BCD is going HYBRID! Celebrate Conservation WEEK!
Saturday, July 10 through Saturday, July 16
BCD Week – Schedule of Events (download pdf)
2021 Virtual Passport (download and print)
We are excited to announce this year’s BCD partner, the Brewster Ponds Coalition. Our 2021 event features BPC “All About Ponds” program. Together we will present a fun filled, week-long celebration that will include both, in-person and virtual activities, contest, walks, talks, and video presentations.
Schedule of Events (July 10 – July 16) |
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| Saturday, July 10 | *Rain date: Sunday, July 11 | |
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10 am – 12 pm
Windmill Meadow, Drummer Boy Park
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BCD KICKOFF
Meet the BCT and BPC Mascots – get the buzz about pollinators and learn about pond health. Go on a StoryWalk® @ Windmill Meadow |
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10 am – 12 pm
Drummer Boy Park |
Build, Learn & Play – Join Cape Light Compact and build your own Energy Efficient House, learn and play at the Energy Carnival. |
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11 am – 12 pm | Perry’s Last Stand – Serving Ice Cream treats for sale |
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12 pm – 3 pm | Tour the Windmill and Watch the Blacksmith |
| Monday, July 12 | ||
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10 am – 12 pm
CC Museum of Natural History
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Pick up your Passports & play! @ CCMNH
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10 am – 12 pm
Nauset Marsh Eastham |
Nature Hike @ Nauset Seashore Nauset Marsh Trail sponsored by the Harwich Conservation Trust and Eastham Conservation Foundation ($20 pp) – |
| Tuesday, July 13 | ||
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9 am
Bakers Pond
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Nature Hike @ Bakers Pond (free) |
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10 am – 4 pm *
North Pond Drive
*1 pm – John O’Reilly |
Garden Tour: Pollinator Garden, Honeybees and Hydrangeas ($5.00 admission at door to benefit the Brewster Ponds Coalition) Brewster Ponds Coalition invites you to tour a beautiful pollinator garden and lush ecosystem, peek at the honeybee, see & learn about alternative septic with John O’Reilly, and check out Blueberry Pond’s storm water filtration basin. |
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11 am (session #1)
1 pm (session #2) Seymour Pond, Brewster, MA |
Pond Education Field Program @ Seymour Pond
This guided pond activity (1 hour) will include how to protect our ponds, looking at the pond water and identifying some of the creatures that live in our ponds. 5 years and older with adult. Click here to Register |
| Wednesday, July 14 | ||
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9 am – 10 am
Mants Landing |
Oyster Farm Tour – Join Ryan Burch, Town of Brewster, on a walk out on the Brewster Flats to learn about the lifecycle and benefits behind these delicious bivalves. No registration required. Space is limited – park at Mants Landing beach. Must have Brewster Town Beach Parking Sticker. (free) |
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10 am – 11 am Eddy Bay |
Explore & Create – Join Mary Doucette for a walk through the forest and a unique fairy house building experience. Ages 5+ with adult. Masks required (free)
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10 am – 4 pm *
North Pond Drive * 1 pm – John O’Reilly |
Brewster Ponds Coalition Garden Tour: Pollinator Garden, Honeybees and Hydrangeas ($5.00 admission to benefit the Brewster Ponds Coalition) see details above
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3 pm – 4 pm
Eddy Bay |
Explore and Create – Join Mary Doucette for a walk through the forest and a unique nature mandala making experience. Ages 5 + with adult. Masks required (free)
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3 pm – 6 pm
Drummer Boy Park |
Brewster Farmer’s Market – Fresh seafood, produce, eggs, grass-fed pork & beef, cheese, artisan tables, music, and kid stuff! |
| Thursday, July 15 | ||
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9 am
Mother’s Bog |
Nature Hike @ Mother’s Bog (free) |
| Friday, July 16 | ||
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10 am – 12 pm
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
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Explore and Discover – Seashore Ramble with Mass. Audubon. Use dip nets and magnifiers to search for swimming, flying, and burrowing wildlife on the sanctuary’s beach at low tide. ($14 kids / $18 adults)
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| ANYTIME EVENTS | ||
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Windmill Meadow | StoryWalk® – The Turtle Sisters by Susan Baur
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No Bottom Pond | StoryWalk® – Kettle Pond story by Heidi Clemmer |
| VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES – All Ages | ||
| BPC Website | Food Web Study – Nancy Leland, UNH faculty and founder of Lim-Tex – Virtual talk (starts at 3 minute mark) | |
| Cyanobacteria aerosol toxins – Marty Burke, BPC Citizen Scientist Marty Burke – Virtual talk | ||
| BPC Website | Cyanobacteria Aerosol Testing Results – Dr. Jim Haney, UNH – Virtual talk | |
| What Is A Kettle Pond – Karen Malkus-Benjamin – Virtual talk
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| Cape Cod Native Plants and Alternative Lawns workshop – Crocker Nurseries – Virtual talk | ||
| VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES – Just for Kids Brewster Pond Coalition Children’s Education Program |
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| BPC Website | Virtual Pond Field Trip
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| Polly’s Dream – Pond Health – Virtual Puppet Show
(2nd grade) |
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| Turtle Pond Mystery – Pond Health – Virtual Puppet Show
(5th Grade) |
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| Kettle Pond Community -Virtual Book reading by author, Heidi Clemmer | ||
| Vernal Pool Visitors – Virtual Book reading by author, Heidi Clemmer | ||
| The Turtle Sisters Move to The Other Side of Cape Cod Pond – Virtual Book reading by Susan Baur
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| The Turtle Sisters Learn The Best New Trick–Book reading – by Susan Baur | ||