Get out into the garden or find yourself on the farm this weekend with the Trustees! Looking for something new and exciting to do while we still welcome Spring into the Northeast? Check out the many opportunities across our special places to take in the wonders of a New England May. 

It wouldn’t be springtime without our gardens in full bloom! Head to the Daffodil and Tulip Festival at Naumkeag in Stockbridge and stroll through the 8 acres of our world-renowned gardens decorated with daffodils, tulips, and minor bulbs. Want to bring some of the beauty home? Check out our bulb sale while you’re there! Looking for an experience in the eastern part of the state? Celebrate Spring at Stevens Coolidge House & Gardens in North Andover at Spring Bloomfest, where you can also take a garden design tour with a horticulturist, enjoy special sunset hours, find your flow with yoga in the gardens, or enjoy a spring planter garden workshop. 

Getting your own garden into gear for the summer? Our Boston Community Gardens team joins the Wake Up The Earth Festival where we will have a plant sale. Celebrate the arrival of spring and the success of the grassroots movement around the defeat of I-95 and building of the Southwest Corridor parkway in Jamaica Plain. The team also hosts the Gardening 101 Series at Lenox and Kendall Community Garden in Roxbury, where they will discuss soil care. If you have a little one itching to get out into the garden, head to Nature Play for Early Learners at Minton Stable Community Garden in Boston. Engage your curious budding gardener or adventurer in a monthly themed program to connect them with the natural world around us.   

This weekend is also the perfect opportunity to have fun on the farm! Head to Weir River Farm in Hingham for a variety of programming, including an Open Barnyard and Sensory-Friendly Open Barnyard, where you can meet our piglets, rabbits, and other furry friends, interact with our goats and greet our sheep, and consider exploring the woodland trails. You can also join in on Family Farm Chores! Help feed, groom, and care for our friendly sheep, goats, pigs, and rabbit. Assist with morning chores like filling hay racks, refreshing water troughs, and tidying up animal enclosures while learning fun facts about each species and their role on the farm.