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SUMMARY:Ashuelot River Water Quality Monitoring Volunteer Training
DESCRIPTION:The Ashuelot River Local Advisory Committee (ARLAC) is recruiting volunteers for their 26th season of water quality monitoring! On Tuesday mornings from May through September\, volunteers conduct monthly physical and chemical water quality monitoring along the length of the Ashuelot River from Washington to Hinsdale; the data are then used by NH DES\, the EPA\, and local municipalities. \nTo volunteer\, join ARLAC chair Barbara Skuly for this in-person training\, where we’ll review sampling techniques\, go over the use of monitoring equipment\, and share the 2026 sampling schedule. \n6:15 to 8 p.m. in the Keene Recreation Center (Room 14). For more information or to register\, please contact Barbara. \nCo-sponsored by ARLAC and the Harris Center for Conservation Education.
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/ashuelot-river-water-quality-monitoring-volunteer-training-2026
LOCATION:Keene Rec Center\, 312 Washington Street\, Keene\, NH\, 03431\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Science,Workshops,Volunteering
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SUMMARY:ESI Course: Intro to Spring Wildflowers
DESCRIPTION:As spring unfolds\, join wildflower enthusiast and natural resource conservation specialist Wendy Ward for an in-depth introduction to the basics of spring ephemeral wildflowers. We’ll start with two lecture-style classes on the science and techniques for identification\, then venture out on two field trips to local wildflower hotspots. If you’re new to plant identification and looking to build your skills and experience the joy of botanizing\, this course is for you! \nThis Environmental Studies Institute (ESI) course will meet from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays\, April 23 & 30 and from 9 to 11 a.m. on May 7 & 14 at the Harris Center and local field sites.  \nCost: $70 for Harris Center supporters / $90 for all others. Space is limited\, and registration is required. For questions about registration\, contact Miles Stahmann. For all other information\, including questions about accessibility\, contact Susie Spikol. \n \n\nWendy Ward (photo © Cheshire Conservation District) \nAbout Wendy Ward\nWendy Ward has spent her life immersed in the natural world\, both as a self-taught naturalist and as a conservation planner with USDA-NRCS for 30 years in Cheshire and Sullivan counties. A lifelong resident of Cheshire County with a BS in Natural Resources Management\, she loves exploring the natural world with her two daughters and two grandchildren.
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/esi-course-intro-to-spring-wildflowers/2026-05-07
LOCATION:Harris Center & local field sites\, 83 King's Highway\, Hancock\, 03449
CATEGORIES:Botanizing,Wildflowers,Lectures,Workshops,Outings,Environmental Studies Institute,Plants
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SUMMARY:ESI Course: Intro to Spring Wildflowers
DESCRIPTION:As spring unfolds\, join wildflower enthusiast and natural resource conservation specialist Wendy Ward for an in-depth introduction to the basics of spring ephemeral wildflowers. We’ll start with two lecture-style classes on the science and techniques for identification\, then venture out on two field trips to local wildflower hotspots. If you’re new to plant identification and looking to build your skills and experience the joy of botanizing\, this course is for you! \nThis Environmental Studies Institute (ESI) course will meet from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays\, April 23 & 30 and from 9 to 11 a.m. on May 7 & 14 at the Harris Center and local field sites.  \nCost: $70 for Harris Center supporters / $90 for all others. Space is limited\, and registration is required. For questions about registration\, contact Miles Stahmann. For all other information\, including questions about accessibility\, contact Susie Spikol. \n \n\nWendy Ward (photo © Cheshire Conservation District) \nAbout Wendy Ward\nWendy Ward has spent her life immersed in the natural world\, both as a self-taught naturalist and as a conservation planner with USDA-NRCS for 30 years in Cheshire and Sullivan counties. A lifelong resident of Cheshire County with a BS in Natural Resources Management\, she loves exploring the natural world with her two daughters and two grandchildren.
