Walks and talks that are guided by experts and dedicated to close observation and deep appreciation of the world.
Saunter with leading naturalists and learn directly from nature as you observe and reflect. Or, saunter alongside historians in the footsteps of Henry. Or, enjoy a “true sauntering of the eye” with lectures that take deep dives into topics of nature, society, and history.
SPRING 2025
Mycologist and author of Fascinating Fungi of New England, Fungipedia, Lawrence Millman, will be the foray leader on a mushroom identification walk in Hapgood-Wright Forest.
Author and Arctic explorer Lawrence Millman has written 18 books, including such titles as Our Like Will Not Be There Again, Last Places, Hiking to Siberia, At the End of the World, Fascinating Fungi of New England, Fungipedia, and Goodbye, Ice. He is also a contributor to Thoreau Farm’s book: What Would Henry Do? Volume II. He has visited Henry’s grave more times than he’s visited either his mother’s or his father’s graves. He lives in Cambridge.
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PAST THOREAU SAUNTERING SOCIETY PROGRAMS
Saturday, September 8, 2024 – Former Inhabitants: A Saunter at Brister’s Hill and Thoreau’s Beanfield
Saturday, August 4, 2024 – Meet the Beekeeper
Saturday, June 23, 2024 – A Family Birding Saunter with MYBC
Saturday, May 11, 2024 – A Birding Saunter with Peter Alden, part of A Day of Birds at Thoreau Farm
Saturday, May 4, 2024 – Thoreau Farm Garden Clean-up
Sunday, April 28, 2024 – Welcome Bees to Thoreau Farm
Sunday, February 11, 2024 – Super Cup Sunday Fungus Saunter with Lawrence Millman
Sunday, October 29, 2023 – “My vicinity afford many good walks”; A Saunter Exploring Thoreau Farm’s Biology & History
Sunday, May 21, 2023 – “My vicinity afford many good walks”; A Saunter Exploring Thoreau Farm’s Biology & History
Sunday, February 12, 2023 — Super Cup Sunday Mushroom Saunter
Sunday, October 23, 2022 — A Mushroom Saunter with mycologist Dr. Lawrence Millman
Sunday, October 16, 2022 — Autumnal Tints Saunter with Peter Alden and Ken Turkington
Sunday, September 25, 2022 — Determined to Know Beans: A Biological & Historical Saunter of Thoreau’s Bean Field at Walden Pond.
Sunday, September 11, 2022 — A Saunter with Peter Alden at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
**Saunters proceed rain or shine and fees are non-refundable. Should your plans change, your saunter fees can be applied to a future saunter.