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2008 Calendar

Reservations are required for most classes and events, to register, call 603-763-4789, x3 or email info@thefells.org.


APRIL--MAY--JUNE

RESCHEDULED to SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 10-11:30am. Saturday, April 19, 1-2:30pm
Exploring Vernal Pools for Children with Kathleen Stowell, Education Director, Lake Sunapee Protective Association.Co-sponsored by the Lake Sunapee Protective Association

Wednesday, April 23, 3-5pm
Vernal Pools and Breeding Amphibians Workshop with naturalist Dave Anderson.
Co-sponsored by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests

Thursday, April 24, 4-5pm
Entertaining Visitors: Boarding Houses, Hotels, Cottages, and Fishing Camps on Lake Sunapee with Nancy Dutton.

Friday, April 25, 10am-noon
Trail-walk Series: GPS for Trail Mapping with Dr. Robert Crane.

Friday, May 2, 1-3pm
Trail-walk Series: Introduction to Geocaching with Jim Hulse.

Sunday, May 11
In celebration of Mother's Day all mothers visit FREE.

Wednesday, May 14, 3-4:30pm
Introduction to Orchid Growing with George K. Crozer V.

Thursday, May 22, 3-4:30
Landscaping at Water's Edge: An Ecological Approach with NH Master Gardener Kiki Schneider.

Friday, May, 23, 5-7pm
Opening Art Reception-Sunapee Lake Homes, exhibit continues through July 6.

Saturday, May 24 through Monday, October 13
Exhibit: Summer Rest

Tuesday, May 27, 2-4pm
Trail-walk Series: Wildflowers of The Fells with Fells trail guide Emma Crane.

Tuesday, June 3, (Two sessions) 10-11am or 5-6pm
Spring Wildflower Field Trip with Thelma Hewitt, Overseer New England Wild Flower Society and Native Plant Garden Designer and Consultant.

Wednesday, June 4, 3-5pm
Trail-walk Series: Birding 101 with Diane and Jack Kreager.

Wednesday, June 11, 6-7pm
Landscape Design Tour-Lebanon with George Pellettieri, ASLA, President of Pellettieri Associates Inc. and Fells Board of Directors.

Sunday, June 15
In celebration of Father's Day all fathers visit FREE.

Wednesday, June 18, 6-7pm
Landscape Design Tour-New London with Fells Landscape Manager Jeff Good.

Saturday, June 21, 9am-noon
Annual Plant Sale-Members Only 8-9am. In the Gatehouse Courtyard.

Wednesday, June 25, 10-11:30am
Designing a Woodland Border with Fells Landscape Manager Jeff Good.

JULY--AUGUST--SEPTEMBER

Wednesday, July 9 through Friday, July 11; 10am-3pm
Landscape Painting at The Fells with award winning signature member of the Pastel Society of America, Aline Ordman.

NEW DATE! Saturday, July 12, 5-7pm
Opening Art Reception From the Summits, exhibit continues through August 17.

Saturday and Sunday, July 12-13, dawn to dusk
Main House open 10am-4pm
Free Newbury Days
Free of charge throughout the weekend to Newbury residents, town employees, civic volunteers, and their immediate families.

July 14-July 18, 9am-12:30pm
Children's Art Camp-Nature's Designs (ages 6-8) with Rhode Island School of Design trained art teacher Lawre Goodnow.

Tuesdays, July 15, 22, 29; 10-11:30am
Nature Detectives -Adventure Learning for ages 3-5 with Kathleen Stowell. Co-sponsored by the Lake Sunapee Protective Association and The Fells.

Tuesdays, July 16, 23, 30; 10-noon
Watershed Investigators -Adventure Learning for ages 6-9 with Kathleen Stowell. Co-sponsored by the Lake Sunapee Protective Association and The Fells.

Saturday, July 19, 10am-4pm
Views of Lake Sunapee: Home and Garden Tour with refreshments at The Fells.

July 21-July 25, 9am-12:30pm
Children's Art Camp-Nature's Designs (ages 9-12) with Rhode Island School of Design trained art teacher Lawre Goodnow.

Monday, July 28 through Sunday, August 3; 10am-4pm
En Plein Air Week

July 28-August 1, 9am-noon
Recreation and Ecology Camp at The Fells

August 4-August 8, 9am-12:30pm
Children's Art Camp-Art in the Landscape (ages 6-8) with Rhode Island School of Design trained art teacher Lawre Goodnow.

August 11-August 15, 9am-12:30pm
Children's Art Camp-Art in the Landscape (ages 9-12) with Rhode Island School of Design trained art teacher Lawre Goodnow.

August Date TBD
LSPA Discovery Days.

Friday, August 15, 10am-noon
Trail-walk Series: Monarch Butterfly Walk with Trail-guide Angela Neilson.

Saturday, August 16, 10am-3pm
Hay Day Family Festival

Saturday, August 16, 5:30-8:30pm
Hay Day BBQ and Vaudeville Fundraiser

Friday, August 22, 5-7pm
Opening Art Reception Along the Trail, exhibit continues through October 13.

Saturday, September 13, 1-4pm
Trail-walk Series: Guided Mushroom Hike with amateur mycologists Jill and George Montgomery.

Tuesday, September 23, 1-3pm
Trail-walk Series: Trees in Transition

OCTOBER--NOVEMBER--DECEMBER

Thursday, October 2, 4-5pm
From Parlor to Stage: Lake Sunapee's Musical Celebrities in the Gilded Age with Fern Meyers.

Tuesday, October 7, 3-4:30pm
Nip & Tuck: The Fells Old Garden Gets a Facelift with Fells Landscape Manager Jeff Good.

October Date TBD
Newbury Recreation After School Adventure Hiking Program

Friday, November 7, 5-8pm
Holiday Patron Party

November 8-10 and 15-16, 10am-3pm
Christmas at The Fells: Songs and Stories of Christmas

November 8 and 15, (two sessions) 10am-noon or 1-3pm
Christmas at The Fells for Kids

Thursday, November 13, 10:30am-noon
Wild Harvest Arrangement with botanical artist Mauli McDonald.




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