Events

NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES All sessions will be taught by L’aura Bradford.  L’aura is a professional nature photographer, educator, and Registered Maine Guide with over a decade of experience behind the lens. L'aura will provide tips for better bird photography, including lens choice, camera settings, composition, photographing birds in flight, perches, feeder setup, and ethics of backyard...

Many wild plants, mushrooms, and other natural growths can be foraged for food, medicinal use and other purposes. We’ll learn about what you can find, how to differentiate the safe from the toxic, and different ways to use what you forage.  Leader: David Spahr, author of Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern...

NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES All sessions will be taught by L’aura Bradford.  L’aura is a professional nature photographer, educator, and Registered Maine Guide with over a decade of experience behind the lens. During this four-week seminar, participants will return to the same trail each week to document the subtle and dramatic transitions of the season.  Each...

Join the Fields Pond staff for a morning of stewardship activities focused on improving our trails and public spaces. Bring work gloves and sturdy footwear.  Snacks provided!

Join David Spahr for a journey through the world of fungi. Time will be spent both indoors and outdoors learning about mushroom identification, folklore, collecting, and cooking. David’s book, Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada, will be available for purchase. Be prepared for a moderate amount of physical activity while hiking...

NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES All sessions will be taught by L’aura Bradford.  L’aura is a professional nature photographer, educator, and Registered Maine Guide with over a decade of experience behind the lens. During this four-week seminar, participants will return to the same trail each week to document the subtle and dramatic transitions of the season.  Each...

NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES All sessions will be taught by L’aura Bradford.  L’aura is a professional nature photographer, educator, and Registered Maine Guide with over a decade of experience behind the lens. L'aura will provide tips for better bird photography, including lens choice, camera settings, composition, photographing birds in flight, perches, feeder setup, and ethics of backyard...

BRINGING NATURE HOME SERIES Learn to collect native plant seeds from a variety of local species in this field-based program. We’ll discuss collection techniques and timing for popular species that produce seed at other times of year, and focus on how to collect wild seeds ethically, without disrupting the ecosystem.  You’ll collect your seeds from...

Leaders: Gordon Russell and Jane Rosinski The restored wetlands in Boulder Pond and Black Pond (formerly known as the Taylor Bait Ponds) are actively managed to attract migrating shorebirds and waterfowl.  Late summer to early fall is the best time to come for shorebirds, as this is the height of their migration through our region....