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The Trustees of Reservations invite you to join our expert guides for a tour around Long Hill’s stunning Sedgwick Gardens and learn more about the special plants. Step inside the beauty and layered history of Long Hill with a guided tour of its breathtaking gardens and historic house. Once the summer home of the Sedgwick family, Long Hill offers a glimpse into the refined lifestyle of Boston’s North Shore elite while also highlighting the many hands that shaped places like this across early America. Along the way, you’ll learn about the skilled artisans, gardeners, and laborers—including enslaved craftspeople—whose contributions helped shape the architecture and remarkable landscapes we see today.

The Interact Club at Gloucester High School will be holding their annual pizza taste off at Cruiseport Gloucester!  Come try different pizza from around Cape Ann, while helping to raise funds for the American Cancer Society! Taste them all for yourself and vote for the best! Only 300 tickets sold and will be available at the door. All proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

Each spring, on the first warm, rainy night, frogs and salamanders emerge and begin an extraordinary journey to the vernal pools where they breed.

Essex County Greenbelt Association invites families to Cox Reservation for a show-and-tell that introduces children of all ages to the importance of bees and other pollinators.