First Thursday Hike at The Fells: June 3, 11 a.m.: Join Nick Scheu, landscape director, or Simon Parsons, education director, at The Fells property. These informal, moderate walks will be an opportunity to get a little exercise, spend time out in the landscape, and learn something new about the gardens and the home once owned by the John Hay family. The topic will change monthly! Members: free, non-members: included with regular admission fee. No reservations necessary. Meets at The Fells kiosk.
Members Opening Reception: June 4, 5 to 7 p.m.: Join fellow Fells supporters in celebrating the opening of the 2021 season. Be among the first to see the exciting new gallery, history, and ecology exhibits or stroll the gardens fragrant with spring blossoms as you enjoy some of the newly installed Art In Nature Sculpture. Free to members. Advance registration required, call 603-763-4789, ext. 3 or email info@thefells.org.
The Fells 29th Annual Plant SaleMember Preview Drive-thru: June 11 from 4 to 5 p.m.: Members, join us for this special early-bird shopping. Buy quality, well-established plants and shrubs propagated and field dug from The Fells very own gardens, as well as from the region’s finest nurseries. We have an array of outstanding plants, including specialty alpines and rock garden plants, as well as some sought-after signature plants. As a member, receive 10% off all Fells plants.
The Fells 29th Annual Plant Sale: Drive-thru June 12 from 9 to 11 a.m.: Buy quality, well-established plants and shrubs propagated and field dug from The Fells very own gardens, as well as from the region’s finest nurseries. You will also find Fells signature, specialty alpine, and rock garden plants. Members bring a membership cards and save 10% on all Fells plant purchases.
Sunset Hill Hike: Returning to The Source of The Brook: June 13 (Rain date June 20) from 4 to 7 p.m.: Naturalist, John Hay was fond of hiking in the forests of New Hampshire. His book In The Company of Light retraces a hike to reach the hidden headwaters of Beech Brook, the water supply for his boyhood home at The Fells. The spring is hidden deep in the woods and off-trail on the Forest Society’s 700-acre Hay Forest Reservation located adjacent to The Fells. Join Forest Society Education Director, Dave Anderson for a spectacular evening hike to reach the source of Beech Brook and then a rugged bushwhack hike off-trail to reach the summit of Sunset Hill, ancestral Hay family summer picnic grounds. Difficulty: A rugged, 2-mile loop hike that gains 550 feet to the 1800 foot elevation at the summit of Sunset Hill. BYO water and snacks. Off trail bushwhacking is required. SPNHF and Fells members $10, non-members $15. Advance registration required. To register, call 603-763-4789, ext. 3 or email info@thefells.org. Program meets at the Welcome Kiosk. Co-sponsored by the Society for the Protection of NH forests and the John Hay Estate at The Fells.