The Phillies Bridge Farm Project is dedicated to sustainable agriculture, food justice, and education, offering a CSA, farm camps, and workshops. 65 acres of the property is farmed for growing vegetables, herbs, and flowers with another 45 acres of woods and wetlands that has 1.5 miles of trails for nature study that are accessible to …

This co-sponsored walk with our friends at the John Burroughs Association is part of the annual, month long Hudson River Valley Ramble. A visit to the sanctuary always captures the spirit of our namesake and hopefully the southbound autumn passage of neotropical migrants. Please register with info@johnburroughsassociation.org for details on meet up location.

It is always a pleasure to have the engaging (and knowledgeable) Tom O’Dowd on the lead for a walk like this and at a location like Scenic Hudson’s 150-acre riverside and picturesque holding, Falling Waters in Saugerties. Tom is the Kingston Land Trust’s Land Stewardship Coordinator and can also speak to professional initiatives on this …

We will hike Twin Mt on the Devil’s Path from the Prediger Road trailhead in Tannersville. After about the first mile we will be hiking through first growth forest -never logged, farmed, barked, burned, or cleared. The total distance round trip is around 6 miles, with about 1800’ of elevation gain. Twin is named for …

Festivities will once again be held at Kingston’s Hasbrouck Park Pavilion offering the MOST scenic view in town. Please come at noon if you plan on donating items for the raffle so we can have things in place as JBNHSers arrive. Don’t forget your binoculars! Food will once again be provided by Stone Soup and …

An occasion to visit nature with your best dog and human friends! John Burroughs described the dog as the “ideal walking companion” in Ways of Nature in 1905. We will visit this spectacular Scenic Hudson nature preserve that was a JB favorite in all four astronomical seasons this year to prove that point. There are …

This property has fast become a special place to visit particularly as fall migration progresses. Please contact Peter Schoenberger (pdsis@yahoo.com ) to register and find out details on meeting location.

PRE-REGISTER with the Hudson Valley Farm Hub’s Applied Farmscape Ecology Program Manager Anne Bloomfield (anne@hvfarmhub.org ) for field trip meeting details. This is a rare opportunity to enjoy the wonderful habitat that has been created on this private property by practices Anne can discuss along the walk. Targets for this trip are sparrows and their …

We’ll let trip leader Peter Schoenberger (pdsis@yahoo.com or 914 466-2707) decide the direction this field trip will go but he does love a good weedy patch full of sparrows (who doesn’t)? Maybe a “farm” visit or will a place like the Ashokan Reservoir offer the birdiest option come field trip day? Please register in advance …

PRE-REGISTER with JBNHSinfo@jbnhs.org to learn more about this field trip’s focus and location closer to the actual date. These seasonal walks are intended to highlight timely natural occurrences and if something special (or unusual) is happening locally we’d enjoy sharing these events with littles and spreading the wonderment of nature.