The Thoreau Sauntering Society

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


Super CAP Fungus Saunter

Sunday, April 27, 2025

2pm

FREE

Registration required. Limited to 16 participants.

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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.

This year’s Super Cup Fungus Saunter was cancelled to due to lousy weather.  That’s the bad news.  Here’s the good news: there’ll be a Super Cap Fungus Saunter at the time of year when mushrooms with caps are starting to appear.  Those mushrooms will be far more interesting than either a domed or an undomed sports stadium.

Author and Arctic explorer Lawrence Millman has written 18 books, including such titles as Our Like Will Not Be There AgainLast PlacesHiking to SiberiaAt the End of the WorldFascinating 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.

 

Check back for more saunters. 

Have an idea for a saunter destination, topic, or leader? Email your suggestions to info@thoreaufarm.org

 


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.