Environment

Conservation, outdoor recreation, agricultural, ecological, and similar activities

Troop 507 Christmas Tree Pickup

Cost: $22 per tree
Order Deadline: 11:59 PM, Jan. 1, 2025
Please Note:

  • Please give us a bare tree (remove plastic bags, ornaments, lights, trim, etc.)
  • Have your tree curbside by 7:00 AM.
  • Trees will be collected by 4:00 PM on Jan. 4th.
  • Pickups only available in Winchester
  • When ordering, please provide a cell phone number or email address where we can reach you if we cannot find your tree.
  • Or, mail a $20 check payable to "Friends of Winchester Scouting" along with your name, address, and telephone number to BSA Troop 507, c/o Eric Knudsen, 46 Salisbury St., Winchester, MA 01890

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Walk Among Wildflowers, Shrubs, and Trees

Join Jeff Adams for a guided nature walk at the farm and surrounding conservation lands.  Our focus will be plant ID (wildflowers, shrubs, trees) along with some select natural history.  We’ll use helpful identifiers such as branching patterns, galls, leaves, flowers, fruits and diagnostic characteristics that enable us to immediately identify the plant. Registration $15-$25.

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WCMS at Winchester Fall Farmers Market

Shop local at this year's Thanksgiving Farmers Market at the Jenks Center, and enjoy live music while you're there! The market will have fresh produce and all types of gifts for the holiday season. This year the market at the Jenks will host 17 artists who will display and sell their works as part of Winchester's town-wide Open Studios.
Musical performance schedule:

10:00 - 11:00 AM: Shukulele Ukulele Ensemble
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM: After the Jam Ukulele Blues Ensemble
1:00 - 1:30 PM: WCMS Coconut Crew Ukulele Ensemble
1:30 - 2:45 PM: WCMS Pineapple Posse Ukulele Ensemble​

See you there!

WCMS at Winchester Farmers Market

Drop by our table at the Winchester Farmers Market to learn about our fall music offerings and events. We can answer any questions and help find the right fit for prospective students.
We'll also be providing live music for the market courtesy of our great students and faculty:

9:30 - 10:30 AM: Faculty Jazz Quintet
10:45 - 11:45 AM: Motown Band
12:00 - 12:30 PM: Steel Drum Ensemble
12:45 - 1:30 PM: Faculty & Friends Bluegrass Ensemble

See you there!

Wilson Science & Technology Forum with Peter Baldwin

Peter Baldwin, President of base-e, which focuses on commercialization strategies for emerging Carbon Capture & Sequestration (CCS), Distributed Energy and CleanTech will join us. Pete is a recognized leader in the turbomachinery industry and will speak on the outcomes of the recent international climate meeting, COP28, held each year by the United Nations.

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Winchester Aberjona Clean Up Day

The Winchester Conservation Commission is sponsoring its annual event to improve the habitat, environment and water quality along the Aberjona. We’re organizing it a little differently this year and we’d love to have you join us!

Pick up litter and/or cut back and remove invasives (bittersweet, knotweed, etc. )

4 locations between 9AM - 12PM

  1. Judkins Pond - Meet/join at Griffin Museum parking lot
  2. Behind Stop and Shop - Meet/join at parking lot on the east side of Stop and Shop
  3. Elliot Park - Meet/join at Elliot Park near Wedge Pond
  4. Train tracks near Winchester High School Playing Fields (Ciarcia

Winchester Farmers Market

Winchester's Farmers Market, a community gathering place since 2008, opens for the season on Saturday, June 13. The Market, which operates from the second Saturday in June until the last Saturday in October, is open from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Town Common. Come and shop for fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, chicken, and meat from local farms, as well as fresh fish, and a tantalizing array of baked goods, prepared foods, and more.

Sign up to receive the weekly newsletter to learn which special vendors will be at the Market: www.winchesterfarmersmarket.org
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Winchester Farmers Market

Winchester's Farmers Market, a community gathering place since 2008, opens for the season on Saturday, June 13. The Market, which operates from the second Saturday in June until the last Saturday in October, is open from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Town Common. Come and shop for fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, chicken, and meat from local farms, as well as fresh fish, and a tantalizing array of baked goods, prepared foods, and more.

Sign up to receive the weekly newsletter to learn which special vendors will be at the Market: www.winchesterfarmersmarket.org
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Winchester Farmers Market

The Farmers Market is canceled for Saturday, September 26, due to severe weather. The market will return as scheduled on Oct. 3.

Winchester's Farmers Market, a community gathering place since 2008, opens for the season on Saturday, June 13. The Market, which operates from the second Saturday in June until the last Saturday in October, is open from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Town Common. Come and shop for fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, chicken, and meat from local farms, as well as fresh fish, and a tantalizing array of baked goods, prepared foods, and more.

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