Welcome to the weekend! Join us across the state for springtime fun. 

It’s time to plant! This weekend marks several plant sales across The Trustees. On Friday, get a preview of what’s to come at a presale for the Powisset Farm seedling sale at Powisset Farm in Dover, and the Long Hill Plant Sale Preview Party & Silent Auction at Long Hill in Beverly. Head to the sales throughout the rest of the weekend, picking up your seedlings at Powisset Farm and your plants at the 34th Annual Long Hill Plant Sale. 

On Mother’s Day, we take a moment to thank the special caregivers in our lives who offer us their love, kindness, and support. Taking them out to celebrate? The Old Manse in Concord is offering a Mother’s Day Flower Pressing workshop. At deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum in Lincoln, enjoy Mother’s Day yoga, with a family-friendly version offered, too. The Daffodil and Tulip Festival is still in bloom at Naumkeag in Stockbridge, and you can treat mom to a Tea at the festival. At Appleton Farms in Ipswich and Hamilton, trade tea for Coffee with Cows. 

Spring means new growth. This weekend, check out wildflowers at Ward Reservation in Andover with the Friends of Ward, or at Bartholomew’s Cobble in Sheffield.  

There are also several special events this weekend! Celebrate the beauty of the spring season at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard with a day inspired by feathers, flight, and spring blooms celebrating the Global birding event May Big Day. Marvel at Liquid Spine: BYCATCH Environmental Dance at the Crane Estate in Ipswich, where Liquid Spine will perform a one-of-a-kind dance concert, part of a global dance series that unearths the environmental needs of our water systems through movement, community, and conversation.  Guided by Chief Curator and Museum Director, Sarah Montross, at deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum in Lincoln, immerse yourself in Nature Sanctuary, an evocative outdoor exhibition that reveals the deep connections between art, the natural world, and our shared sense of home.