Sheep Hill
Repair Café
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAWobbly table? Lamp that won’t light? A hole in that elbow? Bring your tired, your broken, the cast-aways huddled in the corner to the Autumn Repair Café, a bi-annual fix-it event organized by the amazing South Williamstown Community Association (SWCA)…
History of Sheep Hill
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAFrom the waters of Lake Bascom to the Rosenburgs of Sunny Brook Farm, join Williamstown Rural Lands to learn about the geologic and human history of Sheep Hill. Explore the old barns and the cultural meadow and share your stories…
Migratory Bird Outing
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAJoin Williamstown Rural Lands and former Audubon chapter president and Williamstown local Tommy Richeyin to say goodbye to our summer feathered neighbors with a birder outing at Sheep Hill! Discover birds by sound and sight on this easy bird walk…
Community Cookout and Ice Cream Social
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAJoin Williamstown Rural Lands for a late-summer grill-and-chill community cookout at Sheep Hill! Bring your own grillables, utensils (including a bowl), and social moxie. WRL will provide entertainment, drinks, ice cream, sides, grills, and scenery. Open & free for all!…
Butterflies of Sheep Hill
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAJoin Williamstown Rural Lands and local butterfly enthusiast Doug Lister at Sheep Hill for a casual walk through the meadow in search of our late summer Lepidopteran visitors looking for up to 20 species of butterflies ranging from the big…
Sketching Birds
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAJoin Williamstown Rural Lands and local artist Julia Morgan at Sheep Hill for an introduction to sketching birds. Explore the underlying structure, wing anatomy, and markings of birds through drawing. Suggested: bring a sketchbook that is 8” x 10” or…
Astronomy Night
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAJoin Williamstown Rural Lands and Williams College assistant professor Anne Jaskot for a night of stargazing at Sheep Hill. Come learn some facts about our universe, view the Perseids meteor shower, and enjoy some space-themed treats! Click here for more…
Youth Write-in/Art-in
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAJoin Williamstown Rural Lands and The Northern Berkshire Community Coalition for a youth write-in/art-in at Sheep Hill. Participants are welcome to wander the property's landscape for inspiration, talk with peers and facilitators, or simply sit to produce. The goal of…
Invasive Plant ID Walk at Sheep Hill
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAJoin Williamstown Rural Lands' Sheep Hill intern, Nikhil DeNatale, for an interpretive walk at Sheep Hill. Learn to identify invasive plants, explore their effects on the ecosystem, and discuss approaches to management at Sheep Hill. The walk will be gentle along…
Sheep Hill Firefly Hike
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAJoin Williamstown Rural Lands to experience the magic of the fireflies at Sheep Hill! Listen to storyteller and musician John Porcino weave whimsical tales and songs, search for fireflies on a guided walk in the meadow, and enjoy s'mores around a…
Amphibian Night Walk
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAGrab your headlamps and join Williamstown Rural Lands educators for a family-friendly evening of amphibians at Sheep Hill! Learn about Massachusetts salamanders and frogs through a short talk and explore our pond and meadow seeps for our amphibian neighbors. Light…
Contours and Textures in Nature with Julia Morgan
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAExplore using graphite drawing to translate and record what we experience in nature onto the page. Using the senses of sight and touch in particular, participants will examine a variety of objects from nature, and explore ways to record their…
Knowing Your Landscape: Invasive Species Management
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAJoin Williamstown Rural Lands for a conversation on Invasive Species Management as part of their Knowing Your Landscape series. They will be joined by Rene Wendell, a Land Steward at The Nature Conservancy, who will introduce the invasive plant species of…
Owl Prowl at Sheep Hill
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAJoin Williamstown Rural Lands educators for an evening of owls at Sheep Hill in Williamstown. A short talk on owls, crafts, and snacks will be followed by a moonlit hike around Sheep Hill to listen for owls and hot chocolate…
Knowing Your Landscape: Family Forest Carbon Program
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAJoin Williamstown Rural Lands for their second conversation with the Family Forest Carbon Program on Tuesday evening, January 10th at Sheep Hill or remotely. 6:00 PM – Viewing of Pre-recorded Talk (Talk also available to watch ahead of time: Here) 7:00 PM –…
Williamstown Rural Lands Scything Workshop
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MASaturday, July 16 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Williamstown Rural Lands (WRL), a private non-profit, member-supported land conservation trust, invites participants to a land stewardship skills workshop on the elegant art of scything at Sheep Hill (671 Cold Spring…
Bird Walk at Sheep Hill
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MASunday, May 29 at 7:30 AM Williamstown Rural Lands is hosting an early morning bird walk on Sunday, May 29th. Join birder Tommy Richey at 7:30 am to identify and greet your feathered friends, many who have come from afar!…
Sheep to Shawl
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MASaturday, May 7th from 11 AM to 3 PM Williamstown Rural Lands (WRL), a non-profit, member-supported land conservation trust, invites members of the community to the return of its beloved Sheep to Shawl event! Located at WRL’s Sheep Hill headquarters,…