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Abstract Paintings & Tribal Masks Exhibition At New Hampshire Antique Co-Op
Now on view through May 31, 2020
Congregational Church Stays Connected
During the suspension of in-person activities in light of the Covid-19 situation, the Congregational Church of Amherst, UCC has a variety of ways for members and others to connect with church programs. This is especially important during April as Holy Week and Easter are on the horizon.
The most up-to-date information about church activities can be found on the church’s website (ccamherst.org) or by calling the church office at 673-3231. Sunday services are broadcast on FacebookLive and recorded for later on-line viewing. Services are followed by a Virtual Fellowship Hour. Links for these and other events can be found on the website.
The church’s Facebook page is another source of information, including updates and video messages from the pastors. Pastors Maureen Frescott and Kate Kennedy are available to provide pastoral care during this time, and the church welcomes community members to connect with this loving, serving, open and affirming community of faith.
Lorraine Alice Hamilton
AMHERST – Lorraine Alice Hamilton of Amherst, New Hampshire, Beach Haven, New Jersey and Rancho Mirage, California died June 14, 2020 from pancreatic cancer at her home in California. She was 73 years old and a participant in the trial of a new cancer drug at NYU Langone in New York City since April 2019. She hoped that results from the trial would improve care for other patients who develop this cancer. She was with her family when she died and was
Donald Richard Haaker
Donald Richard Haaker, 80, born June 2, 1940, son of Carl E Haaker and Jeanne LaRochelle Haaker of Fitchburg, MA, son, brother, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, peacefully passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2020 at Saint Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, MA.
Don, as he was affectionately referred to by friends, and Dad or Grandpa by family, was a proud veteran, avid fisherman, former business owner, collector of “As Seen On TV” gadgets, and
Civic Groups
Nationally Recognized Author, Doug Tallamy in Amherst
The Amherst Garden Club’s Fiftieth Anniversary Committee takes pleasure in sponsoring a talk by Doug Tallamy, professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, author of four books, researcher, nationally renowned speaker, and winner of several prestigious awards. He will be presenting at the Souhegan High School Auditorium in Amherst on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 7:00 PM. The public is invited.
Professor Tallamy’s topic, Nature’s Best Hope, is based on his research into better understanding how individuals can make a difference in supporting the diversity and existence of native plants and animals so necessary for a healthy environment.
Recent headlines and three billion fewer birds in North America are a bleak reality check on how ineffective current landscape designs have been in sustaining the plants and animals that sustain people.
The solution is easy and inexpensive. Working with a common goal in mind, individuals can create a Homegrown National Park, a 20 million acre network of viable habitats that will provide vital corridors connecting the few natural areas that remain. His message is a hopeful one: ordinary people have the power to make a significant difference in the future of the natural world.
Doug Tallamy’s book, Bringing Nature Home, was awarded a Silver Medal in 2008 by the Garden Writer’s Association. Nature’s Best Hope, a New York Times Best Seller, was released in February 2020, and his latest book, The Nature of Oaks, was released by Timber press in March 2021.
The topic, Nature’s Best Hope, is one that will be of interest to everyone, gardeners, and non-gardeners alike. Reservations for his speech will be limited to allow for social distancing.
To create landscapes that enhance local ecosystems, people must add the native plant communities that sustain food webs, sequester carbon, maintain diverse native bee communities, and manage watersheds. Professor Tallamy points out how gardeners and homeowners can accomplish this by the way they landscape and maintain their yards.
Following CDC guidelines, the Amherst Garden Club is requiring masks as well as social distancing. The cost of attending is $15.00 per person; reservations can be made on the Amherst Garden Club website, www.amherstgardenclub.org through SignUpGenius.
Amherst Garden Club’s Garden Tips for October
To celebrate the Amherst Garden’s Club’s 51st year and to support the club’s mission to provide education, a few gardening tips will be shared each month from the “Amherst Garden Club’s Regional Gardening Throughout the Year Calendar.” Copies are available at Amherst Garden Center, 305 Route 101, Amherst.
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It’s October! Now is the Time…
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to cut interesting wild grasses, pods, and other plants for fall arrangements.
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to add raked leaves to a compost pile.
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to keep watering newly planted perennials, shrubs, and trees until the ground freezes.
Amherst Garden Club Welcomes Pamela Hartford
AMHERST – On Thursday, October 7, 2021, the Amherst Garden Club will welcome landscape historian Pamela Hartford, an expert in the work of renowned 19th century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
Join us as we go back in time with Pamela and discover the history behind two Olmstead-designed farm properties: Moraine Farm in Beverly, MA and Waveny Estate in New Canaan, CT. Built as a gentleman’s farm and summer estate, Moraine Farm is set on 175 acres overlooking Wenham Lake. It is considered the finest existing example of Olmsted’s approach to country estate landscape design. The farm’s name comes from a low ridge of glacial debris, called a moraine, which Olmsted incorporated into his landscape design. It has been sustainably farmed from its establishment in 1885 through today by
Landscape Reports (CLR), National Register nominations (NR), and rehabilitation plans for non-profit and municipally owned historic landscapes.
She is currently working on a CLR for the Paul Manship Historic Site in Lanesville, MA, the summer studio of a nationally recognized American sculptor that features two abandoned granite quarries. She recently provided expertise on the context and work of the Olmsted firm for a National Register nomination for Waveny Estate. Recent research projects have culminated in award-winning submissions to the Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS), and a contribution to Warren H. Manning, Landscape Architect and Environmental Planner (University of Georgia Press/Library of American Landscape History, 2017).
A resident of Salem, MA, Pamela is also
various non-profit CSAs and now a farmer-in-training program.
The Waveny Estate, constructed in 1912, sits majestically overlooking 300 acres of Connecticut countryside. The gardens and grounds laid out by Olmsted are another superb example of his work. The estate was a summer home for the Laphams, and Mrs. Lapham, a founding member of the New Canaan Garden Club, hosted club meetings at her home.
Pamela Hartford is a landscape historian trained in architecture, historic preservation, and landscape design. She prepares Cultural
researching the avid horticultural pursuits of Salem’s wealthy ship owners during the nineteenth century.
We expect to hold the meeting in person for garden club members, as well as livestream it to our Facebook page (facebook.com/AmherstGardenClubNH) for the public. Our business meeting begins at 9:15 AM, and the program begins at 10:30 AM. Check our web site for updates.