Join us on National Trails Day to explore a trail at Lasdon with the eyes of a steward. We will introduce tools, and plants that need management and planting, and invite participants to help leave the trails better than we found them. Bring a picnic to enjoy afterwards. Recommended for ages 4 and up.
Join us for our “What’s Blooming Now”? Series! This month we will focus on pollinators. See what’s blooming now and how pollinators make it all possible! Great for all ages-fun, interactive and full of color and life.
Pick up your booklet in the Welcome Center and connect to the life of pollinators at Lasdon. Enjoy a special self-guided garden tour and scavenger hunt and taste a cool floral drink. The first day of summer is a special chance to celebrate all that is blooming for National Pollinator Week. All ages.
Come learn all about the machines that help a farm. Get up close with tractors, mowers, and other equipment that do some of the biggest jobs here on the farm.
Come and learn some important lessons on teamwork through activities and techniques on how to survive in a wilderness scenario. All ages are welcome!
Join the Trailside Staff in the Sugar House as they show you how to boil down the sap, they collected to make maple syrup.
Ages 13 and up can join our education staff on a historical tour of the mansion. Meet promptly at 11 by the grape arbor behind the mansion. This tour is for only individuals and small families; not stroller or wheelchair accessible. Registration is required, space is limited.
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Stop by Muscoot Farm for our annual Winter Festival to watch maple syrup magic in action during tree-tapping demonstrations at 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. and visit the Sugar Shack anytime between noon and 3 p.m. There will be syrup tastings and syrup for sell to benefit our Friends of Muscoot nonprofit group. Additional activities include candle making demos with a make your own rolled beeswax candle station, a winter kid’s tattoo station, create animal valentine’s, listen to music by Chris Lawler, shop from almost a dozen vendors and warm up with some delicious food from Leila’s Crepe Station or Little Pigs BBQ food trucks. Most activities are inside the main house and activity building so there will be plenty of space to warm up from the cold. Our farm animals will also be outside and in their barns waiting for you to visit. The event is free and no pre-registration is required.
Join us at Trailside to learn about the Reservation’s lye stone and how it was used in the process of soap making. Free.
A walk through the Preserve to observe our local birds and early-spring migrants.