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/esi-course-intro-to-spring-wildflowers/2026-05-14
LOCATION:Harris Center & local field sites\, 83 King's Highway\, Hancock\, 03449
CATEGORIES:Botanizing,Wildflowers,Lectures,Workshops,Outings,Environmental Studies Institute,Plants
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SUMMARY:Herbalism for Families
DESCRIPTION:Join Vermont herbalist Erica Marie Coston for an all-senses herbal exploration. From sweet and bitter to sour and salty\, taste common New Hampshire herbs and explore how these wild plants can help support our bodies. Uncover the wisdom these plants have offered us for generations and take home your own special herbal tea blend to enjoy! \n10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Harris Center. Space is limited\, and registration is required. For families with children ages 6 and up. All children must be accompanied by an adult. \nCost: $15 for Harris Center supporters / $20 for all others. For questions about registration\, contact Miles Stahmann. For all other information\, including questions about accessibility\, contact Susie Spikol. \n\nAbout Erica Marie Coston\nErica Marie Coston is a clinical canine and human herbalist\, clinical homeopath\, and master Reiki practitioner with over seven years of experience and a global client base. Founder of Dog Herbalist\, her work bridges herbs\, energetics\, and the human-animal bond\, with features in The Herbal Dog and the Journal of Medicinal Plant Conservation. She is a United Plant Savers member and teaches herbalism to adults\, families\, and children throughout Vermont and online.
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/herbalism-for-families
LOCATION:Harris Center for Conservation Education\, 83 Kings Hwy\, Hancock\, NH\, 03449\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Programs,Gardening,Workshops,Youth & Family Programs,Plants
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SUMMARY:ESI Course: Introduction to Herbal Energetics
DESCRIPTION:Join Vermont herbalist Erica Marie Coston for an immersive exploration of herbal energetics — an invitation to tune into the living language of plants and your own inner landscape. Together\, we’ll explore how warming\, cooling\, drying\, moistening\, lax\, and tense qualities move through the body\, shaping digestion\, mood\, energy\, and emotional patterns. Through taste\, observation\, and reflection\, you’ll learn to recognize your own energetic tendencies and what helps bring you back into balance. This class weaves together plants\, emotions\, and physical experience\, inviting you to partner with herbs more intuitively and to experience yourself as an ecosystem. You’ll leave with a dried herbal sachet to continue the herbal experience beyond class. All adults are welcome! \nThis Environmental Studies Institute (ESI) course will meet on Saturday\, May 30\, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Harris Center. \nCost: $20 for Harris Center supporters / $25 for all others. Space is limited\, and registration is required. For questions about registration\, contact Miles Stahmann. For all other information\, including questions about accessibility\, contact Susie Spikol. \n\nAbout Erica Marie Coston\nErica Marie Coston is a clinical canine and human herbalist\, clinical homeopath\, and master Reiki practitioner with over seven years of experience and a global client base. Founder of Dog Herbalist\, her work bridges herbs\, energetics\, and the human-animal bond\, with features in The Herbal Dog and the Journal of Medicinal Plant Conservation. She is a United Plant Savers member and teaches herbalism to adults\, families\, and children throughout Vermont and online.
