2024 Program Offerings

GoodTimes@Goodnow
Music, Food trucks, Hayrides | Celebrating Conservation and Community

Saturday, September 21, 5:30 - 8pm Rain or Shine

Goodnow Preserve, 442 Mill River Southfield Road, New Marlborough, MA 01230
(click link for map)

GoodTimes@Goodnow is a tented, outdoor event featuring food vendors, music by local bands, a bonfire, hayrides, with a beer & wine bar.  Held at Goodnow Preserve in Mill River, the sundown celebration will bring together 300 people who believe in the Land Trust’s mission of conservation and community.

Music from local performers Paper Anniversary, Bobby Sweet and Lara Tupper.
Food from Roberto's Pizza, Los Lopez Taco Truck, Charlie’s Bistro Bus and The Farm New Marlborough.

Bring your friends and family! Children under 12 are free.

Tickets are $25.00/person in advance; $30.00/person at the door.

Reserved Premium Table for 8 under the tent with complimentary
bottle of red and white wine. $400.00
Please inquire at nmlandtrust@gmail.com

THANK YOU TO OUR BUSINESS SPONSORS
for supporting the Land Trust and for helping make this event happen. 

Please support our local businesses. Click on each logo for more information.

Premier Sponsors

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PAST EVENTS

Astrological Talk with Ruben Kier:

Saturday, March 9 @3pm at the Southfield Church

To register please email nmlandtrust@gmail.com

The Great American Solar Eclipse of April 2024 with Ruben Kier: Astrophotographer and Eclipse Chaser: The 2024 Great American Solar Eclipse will be the last total eclipse visible from the continental United States until 2046.  From New Marlborough, about 95% of the sun will be blocked by the moon on April 8 at 3:26 PM. To enjoy this event to the fullest, you will want to understand what creates a Solar and Lunar eclipse, how to view it safely, and how to photograph it.  You will also learn how to create a pinhole solar viewer that you and your family can make at home.  www.stardoctor.org

Biography: Ruben Kier’s first published photograph was of the 1973 Great African Eclipse, taken on an expedition with Isaac Asimov and Neal Armstrong. He went on to study Astronomy with Carl Sagan at Cornell.  Since then, over 50 of his astronomical images and several of his articles have been published in Sky & Telescope and Astronomy magazines.  His book, The 100 Best Astrophotography Targets, has been the world’s bestselling resource on photographing galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. Most of the photos in his book were taken from his observatory here in the Berkshires.  He has been an invited speaker around the country, including the Harvard Smithsonian and American Museum of Natural History. Dr. Kier has traveled the globe to photograph 6 solar eclipses.  During the day, Dr. Kier teaches medical imaging at the University of Connecticut and Quinnipiac University.  

Carroll Mill History with Bernie Drew 

History of the Carroll Mill with Bernard Drew Saturday, March 23 10:00 a.m. (rain date Sunday, March 24)

To register for this event please email nmlandtrust@gmail.com

Bernard A. Drew will lead a walk to the ruins of Lower Carroll Paper Mill on Saturday. March 23, 2024, at 10 a.m. The hike is sponsored by New Marlborough Land Trust. The trailhead is at the rear of Mill River Cemetery on Mill River-Southfield Road. The mill ruins, reached by a woods trail, is beside the Konkapot River, from which it tapped waterpower. John Carroll and his son Theron Carroll operated a straw print paper factory from 1837-1887.

Drew, a writer and local historian, prepared a history of the property for the Land Trust in 2009. A regular columnist for The Berkshire Eagle, Drew’s works include Gibson’s Grove & Turner’s Landing: Lake Buel’s Century as a Summer Resort (2009). Forthcoming is Runway 29: A History of Walter J. Koladza Airport in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Reading the Land

Friday April 12, 2024 from 11am-1pm

Join Tes Reed, NMLT board member, naturalist, gifted guide and storyteller, as we wander the land and explore its story hidden in the plants, the succession of the forest, bird language and the animals that call it their home. Appropriate for ages 10 and up

Earth Day Roadside Clean-up

Earth Day Roadside Clean-up

Saturday, April 21, 2024 (rain date Sunday, April 22.

This is a wonderful opportunity to give back to this amazing  community, make new friendships and rekindled old ones. Always a great time!

9:30am - 11:30am Roadside clean up meet at the Goodnow Preserve (to pick you streets and collect supplies).

11:30am - 12:00pm Garbage drop off at the Old Inn on the Green if you are unable to go directly to the Transfer Station.

12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch for the roadside participants at the Old Inn on the Green. 

We would like you to please email nmlandtrust@gmail.com if you are interested in helping with the clean up and the lunch that follows so we can be prepared with enough materials and food.

Bird Watching at Steepletop with Greg Ward and Chip Blake

Saturday, May 11 8:00 - 10:00 am

Birds are delightful to look at in any season, but never more so than mid-May when many species from the subtropics are moving through the Berkshires, on their way to their breeding grounds farther north.  Meet at the Steepletop parking area at 7:45 am.

Space is limited so email: nmlandtrust@gmail.com with your reservation

Wild Edibles and Medicinal Plants

Sunday August 4, 2024 from 3pm-5pm

Join Tes Reed, NMLT board member, naturalist, gifted guide and storyteller, as we learn to identify the many wild edible and medicinal plants that are all around us.  There’s a bounty out there waiting for us to explore and enjoy. Appropriate for ages 10 and up

Good Times @ Goodnow

Saturday, September 21

Join the NMLT for a special outdoor fall event on Saturday, September 21, 2024

GoodTimes@Goodnow — a festive event featuring great food trucks, music by local bands, a distinctive silent auction, and a cash bar featuring wines an artisanal brews.

Join us under the tent at Goodnow Preserve, the sundown celebration will bring together the community who champion the Land Trust’s mission to conserve valuable land, support local farmers, and maintain miles of healthful hiking trails.

Bring the whole family to GoodTimes@Goodnow. Good Times guaranteed for all.

Past Events