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FEATURED EVENTS

Tulip Mania - Massachusetts Horticultural Society

Join us for a colorful spring display of 75,000+ tulips, featuring pick-your-own stems - while available!
Dates: 
04/24/2025
04/25/2025
04/26/2025
10:00 am - 6400 pm
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Location:

900 Washington St
Wellesley, MA, 02482
United States

Phone:

(617) 933-4900

Free Self-Guided Spring Orchard Walk - At Cider Hill Farm

Step out amongst 10,000 blossoming fruit trees. Enjoy the fresh air and views as you walk through the orchards. Open Saturdays and Sundays 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 4/19 - 5/31. Free. No registration required. Best blossom viewing is late April to mid-May. Along your walk, you'll see apple, peach, pear, plum and cherry blossoms along with the farm's hives with honeybees hard at work. Area closures possible. Closed 4/20 Easter Sunday, weekdays and afternoons.
Dates: 
04/26/2025
04/27/2025
05/03/2025
8:30 am - 1:30 pm
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Organization:

Cider Hill Farm

Location:

45 Fern Avenue
Amesbury, MA, 01913
United States

Phone:

978-388-5525

Dr. Dolittle Day - at Capron Park Zoo

Come learn about the animal care professions and what we do to provide exceptional care for all species. Free with regular admission.
Dates: 
04/27/2025
12:00 pm
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Location:

201 County Street
Attleboro, MA, 02703
United States

Phone:

774-203-1840

Free! Children's Sunflower Seed Planting with Mrs. Essex County 2025 - At Cider Hill Farm

Join Debra Stewart Mrs. Essex County '25, for this fun, free activity for the kiddos. Planting sunflowers early attracts pollinators all season! As a North Shore native, Debra is passionate about all things agricultural. Visit the seed table on the main lawn to plant and meet Debra!
Dates: 
04/26/2025
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Organization:

Cider Hill Farm

Location:

45 Fern Avenue
Amesbury, MA, 01913
United States

Phone:

978-388-5525

Village Earth Days at Old Sturbridge Village

Seed, sow, celebrate! Enjoy the outdoors while we celebrate the Earth. Join us for discussions on the changing climate, the history of New England’s environment, sustainability, and more. Enjoy a walk through the woods, participate in a hands-on workshop, take home some seeds for planting at home (while supplies last), see if our gardeners and farmers need help preparing for the growing season ahead, and more! The Scoop Shop will also be open (weather permitting).
Dates: 
04/24/2025
04/25/2025
04/26/2025
9:30 am-5 pm
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Location:

1 Old Sturbridge Village Road
Sturbridge, MA, 01566
United States

Phone:

(508) 733-1830

Tulip Mania - Massachusetts Horticultural Society

Join us for a colorful spring display of 75,000+ tulips, featuring pick-your-own stems - while available!
Dates: 
04/24/2025
04/25/2025
04/26/2025
10:00 am - 6400 pm
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Location:

900 Washington St
Wellesley, MA, 02482
United States

Phone:

(617) 933-4900

Community Science Vacation Week at the EcoTarium

Community Science Vacation Week April 21–25, 2025 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Want to meet an important scientist who can protect our planet? Just look in the mirror, because science needs you! Harness your powers of observation to help solve real-world problems in your community and across the globe. Hunt for stars, peek at plants, and track animal trends, then share your discoveries. Bring your sense of curiosity—we’re counting on it.
Dates: 
04/24/2025
04/25/2025
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
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Organization:

EcoTarium

Location:

222 Harrington Way
Worcester, MA, 01604
United States

Phone:

508‍ ‍929 2700

Tinytropolis: The Next 250 Years - At Discovery Museum

Come visit the mini city with a big future! Join us as we design, build, and explore a mini city constructed completely out of cardboard and creativity. What about our current community spaces do you think the founders of our nation envisioned, and how would you envision the spaces we can prepare and create for those who will follow in our footsteps 250 years from now? This changing and evolving temporary space will be put together by staff and visitors over the course of 7 days.
Dates: 
04/24/2025
04/25/2025
04/26/2025
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
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Organization:

Discovery Museum

Location:

177 Main Street (Route 27)
Acton, MA, 01720
United States

Phone:

+1 978-264-4200

Bessie's Closet - At Discovery Museum

Bessie’s Closet is a free pop-up clothing store open to all. Supported by donations from the community, Bessie’s Closet offers new or gently-used clothing and shoes for both children and adults. Anyone who may benefit is welcome to visit Bessie’s Closet. Museum admission is not required, but also not included. All items are available free of charge, take what you need! Items available in Bessie’s Closet are dependent upon donations received.
Dates: 
05/02/2025
05/03/2025
05/04/2025
Fri. 3:30 - 7:30pm; Sat. & Sun. 10am - 3pm
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Organization:

Discovery Museum

Location:

177 Main Street (Route 27)
Acton, MA, 01720
United States

Phone:

+1 978-264-4200

Earth Day nature walk program “BioBlitz: A Field Meeting of the Natural History Society”

A special Earth Day offering, don’t miss our nature walk program “BioBlitz: A Field Meeting of the Natural History Society” at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, April 22nd. What wildlife can you find in the heart of Worcester? Join us for a short trip to Crow Hill and we’ll find out together! Step into over a century of history at the latest field meeting of the Natural History Society! This program is FREE with admission.
The event has already taken place on this date: 
04/22/2025
02:00 pm – 02:30 pm
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Organization:

EcoTarium

Location:

222 Harrington Way
Worcester, MA, 01604
United States

Phone:

508‍ ‍929 2700