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/esi-course-introduction-to-herbal-energetics
LOCATION:Harris Center for Conservation Education\, 83 Kings Hwy\, Hancock\, NH\, 03449\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Workshops,Environmental Studies Institute,Plants
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SUMMARY:A Monadnock Gardening Day: Dinner with the Presenters
DESCRIPTION:Meet the presenters for Saturday’s Monadnock Gardening Day: Gardening for Sanity workshop — Fergus Garrett\, Matt Mattus\, Katia Lysy\, and Taylor Johnston — among many other garden lovers\, during this special dinner hosted by Eleanor Briggs in Hancock. We’ll enjoy cocktails in Eleanor’s garden and a buffet dinner in the barn\, with food by fabulous chef Sam Rule of Fiddleheads Cafe. \nCocktails begin at 6 p.m.\, and dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Exact meeting location will be provided prior to the event. Space is limited\, and registration is required.  \nCost: $125 per person (includes all food and drink). For questions about registration\, contact Miles Stahmann. For all other information\, contact Susie Spikol. \n\n\nAbout the Monadnock Gardening Weekend\nThis event is part of the Monadnock Gardening Weekend series—a three-day celebration of gardens as places of restoration\, creativity\, and connection! Through shared meals\, thoughtful conversation with leading garden writers and thinkers\, and behind-the-scenes access to extraordinary private gardens\, this series invites gardeners and plant lovers to slow down\, exchange ideas\, and find inspiration. Space is limited\, and separate registration is required for each event. \n\nLodging Options\nIf you need lodging for this event\, here are some local options: Aldworth Manor\, Harrisville Inn Bed & Breakfast\, Courtyard by Marriot in Keene\, Riverhouse in Peterborough\, and the Hancock Inn. \n\n \nAbout Fergus Garrett\nFergus Garrett trained in horticulture at Wye College\, London University. He worked in Kent at a National Trust Property for Rosemary Alexander of the English Gardening School\, for Beth Chatto at the Unusual Plants Nursery in Essex\, and then privately for a family at Cap d’Antibes\, France\, and Gstaad\, Switzerland. In 1992\, he became Head Gardener at Great Dixter\, working closely with Christopher Lloyd until Christopher’s death in 2006. Since then\, he has become the Chief Executive of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust. Fergus plays a major role in the garden\, as well as in Great Dixter’s educational program\, which trains students from all over the world. \n\nAbout Matt Mattus\nMatt Mattus is the Senior Director of Horticulture at the American Horticultural Society in Washington\, D.C.\, and is a botanic travel host for the society with trips planned to the Netherlands\, Japan\, and Morocco. A leading voice in the world of gardening\, Matt is also a long-time board member and trustee of the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill and is the past president of the North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS) as well as active in many specialist plant societies. \n\n \nAbout Katia Lysy\nKatia Lysy\, after a career in Italian television and writing\, moved to southern Tuscany to manage La Foce\, her family’s estate\, purchased by her grandparents\, Iris and Antonio Origo\, in 1924. Katia is dedicated to preserving the unique garden\, created by her grandmother and British architect Cecil Pinsent\, with its extraordinary environmental\, historical\, and ethical heritage. Every year\, La Foce is visited by garden enthusiasts\, readers of Iris Origo\, a celebrated writer\, and admirers of the beautiful Tuscan landscape of which La Foce is so much a part \n\n \nAbout Taylor Johnston\nTaylor Johnston is a gardener\, nurserywoman and workwear designer. Her work in plants over the last few decades ranges from growing veg and building meadows to tending kiku and tropical orchids. Her current work at issima\, co-owned with nurseryman\, Ed Bowen\, uses an analog approach to selecting unusual hardy plants.
