Outdoor
Dragon’s Nest Community Cookout
The Dragons Nest 132 Prescott St. Farmington, Farmington, ME, United StatesGo enjoy a community cookout and be entertained by local riders. If you skate, ride bmx, or anything else, join in and invite your friends and family to hang out!
Grow Your Own Edible Mushrooms
Maine Local Living School 71 Lake Drive, Temple, ME, United StatesMushrooms are fascinating and beautiful organisms that also offer opportunities for substantial food production in Maine. This workshop, led by North Spore educator Louis Giller, will share background and hands-on experience with some of the most reliable outdoor cultivation methods. Louis will start with a presentation explaining how to plan and execute log and bed cultivation with species including Shiitake, Wine Cap, Oysters, Chestnut, and Hen of the Woods. From there, we'll get outside and start inoculating, putting what we've learned into practice! Participants will be able to take home a freshly inoculated Shiitake log.
Memories of a Wildlife Biologist – Ron Joseph
Thomas Auditorium, Preble Hall, UMF ME, United StatesSponsored By Western Maine Audubon Ron’s talk will mainly focus on wildlife and his role in protecting and conserving species as described in detail in his recent book: Bald Eagles, Bear Cubs, and Hermit Bill: Memories of a Wildlife Biologist, published by ISLANDPORT PRESS, 2023. He will focus in particular on the most current threat facing Maine's fish and wildlife: a warming Pine Tree State that will result in winners and losers.
Annual Plant Sale – Tyngtown Club of Wilton
First Congregational Church of Wilton 386 Main Street, Wilton, ME, United StatesJoin the ladies of Wilton’s Tyngtown Club for our annual plant sale! Locally-dug perennials, annuals, house plants, and veggie + herb seedlings will be available at reasonable prices. Proceeds from the sale will contribute to Tyngtown's care and upkeep of the downtown flowers along Wilton's Main Street, as well as our group's ongoing financial support of many valued local organizations, including the Western Maine Play Museum, the Wilton Free Public Library, Fit Girls of Wilton, our public elementary schools, and others.
Memorial Weekend Birding Tour
Pierce Pond, Somerset County, Maine Northwest Somerset, ME 04961, Bowtown Township, Maine, ME, United StatesCome birding with us at Pierce Pond! Join our guided, full-day immersive bird-watching tour with a Maine Master Naturalist with the option to stay at a traditional Maine sporting camp. Discover diverse avian species in the pristine Northern Forest and Lakeshore ecosystems, including black-backed woodpeckers, blue headed vireos, a variety of warblers, wrens, sparrows, waterfowl, and more. This program is for experienced and novice birders alike. Bring your binoculars, curiosity, and love of nature.
Memorial Weekend Birding Tour
Pierce Pond, Somerset County, Maine Northwest Somerset, ME 04961, Bowtown Township, Maine, ME, United StatesCome birding with us at Pierce Pond! Join our guided, full-day immersive bird-watching tour with a Maine Master Naturalist with the option to stay at a traditional Maine sporting camp. Discover diverse avian species in the pristine Northern Forest and Lakeshore ecosystems, including black-backed woodpeckers, blue headed vireos, a variety of warblers, wrens, sparrows, waterfowl, and more. This program is for experienced and novice birders alike. Bring your binoculars, curiosity, and love of nature.
Campfire Chronicles Expansion
sandy river alpaca farm and martin woods farm Starks, ME, United StatesLive music at the Sandy River Alpaca farm in Starks, brought to you by the nearby Martin Woods Farm. Featuring music from "away" and "nearby" including Travis James Humphrey, Erin Harpe Duo, International Strings, and The World Famous Grassholes, with one afternoon dedicated to Starks Own: Sagittarius Rising, Chicken Street Band, and Cole Martin. We will have kayaks and canoes for rent on the Sandy River, and horse back riding in the fields and trails. There will be farm fresh food, and plenty of outdoor activities on site and nearby to chose from.