Managing Invasive Plants in Your Landscape
Featuring Ted Elliman, Senior Botanist/New England Wild Flower Society

Tuesday May 21st at 7pm in Volunteers Hall

Is garlic mustard growing like gangbusters in your garden?  Are black swallow-wort vines blanketing everything in sight?  Do you have suspicious plants sprouting up that you've never seen before?

Don't miss this informative talk by invasive plant expert Ted Elliman who will tell us why invasives are such a big problem, how to identigy them and what to do about them.  Bring your questions!

Sponsored by Harvard Conservation Commission
Free and open to the public

Storytime for 2’s & 3’s (6 week session begins 4/24 ~ pre-registration required) – Ages 2 & 3:
Wednesdays
This 20 to 30 minute interactive theme-based storytime includes songs, simple stories, feltboard stories,
creative dramatics, and fingerplays appropriate for children aged 2 & 3 years old. Register now for the
current 6 week session which begins April 24 and runs through May 29. Pre-registration required:
Limit of 12 children and their caregivers.
 

Circle of Songs with Hugh Hanley – For infants through age 6 (and their caregivers): Tuesday, May 28 at 10:30 AM
Hugh Hanley has been singing with young children for over twenty years in his work as an early childhood educator, music specialist and entertainer.  His work has helped him gain an understanding of young children as developing music makers and a familiarity with the environments in which they play and learn.  He draws from a wide and varied repertoire of songs, fingerplays, and music activities that are appropriate, accessible, and highly engaging.  Hugh has learned all of the material he uses in his work from folk traditions, children, and their teachers and parents.   Please pre-register. 
 

Storytime for 2’s & 3’s (6 week session begins 4/24 ~ pre-registration required) – Ages 2 & 3:
Wednesdays
This 20 to 30 minute interactive theme-based storytime includes songs, simple stories, feltboard stories,
creative dramatics, and fingerplays appropriate for children aged 2 & 3 years old. Register now for the
current 6 week session which begins April 24 and runs through May 29. Pre-registration required:
Limit of 12 children and their caregivers.
 

The Whalemobile – Kindergarten through Grade 5:  Wednesday, June 5 at 1:30 PM
This unique and very cool program begins with a presentation on whales of New England and ends with the inflation of Nile, a 43-foot inflatable humpback whale.  Using images, sounds and videos, Cynde McInnis of the Whalemobile will introduce us to species of whales and dolphins seen off the coast of Massachusetts, focusing on natural history, identification and behavior of humpback whales.  Then we will divide into three rotating breakout sessions: Marine Debris ~ Do you know how long it takes a newspaper to biodegrade? How about a plastic shopping bag? Children will learn about the marine biodegradation timeline, as well as what they can do to decrease the trash on our planet.  Touch, See, and Feel ~ This is an opportunity for children to see, touch and feel whale artifacts such as bones and baleen, lice and prey, as well as other artifacts.  Nile: the Life-Sized Humpback Whale ~ Children have the opportunity to go inside the whale! Adapted to students' grade levels, this presentation focuses on similarity between humans and whales, their adaptations to the marine environment, and current threats they face today.   Enrollment is limited to 60 children and their accompanying adults.  Please pre-register!