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/a-monadnock-gardening-day-dinner-with-the-presenters
LOCATION:Hancock\, NH\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gardening,Workshops,Environmental Studies Institute,Plants
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SUMMARY:A Monadnock Gardening Day: Gardening for Sanity
DESCRIPTION:Nurture your gardening dreams and grow your green mind with keynote speaker Fergus Garrett and gardening experts Matt Mattus and Katia Lysy. Facilitated by Taylor Johnston from issima\, this day with innovative thinkers and authors will inspire your thinking about gardens\, plants\, and life! The registration fee includes coffee\, snacks\, and a brown bag lunch from Fiddleheads Cafe. Toadstool Bookshop\, potter Stephen Procter\, and native plant nurseries Fassett Farm and Bunker Farm will also be on site with their wares. \nCoffee and snacks served starting at 9 a.m. Opening remarks at 10 a.m. Program concludes at 4 p.m. Space is limited\, and registration is required. Cost: $125 for gardening professionals / $175 for all others. For questions about registration\, contact Miles Stahmann. For all other information\, contact Susie Spikol. \n\n\nAbout the Monadnock Gardening Weekend\nThis event is part of the Monadnock Gardening Weekend series—a three-day celebration of gardens as places of restoration\, creativity\, and connection! Through shared meals\, thoughtful conversation with leading garden writers and thinkers\, and behind-the-scenes access to extraordinary private gardens\, this series invites gardeners and plant lovers to slow down\, exchange ideas\, and find inspiration. Space is limited\, and separate registration is required for each event. \n\nLodging Options\nIf you need lodging for this event\, here are some local options: Aldworth Manor\, Harrisville Inn Bed & Breakfast\, Courtyard by Marriot in Keene\, Riverhouse in Peterborough\, and the Hancock Inn. \nA stoneware piece by Stephen Procter Studios (photo © Stephen Proctor) \n\n \nAbout Fergus Garrett\nFergus Garrett trained in horticulture at Wye College\, London University. He worked in Kent at a National Trust Property for Rosemary Alexander of the English Gardening School\, for Beth Chatto at the Unusual Plants Nursery in Essex\, and then privately for a family at Cap d’Antibes\, France\, and Gstaad\, Switzerland. In 1992\, he became Head Gardener at Great Dixter\, working closely with Christopher Lloyd until Christopher’s death in 2006. Since then\, he has become the Chief Executive of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust. Fergus plays a major role in the garden\, as well as in Great Dixter’s educational program\, which trains students from all over the world. \n\nAbout Matt Mattus\nMatt Mattus is the Senior Director of Horticulture at the American Horticultural Society in Washington\, D.C.\, and is a botanic travel host for the society with trips planned to the Netherlands\, Japan\, and Morocco. A leading voice in the world of gardening\, Matt is also a long-time board member and trustee of the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill and is the past president of the North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS) as well as active in many specialist plant societies. \n\n \nAbout Katia Lysy\nKatia Lysy\, after a career in Italian television and writing\, moved to southern Tuscany to manage La Foce\, her family’s estate\, purchased by her grandparents\, Iris and Antonio Origo\, in 1924. Katia is dedicated to preserving the unique garden\, created by her grandmother and British architect Cecil Pinsent\, with its extraordinary environmental\, historical\, and ethical heritage. Every year\, La Foce is visited by garden enthusiasts\, readers of Iris Origo\, a celebrated writer\, and admirers of the beautiful Tuscan landscape of which La Foce is so much a part \n\n \nAbout Taylor Johnston\nTaylor Johnston is a gardener\, nurserywoman and workwear designer. Her work in plants over the last few decades ranges from growing veg and building meadows to tending kiku and tropical orchids. Her current work at issima\, co-owned with nurseryman\, Ed Bowen\, uses an analog approach to selecting unusual hardy plants.
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/gardening-for-sanity
LOCATION:Harris Center for Conservation Education\, 83 Kings Hwy\, Hancock\, NH\, 03449\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Gardening,Workshops,Environmental Studies Institute,Plants
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SUMMARY:Land Management Practices for New Hampshire Turtles: A Wildlife Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join NRCS biologists for a walking tour at Reservoir Woods\, where we’ll learn about the habitat management practices they’ve put in place to support local turtle populations — and discuss ways you can help turtles on your own property. \n3 to 5 p.m. at Reservoir Woods in Walpole. Space is limited\, and registration is required. For more information\, contact the Cheshire County Conservation District. \nThis program is supported by the NH State Conservation Committee Conservation Moose Plate Grant Program and is offered through the Monadnock Region Turtle Conservation Initiative\, a partnership between the Harris Center\, Cheshire County Conservation District\, NH Association of Conservation Commissions\, NH Fish and Game\, NH DES\, USDA NRCS\, and Moosewood Ecological. \nSunset at Reservoir Woods (photo © Reservoir Woods)
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/land-management-practices-for-new-hampshire-turtles-a-wildlife-workshop
LOCATION:Reservoir Woods\, 44 Reservoir Woods\, Walpole\, NH\, 03608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Turtles,Workshops,Outings,Wildlife
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