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  • Birds & Beyond: A Journey through Thoreau’s Landscape with Barry Van Dusen

    Thoreau Farm 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA, United States +1 more

    From May 11th to July 24th, visitors to Concord can explore Barry Van Dusen's beautiful nature sketches displayed at both Thoreau Farm and Walden Pond State Reservation Visitor Center. Van Dusen is a Massachusetts-based artist and the author of Finding Sanctuary, in which he describes and illustrates 61 of Mass Audubon’s wildlife sanctuaries, nature centers, […]

    Free

  • Determined to Know Beans: A Biological & Historical Saunter of Thoreau’s Bean Field at Walden Pond

    Walden Pond State Reservation 915 Walden Street, Concord, MA, United States

    In 1845 Henry David Thoreau moved to Walden Pond to begin his two-year experiment in simple living in a small, one-room house that he built himself. Thoreau also planted and maintained a garden of “two acres and a half of light and sandy soil” in which he grew beans. Thoreau left the Pond in 1847 […]

    $25

  • Happy Birthday, Henry!

    Walden Pond State Reservation 915 Walden Street, Concord, MA, United States

    Celebrate Henry David Thoreau’s 205th birthday! Meet “Henry David Thoreau,” portrayed by Richard Smith. Discuss his adventures and daily life at Walden Pond. At the Thoreau house replica, by the main parking lot.

    Free