Earth, Roots, Petals, & Paths - A tour featuring perennial and vegetable gardens.
June 15 & 16th, 2013 10:00am-3:00pm
Tickets available at the Putney Public Library, 55 Main Street, Putney, Vermont

The tour includes six private gardens in Putney, Vermont, as well as The Putney School gardens & farm and the Putney Central School garden & orchard. "The Gardens on Rice Mountain" in Walpole, NH will also be on the tour. This renowned four-acre garden was created by Theodora and Peter Berg with the assistance of garden designer Gordon Hayward and dry-stone craftsman Dan Snow.
A gourmet picnic lunch, baked goods, and refreshing beverages will be available along the tour route. Regrettably, pets are not permitted.
For more details about the tour visit us on our Facebook page. E-mail us at PutneyGardenTour@rocketmail.com or call 802-387-4407.

Unearth Your Passion! Putney Earth Day 2013

The Putney School is hosting a community Earth Day on April 20, 2013 in collaboration with the Putney Co-op to celebrate the earth and raise awareness of the environmental movement. There will be numerous workshops on a variety of topics taught by members of the community including vermiposting, compost bin-building, bike maintenance, nature walks, bird banding, foraging for wild foods, permaculture, spinning wool, energy education, net-zero building tours, writing letters to our Representatives, grass-roots organizing, and meditation. There will also be workshops geared for children and families, including gardening, environmental games, art and music, bird songs and making birdfeeders, ecology, ocean ecosystems, and kite making.

I am looking for a free turtle. My name is Caleb Johnson

Please contact: coolcpj@gmail.com
802-591-2942 or 802-885-2408

Putney Mountain 2nd Annual Family Walk & Hike-a-thon.
The Putney Mountain Association board of trustees invites you to join them for a walk on a lovely, gentle trail leading to the Dine property on Holland Hill Road. Families are encouraged and there will also be a Nature Scavenger Hunt for children.

Meet at the PMA Parking Area, off Putney Mountain Road at 10AM, on Saturday, October 13. Total distance is 2.5 miles, a shuttle will be provided back to the main parking lot until 2PM.

This is a free event, but your pledge or donation helps with taxes, insurance, newsletter and upkeep of this beautiful shared recreational resource. Rain date 10/14 387 4537 for information

The Putney Mountain Association presents:

Autumnal Moonrise & Sunset Atop Putney Mountain with Louise Garfield - Friday, September 28--5:45 PM at the top of Putney Mountain

The night before the September full moon, the Corn Moon, is a perfect opportunity to watch the sun go down over the Vermont hills to the west, and the moon rise over the New Hampshire hills looking east. Official sunset time is 6:36, and moonrise is 5:37, but each orb has natural obstacles that have the effect of a marvelous near-sychronized event that can be seen from the summit of Putney Mountain.

Louise seeks full moon rises at sunset wherever she goes, having learned of the coincidence in her studies at Hampshire College in the 1970s. She looks forward to hearing others' stories. We hope for clear skies for perfect viewing; call 387-5548 for questions (or check the http://putneymountain.org for an alternate date). Carpool, park and climb the mountain on your own.

The Institute for Natural Learning is accepting registrations for Coyote's Path 2012-13, its once-a-month outdoor program for youth. Coyote's Path takes place at the Putney Central School forest the first Saturday of every month, October through June. Youth ages 6 to 16 spend the day—and optionally the night too—under the leadership of expert wilderness awareness mentors exploring and developing their relationships with nature.

On Saturday, August 4th, Vermont's Japanese Knotweed Coordinator Brian Colleran will conduct a hands-on workshop explaining how to identify knotweed, why it's a threat to our ecology, how it spreads, and how to control or remove it. Meet at 10 a.m. at the swimming hole at the junction of Rte. 30 and Williamsville Rd., 2 miles north of the Dummerston covered bridge. Sponsored by the Dummerston Conservation Commission. For more information, call Brian at 802-595-1255 or email brian.colleran@state.vt.us.

Hike the Ed Dodd Trail up to the Nameless Knob with members of the Putney Mountain Association
Join us on June 16, 2012 at 9:30 A.M. (Rain date: June 23)
***Meet by the soccer field at Putney Central School to carpool. (parking is limited by the trailhead)

Explore the quiet trails off of Holden Road/ Windmill Hill Road that lead to the 5 Corners. We’ll turn north onto the ridge line trail and walk to Nameless Knob, with views of Monadnock and Mt. Sunapee. Roughly 3 miles roundtrip with a good amount of uphill walking and some rocky areas. Wear sturdy shoes, and bring water, a snack or lunch and bug stuff. Call 802-681-3347 if we have rain.

http://www.putneymountain.org

The Vermont Energy Education Program (VEEP) is inviting all teachers of grades 6-12 (public, private, and home-school) to attend a two-day workshop during the in-service days of October 20 and 21. Teachers will learn about the science and the real-life application of solar power, and they will receive training in VEEP's hands-on, minds-on "PV's Clean and Green" curriculum, which they can use directly in their classes.

"No matter what your current understanding of solar energy is, this workshop has something for you," said Abe Noe-Hays, one of the two VEEP educators leading the event. "If you are fuzzy on the science of photovoltaic panels or electricity in general, we will bring you up to speed in a hands-on, accessible way. Or if electricity and solar panels are second nature to you, the training will give you tools and activities to break the science down into intuitive chunks that your students can grasp quickly.”

The Putney Conservation Commission has invited Vt. State Wildlife Biologist Forrest Hammond to speak about Bears and Living With Them on Tuesday, July 26 at the Putney Fire House at 7:00 pm.

Hoping you come to listen, ask questions and Learn whatever we can about keeping Safe along with the wild life that live here with us.