Welcome to the Forest Society's events calendar! Click on the event name to find more information and register through the Forest Society or one of our community partners.
Join us to help with a variety of projects at this relatively new property!
The day is composed of two guided, three-hour wildflower ID walks, led by wildflower enthusiast Ginny Jeffryes and The Rocks' Senior Outreach Manager Nigel Manley. The walks take place on the historic Mile Path, which is typically off-limits to visitors, and discuss the property's storied history, the array of plants growing there, and the forestry work done as part of The Rocks' long-range forest management plan. Choose the morning walk, from 9 AM to 12 PM, or the afternoon walk, from 1 to 4 PM.
To ramble in the United Kingdom means to get out and walk in the countryside. This new group will embrace the natural world and many of the Forest Society properties.
Each month we will host a Rocks Ramblers event, the first being an interpreted horse drawn wagon ride around the picturesque estate. Ramblers will enjoy hearing the history both recent and historic of the property which traversing the fields and lanes at The Rocks.
Join representatives from the NH Recycles, a statewide recycling nonprofit, to learn more about solid waste and recycling across the country and recycling in New Hampshire. What happens to materials when they are recycled? What challenges and possible solutions does New Hampshire face when it comes to solid waste and recycling? Bring your friends and neighbors and learn what steps New Hampshire residents can take to make a difference. This event is free of charge.
RSVP information coming soon!
In this volunteer program, we engage and share information with visitors at the Mt Major trailhead parking area under our new pavilion. During this information session details about the program and training will be covered in further detail.
Become a Seed Seeker! This special opportunity is a partnership between the NH Division of Forests and Lands State Forest Nursery & the Forest Society. The NH State Nursery is looking to the Forest Society as a resource to help collect seeds from our forests across the state. Click to read more about this opportunity.
Join us to watch bird banding in action at the Black Mountain Banding Station on the Forest Society's Black Mountain Forest in Sutton, NH. This MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity & Survivorship) banding station collects data on breeding birds that, along with data from 1200 other MAPS stations across North America, helps researchers understand more about when and where bird species are breeding, and how successful they are.
Join us the third Saturday of each month for our kids craft/nature hour at The Rocks. We will meet in the Carriage Barn and spend the first half hour completing a craft and learning about nature. Each month will feature its own theme. Then for the last 30 minutes, we will spend time outside expanding upon our monthly theme.
Come dressed to be outside and wearing sturdy shoes.
In June, we will talk about wildflowers and bees.
The rise in popularity of the Tiny House has changed how we use this wording in popular language. Come and watch a fascinating program about actual play houses and after the viewing about the play houses join Rocks staff to see the 1886 house and visit the original site of the building.