So there was Woodstock…and then there was Weston’s Picnic Hill party on Earth Day, 1970. I will tell you that Weston’s was a bit more tame (or so I hear, I was living in NYC and in diapers at the time) but then again, no one is really talking about what happaned. Actually in Weston lore, Picnic Hill figures much
Read moreThis event has been POSTPONED due to copious amounts of rain. Tomorrow, Saturday November 18 at 10 am, the monthly Stewardship Saturday, will take place at the Merriam Barn (College Pond), the so-called “onion field” in front and if time allows, across the street at Green Power farm. We’ll be conducting our annual maintenance of the barn-scape at the old
Read moreAnyone see Spike Lee’s movie Do the Right Thing or are you all too young for that? Every time I hear the fields behind the community garden called Green Power, it just makes me hear “Fight the Power” which was the theme song of that movie. Yeah, I know it’s bizarre–that was urban warfare and this is rural Weston but
Read moreAnd now it’s time for this month’s Stewardship Saturday on October 22 from 10 am to 12 pm, brought to you by Weston Conservation and Weston Forest & Trail Association. This time the team will be focusing on Stone Wall Preservation and Beautification at the Concord Road Apple Orchard, as well as the so-called Potato Field across the street, and
Read moreAfter September’s successful Stewardship Saturday project building water bars on the trails of Highland Forest, Weston Conservation and Weston Forest & Trail Association are back with more fun and work, this time on the north side. On Saturday, October 16 from 10 am to noon, there will be two projects at the 34-acre town-owned Green Power Farm as well as
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