The Trustees of Reservations

Have been to Mytoi on Chappaquiddick Island? Fall is the Perfect Time to Visit Mytoi! Here are our top 5 reasons to visit Mytoi in the Fall:🍁 📍 Vibrant Foliage: Stroll through paths lined with colorful Japanese maples, offering breathtaking autumn views. 📍 Tranquil Meditation: Enjoy the peaceful atmosphere surrounded by nature, ideal for quiet reflection. 📍 Unique Garden Design: Explore Japanese-inspired landscaping that contrasts beautifully with the island’s coastal scenery. 📍 Wildlife & Nature: The crisp fall air brings a variety of birds and wildlife, adding to the serene experience. 📍 Less Crowded: Experience the garden's beauty without the summer crowds. Plan your visit today: https://lnkd.in/g-iGeGJf Know-before-you-go: ✔️ Public restrooms (year-round portable toilets). ✔️ Picnic tables and benches. ✔️ Bike rack. ✔️ Fresh water located at entrance (seasonal). ✔️ Please refrain from biking or dog walking within the garden’s fences. ✔️ Members: FREE, Nonmembers: $5 ✔️ Open 9am-5pm, daily. 🗺️ How to get there: From Edgartown-Chappaquiddick ferry, take Chappaquiddick Road 2.5 mi. At sharp right curve, continue straight onto Dike Road (dirt road) and follow for 0.3 mi. to entrance and parking area (15 cars) on left. Roadside parking not permitted and is strictly enforced. #TheTrustees #SpecialPlaces #ExploreOutdoors #Outdoors #Nature #VisitMytoi #FallFoliage #JapaneseGarden #AutumnInMA #Chappaquiddick #NatureRetreat #PeacefulEscape #ExploreMassachusetts #TheTrustees #MytoiGarden #FallColors #IslandGetaway #HiddenGemMA @thetrusteesmv #Accessibility [Description: Photos of Mytoi on Chappaquiddick Island in MA.]

Curiosity and intrigue await at our Long Hill, Beverly and Naumkeag, Stockbridge Pumpkin shows! How many themes and pop culture references can you find in our vast displays? From creative pumpkin carvings to imaginative fresh themes, come appreciate the detail and artistry at our amazing shows. Unlock the season’s thrills by securing your tickets at the link in our bio or here: https://lnkd.in/ehgusgXG 📷: Photos 1-3, Long Hill, Beverly @thetrusteeslonghill - "Halloween on the Hill" 📷: Photos 4-6, Naumkeag, Stockbridge @naumkeagofficial - "The Incredible Naumkeag Pumpkin Show" #TheTrustees #Pumpkins #PumpkinShow #Naumkeag #LongHill #BeverlyMA #StockbridgeMA #HalloweenEvents #SpookyEvents #FamilyFriendlyEvents #Accessibility [Description: Photos of the Trustees Pumpkin Shows from the two properties that host them.]

🍂 Top 9 Hiking Tips for Beginners this Fall! Autumn is the perfect season to hit the trails and enjoy the stunning fall foliage, but it’s important to stay safe while you explore! Here are our top tips to make the most of your fall hikes (swipe to see). Enjoy the breathtaking views and remember: a safe hiker is a happy hiker! 🍁👟 📷: Monument Mountain, Great Barrington – credit: Richard Cheek 📷: Bullitt Reservation, Ashfield and Conway 📷: Bear Swamp, Ashfield – credit: Richard Cheek 📷: Appleton Farms, Ipswich 📷: Rocky Woods, Medfield 📷: Whitney Thayer Woods, Cohasset 📷: Ravenswood, Gloucester 📷: Chapel Brook, Ashfield 📷: Copicut Woods, Fall River #TheTrustees #Hiking #HikingSafety #SpecialPlaces #FallFoliage #HikingTips #ExploreWithTrustees #Berkshires #ExploreOutdoors #Outdoors #Nature #Accessibility [Description: Series of 9 photos featuring popular hiking destinations at various Trustees properties.]

