ConcordBook presentation

Chad Finn returns to Concord and Gibson's Bookstore on June 8 at 6:30 p.m. to present his new book, “The Boston Globe Story of the Red Sox: More Than a Century of Championships, Challenges, and Characters!”

Experience the illustrious and passionate history of the Boston Red Sox, one of the most storied franchises in baseball, as it happened through the articles, features, and lens of their hometown and national news outlet, The Boston Globe.

Chad Finn is a sports and media columnist at The Boston Globe, where he has worked since 2003. He has won multiple Associated Press Sports Editors national awards. In 2020 and '21, he was voted Favorite Sportswriter in Boston in the Channel Media Market Survey.

If you cannot make this event, signed copies of The Boston Globe Story of the Red Sox may be ordered from the Gibson's Bookstore website.

ConcordBell concert

South Church will be hosting the Merrimack Valley Ringers in concert on June 4 at 3 p.m. Currently celebrating their 21st season, the Merrimack Valley Ringers are an auditioned community handbell ensemble devoted to sharing the art of handbells and handchimes with everyone.  MVR’s members delight audiences with their infectious joy and make it their goal to capture their audience from the first note with their gusto and warmth.  Considered partners in each performance, audiences are drawn in by the ensemble’s personality, spontaneity, and unflappable spirit.   The concert is free, however a free-will offering will be taken to support the South Church operating budget.  For more information about MVR's Spring Concert series, check out their website, mvringers.org

ConcordPlant sale

Join us for the McLane Center Native Plant Sale on June 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bagley Pond Perennials will be here with a wide selection of native plants and shrubs for purchase. Bagley Pond is a native perennial farm that follows organic practices. Their goal is to provide home gardeners with pollinator safe, native plants and shrubs to support our native pollinators and wildlife.

Bagley Pond also sells garden kits that include plants adapted to specific planting conditions. Featured this year is a NH Pollinator Certification Kit: Bagley Pond garden kits

NH Audubon Staff and Pollinator Garden Volunteers will be available to answer your questions about gardening, pollinators, native wildlife, and native plants.

Tour our McLane Center Pollinator gardens while you are browsing for plants! The Spring Craft Fair features a variety of quality, handmade crafts by local artisans. There will be a raffle featuring items from vendors. The Nature Store will be open, and NH Audubon Members will receive 20% off Nature Store purchases during the fair. Gift memberships are also available.

If you are interested in participating as a craft vendor, contact Michelle Varga at mvarga@nhaudubon.org or 603-224-9909, ext. 318.

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