hikes to Fitchburg

July 20, 2022

Save the Date: Harvard Conservation Trust Storybook Trail, September 10-30 Introduce your children to the wonders of spending time in the woods with Harvard Conservation Trust’s Storybook Trail, featuring Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D. B. Johnson. What: Storybook Trail walk When: September 10 – September 30. Drop in at your convenience (open dawn until dusk) Where: Muller Trail (parking lot just past 74 Littleton County Road)

Destination:Nature Juried Art Show

July 20, 2022

Harvard Conservation Trust is partnering with Fivesparks to celebrate art and nature with the Destination:Nature Juried Art Show. Regional artists are invited to submit works inspired by Harvard’s conservation land. Artists – both those who create in plein air environments as well as studio artists and all artists who are inspired by nature are encouraged to participate. Art selected by juror Sarah Montross, senior curator at the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, will be exhibited at Fivesparks between November 1 and December 17. Details are available at www.destination-nature.org. The Destination:Nature art show is the first in a series of events

Storybook Trail Featuring ‘The Mitten’ by Jan Brett

March 22, 2022

Walk the New Storybook Trail The Harvard Conservation Trust invites you to visit the Storybook Trail featuring “The Mitten” by Jan Brett. This Storybook Trail experience is ideal for young readers of all levels. An easy 1/2 mile hike takes you through an open meadow, meanders into the forest and past a mysterious boulder field. Read the beautiful book “The Mitten,” based on a popular Ukrainian fairytale. Written and illustrated by Massachusetts native Jan Brett, this story follows one lost mitten and a group of curious forest animals as they prepare for winter. When: March 20-April 2nd Drop in at

Harvard Conservation Trust Annual Meeting

November 8, 2021

Guest Speaker Lindsay Randall, Expert on Local Indigenous Peoples Harvard, MA and the broader Nashoba Valley have a deep and rich indigenous history that spans over 15,000 years to the present day. HCT is pleased to announce that Lindsay Randall, Curator of Education and Outreach at the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology at Phillips Academy, is the keynote speaker for the Harvard Conservation Trust’s annual meeting this November. A passionate archaeologist and educator, Lindsay uses material objects to bring historic cultures to life. She will explore the fascinating history of Native Americans in and around Harvard, focusing on how

Video: Mysteries of Harvard’s Stone Walls Solved

October 5, 2021

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAU2naemki4[/embedyt] Watch Prof. Robert Thorson’s Presentation On Stone Walls. The Harvard Conservation Trust is excited to share the video of last week’s Speaker Series: Mysteries of Harvard’s Stone Walls Solved. Prof. Robert Thorson helped us understand why New England is only place in the US you find over stone walls. We have over 240,000 miles of stone walls. This video will help you further understand the archeologic, historic and folk art importance of the stone walls to Harvard’s history, and the important steps that our community can take to preserve them. Here is what some participants had to say:

HCT Speaker Series: Harvard’s Stone Wall Mysteries Solved

September 22, 2021

Join Geologist and New England’s expert on stone walls, Dr. Robert Thorson, as he decodes mysteries from the thousands of stones that make up stone walls laid by colonists, Native Americans & enslaved people. Thorson writes “[Stone walls are] a visceral connection to the past. They are just as surely a remnant of a former civilization as a ruin in the Amazon rain forest.” Professor Thorson reveals why New England is uniquely situated to be the quintessential landscape for stone walls and the work that communities are doing to preserve them. Have questions about Harvard’s old stone walls? Professor Thorson will join

Hike HCT’s Storybook Trail featuring The Gruffalo

July 28, 2021

Experience “The Gruffalo” at HCT’s Storybook Trail! When: August 13th – September 6th from dawn ’til dusk Where: Start at the Burgess-Brown Land trailhead entrance at the end of Murray Lane in Harvard, MA Cost: Free of charge Ideal for young readers of all skill levels, the storybook trail at Brown Burgess Land offers an opportunity to experience a children’s story while wandering along a ½ mile path through the woods. Join us for the first time or return to experience this trail again and again in all its summer glory! About the GruffaloThe Gruffalo, written by Julia Robinson, is

Hike the Storybook Trail at Burgess-Brown Land

March 15, 2021

Introduce your children to the wonders of spending time in the woods with HCT’s inaugural storybook trail, featuring Owl Moon, the children’s book by Jane Yolen. Now open from March 15th – April 2nd, you’ll find the start of the walk at the Brown-Burgess Land trailhead entrance at the end of Murray Lane in Harvard, MA. Ideal for young readers of all skill levels, the storybook trail offers an opportunity to experience Owl Moon while wandering along a ½ mile path through the woods. Each station contains two pages of this children’s book, chosen to help build connection