Events

Please Note: the Can You Lend a Hand event is now rescheduled to Saturday October 3 with a rain date of October 4, –as shown on the revised image below — due to heavy rain forecast on the original date.

Event Poster: Can you lend a hand? Rauscher Far's Pollinator Nursery could use your help ... Weeding, mulching, and more. Saturday October 3, 2026 1 to 3 pm. Rain date - Sunday October 4. Come for as long as your schedule allows.
Event Poster: The Buzz on Pollinators and Native Plants. Saturday - August 22, 2026 1 - 3 p.m. Rain Date Sunday August 23. Join Robrt Gigear, Associate Professor at UMASS Dartmouth, where he studies the relationships pollinators have with our local native plants. Wear tick-deterrent clothing and walking shoes, socks, long pants, long-sleeved tops, hats.
Event Poster: 2026 StoryWalk. "You Are Never Alone" written by Izy Elin Kelsey, artwork by Soyeon Kim. A self-guided reading adventure along the Clamshell Pond Path. July-November, 2026

Poster for Rauscher Farm's Woodland Stewardship Day. Saturday, May, 9, 2026. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come as long as your schedule allows. Help implement Rauscher Farm's Forest Management Plan. Discover benefits of tree girdling; manage white pine growth; identify and cull non-native plants.

Event Poster: Meet Rauscher Farm's Wildlife. Saturday April 25, 2026, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Held at Bigelow Free Public Library 54 Walnut Street, Clinton, MA www.bigelowlibrary.org See resident and seasonal visitors recorded on Rauscher Farm's remote cameras, captured by local nature photographer David Ammerman, and others. Learn about wildlife rehabilitation with Alyssa Giaquinto and her ambassador Barn owl, Bella, from the Giaquinto Wildlife Center.

Event Poster: Native Plants: a Winter Sow Workshop Saturday January 24 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Clinton's Bigelow Public Library. Experienced pollinator garden installers will lead a hands-on program to turn milk jugs into native seed planters you can take home, place outside and wait for spring. Seeds provided.