What is Fresh Pond Day?
Fresh Pond Reservation is truly Cambridge's green gem - an urban wild that protects Fresh Pond, Cambridge's in-city drinking water reservoir. Fresh Pond Day is the Cambridge Water Department's annual tribute to this unique Reservation that is a vital natural resource, an invaluable sanctuary for wildlife, and a beloved recreational escape in the City. So...let's give Fresh Pond the celebration, jubilation and love it deserves; join in the festivities! Live wildlife presentations, a wildlife and bike parade, live music, facepainting, truck climb-aboards, tours and more will abound, and - it's free and open to all!
Where & When?
Saturday, June 11, from 11am - 3pm, Water Purification Facility at Fresh Pond Reservation, 250 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge.
Schedule Highlights!
11:00am to 1pm - Stiltwalking with Open Air Circus
11:30am - Nature stories with Doria Hughes @ the Kid Zone
11:30am - Wildflower Walkabout - meets at the New England Wildflower Society table
12:30pm - WILDLIFE PARADE! Feel free to bring a costume - sign and mask-making will be offered
1:00 - 2:00pm Live wildlife demonstration with Mass Audubon
1:00 - Water Purification Facility tour (open house all day!)
1:30 - Beehive Talk and Tour at Lusitania Meadow
1:30 - Native Plant Identification session @ NEWFS Table
2:00 - BIKE PARADE! Decorate your bike with flair all morning! Kicks off in Parking Lot.
2:00 - Nature Drawing workshop!
Live music by local bands: Do Mi Soul, Spooky Ghosts, TromBoston, and Trail Mix!
All-Day Festivities
Story Walk, book giveaways, tap-water taste-test, recycle toss, seedling giveaway, Fix-a-Leak, Touch-a-Truck, birdhouse decorating, beehive talk & tour, water purification facility tour, wildflower walk, human-nature dictionary activity, face-painting, bike repairs, helmet giveaways, a bicycle-powered lightbulb, pedicab rides, and more!
Participating Organizations
Agenda for Children (Cambridge Health Alliance), Cambridge Community Gardeners, Cambridge Energy Alliance, Cambridge Police Community Relations, Cambridge Sports Union, Cambridge Community Development Safe Routes to School, Cambridge Community Development Housing Division, Chester Engineers, Conservation Commission, Department of Public Works Recycling and Stormwater, Fresh Pond Advisory Board, Fresh Pond Beekeeping, Fresh Pond Stewards, Cambridge Water Department Watershed Division, Friends of Alewife Reservation, Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation, Friends of the Greenway, Green Cambridge, Human Nature Dictionary, Mothers Out Front, New England Wild Flower Society, West Cambridge Youth Center, CDD - Envision Cambridge, Human-Nature Dictionary, Kleinfelder, and Participatory Budgeting.
Donors & Sponsors:
Iggy's Bread of the World, Whole Foods Market @ Fresh Pond, Trader Joe's @ Fresh Pond, Star Market Porter Square, Neville Place, Bonny's Garden Center, and Bagels Plus Acton.
How do I get there?
Bus routes 72, 74, 75, 78; & Alewife T are all nearby. We are also on the parkway bike path - which is recommended, so you can join the bike parade! If you are driving, please park at the Tobin School (197 Vassal Lane).
Contact: Martine Wong at 617-349-6489, mwong@cambridgema.gov.
Note: rain or extreme weather cancels this event, which we will announce by noon on Friday.
Link to More Information
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