Join naturalist Peter Alden for a nature walk from Fowler Library to the Assabet River Bluff Sanctuary, with a focus on birds and plants. Learn about migration patterns and observe impacts of changing climate on our local land. **Please note the earlier start time (1 pm), and be sure to wear your long sleeves and […]
Join us for a second screening of Flyways, from PBS Nature at the Fowler Branch. This film follows a conservation movement of bird-loving experts and citizen scientists as they mobilize to the challenge of understanding and saving shorebirds. After the film, local naturalist Peter Alden will lead a discussion. Looking for a feet-on-the-ground nature experience? […]
Join gardener Jess Myles to learn about seed saving in this hands-on workshop! Gain valuable skills that you can use in your own garden. You will also be able to contribute to the Concord Seed Lending Library here at the CFPL. This year, we will have a particular focus on native plants. Gardeners, plant lovers, […]
Cartoonist Lincoln Peirce will be honored with the 12th annual Leslie Riedel Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature for his impressive body of literary work for young people. The in person program will take place in the Forum of the Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord MA on Sunday, October 27 at 3 […]
Join Naturopathic Physician Dr. Maura Scanlan for a multidisciplinary presentation that explores food's impact on the brains and minds of our youth and ourselves. Our understanding of how food impacts mental health is growing. Naturopathic physicians have long studied these connections, and now mainstream medicine is joining the dialogue! UCLA has researched the gut-brain link […]
Concord 250: Monumental (Re)Make Celebrate the 250th birthday of the battles of Concord and Lexington by helping us recreate Daniel Chester French’s iconic statue The Minute Man through collaborative 3D printing! What is this? The Workshop is collaborating with local artist and author Dr. Linda Booth Sweeney to reimagine and reproduce a scale model of Daniel Chester French's iconic statue […]
Save the date for our third annual Winter Seed Sow Workshop hosted by Verrill Farm (11 Wheeler Road, Concord) and register for your spot! In this free workshop, led by Isabel Bailey of the Concord Pollinator Health Committee, we will learn how to sow seeds into milk jugs for easy, outdoor, over-wintering germination of native […]
Save the date for our third annual Winter Seed Sow Workshop hosted by Verrill Farm (11 Wheeler Road, Concord) and register for your spot! In this free workshop, led by Isabel Bailey of the Concord Pollinator Health Committee, we will learn how to sow seeds into milk jugs for easy, outdoor, over-wintering germination of native […]
Keep your wreaths out of the trash! Due to the wires and decorations, wreaths cannot be composted as they are, but with some wire cutters, a bit of elbow grease, and about ten minutes of your time, you can keep them out of the landfill. Bring them to Fowler where Mothers Out Front and volunteers […]
Join us the 4th Wednesday each month at 2 PM with visitors from our West Concord neighbors, The Nature Connection! For Ages 12 and under! The Nature Connection provides people of all ages and abilities opportunities to experience the therapeutic influence, educational power, and transformative presence of nature. Engage with plants, small animals (yes, there […]
