It’s June, and the weather feels like summer is just around the corner. Weekend fun awaits across the state. 

Explore! Both the North Shore and Southeast this weekend. At the Explore! North Shore Trails Day Hike at Ravenswood Park in Gloucester, visitors will enjoy an approximately 3-mile hike with moderate elevation gain, taking the Ledge Trail to a scenic overlook of the harbor and then descending via the Salem Road carriage path trail. Explore! Southeast offers a walking tour of Weir River Farm and Whitney and Thayer Woods in Hingham this weekend. Led by an experienced guide, this walk will take visitors through rolling pastures, peaceful woodland trails, and some of the most beautiful vistas on the South Shore. 

Want to get outdoors? Head to Chilcott Granada Community Garden in Roxbury for an open-hour community meet-up. This is an open forum meeting for gardeners to ask questions and learn from each other. At Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, join Landmarks & Landscapes: A Nature Journaling Workshop. Experienced educators will guide visitors on a leisurely walk through the Fruitlands Trail System, stopping at certain points to explore the surrounding landscape through different nature journaling prompts.  In the western part of the state, at Bartholomew’s Cobble in Sheffield, take a Fern Walk with Ranger Robert. 

It’s the perfect weekend to learn something new. At Language of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community at The Mission House in Stockbridge, join Jeremy Mohawk, Language Teacher for the Stockbridge-Munsee Community for an engaging exploration of the Mohican and Munsee languages and the worldviews they carry. Stevens-Coolidge House and Gardens in North Andover offers a Spotlight Pop-Up Talk entitled Art, Travel, and Love of John and Helen Coolidge on Saturday. 

If you’re celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month at the Boston Pride for the People Parade on Saturday, June 6, keep an eye out for our Trustees DiscoSea float along the route.