Wayland 375 Events in May

White-Wayland-375-LogoEXPLORING WAYLAND WALKING TRAILS
Saturday, May 3, 2014, 10am to 1pm
Sedgemeadow Conservation Area Parking Lot
(Just east of 42 Glezen Lane)
Or
Heard Farm
(Heard Road off Pelham Island Road)
Sponsor: Wayland Girl Scout Troops

Join Wayland Girl Scout Troops for a short hike through Heard Farm or Sedgemeadow Conservation Area, a fun event for the whole family. Refreshments will be available. Please wear sneakers or hiking shoes and dress for the weather. In case of thunderstorms, the event will be canceled.

EARTH DAY
Sunday, May 4, 2014, 11am to 3pm
Town Building Courtyard and Gymnasium
Sponsor: TransitionWayland and Wayland Schools PTO Green Team

On Sunday, May 4, 2014, TransitionWayland and the Wayland Schools PTO Green Team will hold its Earth Day event. One element of this year’s festivities is a SkillFest. If you have a practical skill (using a sewing machine, fixing bikes, for instance) to share, let us know. If you would like to learn some practical skills, please come! This free event takes place from 11 am to 3 pm at the Town Building courtyard and gymnasium. Wayland Garden Club Plant Sale will be there too. Lunch and drinks are available. Sponsors include Astrum, Lynch, Next Step Living, Pure Solutions, Russell’s, and Whole Foods. For more info, please visit online here.

HEALTHY LAND, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, HEALTHY PEOPLE
A DISCOVERY WALK AND TALK AT UPPER MILL BROOK

Saturday, May 10, 2014, 10am to 12 noon
Peace Lutheran Church and Upper Mill Brook Reservation
Sponsor: Peace Lutheran Church

Join Lisa Vernegaard, executive director of the Sudbury Valley Trustees, and Karen Riggert, naturalist, to celebrate spring with a discovery walk and talk at Upper Mill Brook. During this two-hour program, the presenters will offer a brief, 30 minute presentation that takes participants on a journey to explore the region’s rich conservation history. Following this talk, naturalists will lead a walk through SVT’s Upper Mill Brook, where visitors can enjoy some of this conservation area’s many benefits, from flowering spring plants to a diversity of migrating warblers. Refreshments will be served.

Participants are encouraged to bring binoculars. Caution: Feet may get damp on this walk! All ages are welcomed but no dogs please.
This program is brought to you as part of Wayland’s year-long 375th celebration and the 50th anniversary of Peace Lutheran Church.

COCHITUATE TOUR
Sunday, May 18, 2914

ANNUAL MEETING AND ROUTES AND BRANCHES:
WHAT’S IN A WAYLAND STREET NAME?
Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 7:30 pm
Grout-Heard House Museum
Sponsor: Wayland Historical Society

Did you know that there once was a plan drawn to by-pass Wayland Center that never left the drawing board? Are you aware that the Mass. Turnpike could have been routed north of its present location? Have you wondered just when the first roads (routes) were built in Wayland and why they were built where they are today? New insights may be gained by thinking how Wayland’s bodies of water and hilly landscapes influenced the location of the side roads (branches) and settlements. Come and learn more about Wayland’s streets and their names.

HISTORIC BASEBALL GAME
Sunday, May 25, 2014, 12 noon
Cochituate Ballfield
Sponsor: Eastern Mass Senior Softball
Wayland Recreation Department

Come one and all to the old time baseball game between the Holliston (MASS) MUDVILLE BASEBALL CLUB and THE DIRIGO VINTAGE BASEBALL CLUB (MAINE). This game will be held at the historic Wayland/Cochituate ball field, where organize baseball has been played for nearly 150 years. The actual game is expected to start at approximately 12 noon but there will be some very enjoyable and entertaining practice sessions before hand. These two clubs were formed as “non-profit, educational, and living history organizations dedicated to preserving and promoting the game of Base Ball, as it was played during its formative years in the mid-nineteenth century.”

Not only will these teams appear in their old time baseball uniforms and period equipment, but their game will be played under the original 1858-1860 baseball rules and customs. This unique and special event should be highly entertaining as well as education for everyone.

For further information, please contact Jim Thompson- EMASS at JEThompson33@aol.com or (508) 653-5454

Memorial Day Parade
May 26, 2014

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