We are looking forward to a beautiful September weekend at The Trustees! Join us across the state for programming. 

Fun on the farm is abundant this weekend. For families, head to Weir River Farm in Hingham for Farm Explorers, where we invite your little farmers to experience life in the barnyard up close and participate in age-appropriate activities and adventures on the farm. Barnyard Buddies at Powisset Farm in Dover welcomes families for an interactive barnyard experience. And at Appleton Farms in Ipswich, meet the animals at Learning with Livestock, and learn about why farmers keep animals, and the role they play alongside us on the farm. Have an adults only crew? Adult Cow Connection at Appleton Farms invites you to meet, cuddle, and brush the cows! 

The weather is cooling off, making it the perfect time of year to take a tour, indoors or out! Guided house tours offered this weekend include the Castle Hill Grand Stairs to Back Stairs tour at the Crane Estate in Ipswich, Passport to the Past: Stevens-Coolidge Guided House Tour in North Andover, The Legacies of Long Hill: House & Garden Tour at Long Hill in Beverly, and Home to Two Revolutions: Tour of the Old Manse at the Old Manse in Concord, among others. CraneOutdoors located at the Crane Estate also has a variety of guided tours, hikes, and paddles! Check out all of the offerings here. 

This weekend also marks the opening of “Seashores and Gardens,” a one-woman-exhibition by award winning oil painter and Massachusetts local, Mary Rose O’Connell at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard. Her exhibition at the Wayside Gallery consists of a curated selection of oil paintings of New England’s crashing coastlines, for which Mary Rose is especially known, along with delicate garden scenes, highlighting the stunning spectrum of the region’s natural beauty.