The Trustees’ challenge to raise $75,000 to support our work in cities, towns, and natural areas across Massachusetts ends at midnight tonight! Help us share our state's natural and cultural treasures with more people than ever before. Donate today (see link in bio): https://bit.ly/4eJqTBZ 📷: Brooks Woodland Preserve, Petersham – credit: M. Arduser #TheTrustees #SpecialPlaces #Gift #Conservation #CulturalTreasures #Accessibility [Description: Photo of beautiful Brooks Woodland Preserve during fall in Petersham, MA.]

On today's edition of Trustees Hidden Gems, we introduce you to... Becket Historic Quarry & Forest in Becket. 🌲 🍂 Fall, foliage, a quarry and ruins in the woods? It's the best time of year to take a road trip and go exploring in the Berkshires, who knows what you'll find! 🧐 Perhaps you'll stumble across a hidden treasure 🗝️ or you might just find trucks, winches, railroad tracks, and other pieces of heavy equipment that were abandoned in the late 1940s, as though quarry workers simply walked off the job and never returned. 📍 Visitors to Becket Quarry can experience seven miles of hiking trails 🚶♀️ that span serene natural vistas, craggy ascents, vernal pools, and wildlife, including protected New England cottontail habitat. Becket has an interesting history and a storied past which remains frozen in time. Make your way toward the submerged quarry pit and discover cliffs rising 75 feet above inky waters. ⚠️ Please note: Cliff diving and swimming in the quarry pit is prohibited. Cliff diving can result in physical injury or death. Do not jump from the cliffs. There are many hazards lying beneath the surface—old equipment, downed trees—and there is zero visibility in the water. 🗺️ To get there: From points east: Follow I-90W to Westfield. Take exit 41 to US-20 W, MA-23W and N Blandford Rd to Quarry Rd in Becket. 🅿️ Parking is FREE for Members. $10 parking for nonmembers (at the kiosk). 📷: Photo 1, credit John Roberts 📷: Photo 2, credit Melanie @melaniesnicket 📷: Photo 3-5, credit David Edgecomb @davidedgecomb 📷: Photo 6-7, credit Jean-Pierre Pasche @bigredframe #TheTrustees #Berkshires #BecketMA #BecketQuarry #NewEnglandFoliage #HiddenTreasure #ExploreNature #HikingTrails #Abandoned #NatureLovers #NewEnglandHikes #DiscoverTheBerkshires #OutdoorExploration #HistoricQuarry #NewEnglandFall #Accessibility [Description: A series of photos taken by various photographers who visited Becket Quarry in Becket, MA.]

You do not want to miss this! Gather the whole family and join us for an unforgettable Halloween experience. Now through October 27, Wednesday-Sunday, 5:30pm to 8:30pm. Get your tickets: https://bit.ly/3XKF0jH 🎃 Halloween on the Hill Long Hill, Beverly @thetrusteeslonghill 🎃 The Incredible Naumkeag Pumpkin Show Naumkeag, Stockbridge @naumkeagofficial #TheTrustees #HalloweenontheHill #BeverlyMA #SalemMA #SalemMass #ThingstodoinSalem #Halloween #Pumpkins #PumpkinShow

📍 Weekend Warriors, this post is for you! We’ve got a round-up of all our Trustees events and happenings around the state this weekend. First off, we are shrieking with excitement because it’s Opening Weekend at our Pumpkin Shows at Long Hill in Beverly and Naumkeag in Stockbridge!! 🎃 🗺️ Want to experience something new at the Crane Estate in Ipswich? Choate Island Day, an annual experience, is back this weekend. Choose from a self-guided experience or the morning or afternoon guided experiences with staff. 🍁Across the state there are a plethora of other experiences to choose from. Take in a Fall Festival at Weir River Farm in Hingham, indulge in a watercolor experience at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, and check out Stone Walls and Foundations on a guided walk at Ward Reservation in Andover. Whatever you’re in the mood for, we’ve got it! Check out all the weekend lineup here: https://lnkd.in/e6jSgnJr 📷 Row 1: Halloween on the Hill - Long Hill, Beverly The Incredible Naumkeag Pumpkin Show - Naumkeag, Stockbridge Choate Island Day - Crane Beach - Ipswich, MA 📷 Row 2: Fall Festival - Weir River Farm, Hingham Watercolor Nature Immersion with Nadine Mazzola - Fruitlands Museum, Harvard Stone Walls and Hidden Foundations Guided Walk - Ward Reservation, Andover 📷 Row 3: Nature Journaling with Nanci Worthington - Bartholomew's Cobble, Sheffield Gather with Goats - Powisset Farm, Dover Bird Walk - Whitney and Thayer Woods, Hingham #TheTrustees #WeekendEvents #CultureAndMusic #TheWeekender #Nature #Outdoors #History #Art #SpecialPlaces #TrusteesAdventures #ExploreMA #FallFun #Stargazing #FamilyActivities #ArtInNature #Accessibility [Description: Photogrid highlighting events across the State of Massachusetts this weekend.]

🌱 Join us for an inspiring evening at Roots & Resilience in Boston! 🍸✨ Get ready for cocktails, conversation, and community as we celebrate our impactful work to make Boston a greener, more resilient city. 🌿🌆 Special guests Jim Braude & Margery Eagan from GBH’s Boston Public Radio @wgbh will be leading a dynamic discussion on how we can shape a sustainable future together! 💬🎤 Your support is the key to turning our vision of a thriving, eco-friendly Boston into reality. Through our 56 community gardens, our waterfront resiliency efforts, and our education and outdoor experience programs for youth, The Trustees is working to create a thriving, sustainable future for Boston. Your support is vital to help us expand access to fresh food, build resilient open spaces for climate mitigation, and offer more outdoor experience opportunities to youth in the city and beyond. Let’s plant the seeds of change—together! 🌍 ✨ Don't miss out—be part of something bigger! Reserve your spot today and help us grow a greener tomorrow - Register here: https://lnkd.in/e-f5DN-a #TheTrustees #RootsAndResilience #GreenBoston #SustainableFuture #BeTheChange #Accessibility [Description: Graphic for the Roots & Resilience event in Boston on October 17.]

“Across Boundaries, Across Barriers” – Featured Art, Part 3 of 5: Over the next month, in a five-part series, we will be featuring historic and contemporary works of art from several Native American communities featured in the “Across Boundaries, Across Barriers” exhibit at Fruitlands Museum @fruitlandsmuseum in Harvard. Bow guards—known to the Diné as ketohs—are both beautiful and useful. This one in particular uses traditional materials (leather and silver) alongside a unique element, turquoise. It's part of the "Radiant Traditions" (East) section of the new "Across Boundaries, Across Barriers" exhibition at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard. See it alongside many other historic and contemporary Native Art pieces by visiting soon! 📷: Artist once known, Diné (Navajo). Ketoh, c. 1910. Silver, leather, and turquoise. Collection of Fruitlands Museum, The Trustees. FM.1. 1929.743 #Accessibility [Description: Photo of an historic bow guard as seen on view at the “Across Boundaries, Across Barriers” exhibit at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, MA.]

Have you ever been curious about our Summer and Fall concerts? Our Co-Op, Alli, spent the summer Trustees-concert-hopping and wrote a blog all about it! She says, “These experiences combine music with the outdoors both in the setting and in the songs, making them perfect events for fans of performing arts and nature. Each location has its own unique environment and focus, showcasing local artists who share a passion for preserving special places.” Read all about Alli's Summer concert adventures here (or see our link in bio) and don't forget to look for our Fall concerts: https://lnkd.in/e3BKjBif 📷: Fruitlands Museum, Harvard #TheTrustees #TrusteesConcerts #SummerConcerts #FallConcerts #OutdoorMusic #NatureAndMusic #LocalArtists #LiveMusic #TrusteesExperience #MusicInNature #Accessibility [Description: Photo of a summer concert held at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, MA.]