Help clear invasives behind future community center
As part of the project to improve the space around the upcoming community center, residents are invited to help clear invasive plants behind the LEAP pod from 9:00am–noon on Saturday, April 19 and Monday, April 21, with a third session on Tuesday, April 22 if needed. Bring loppers, clippers, gloves and eye protection. Electric chain saws and clippers are also helpful. Fo more information, call Peter von Mertens at 781-259-8942.
Photo exhibition features Lincoln residents
“Morning Wetlands in Lincoln II” by Linda Hammett Ory (click to enlarge)
Lincoln resident Linda Hammett Ory is exhibiting two of her photos at Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts sixth annual juried members’ exhibition from April 17 through May 9. The exhibition of work by 36 photographers is curated by Lincoln resident Emily Belz, is a RISD-trained photographer, curator, and educator. Linda’s love of nature is her strongest photographic inspiration, and many of her images are taken while exploring the landscape of Lincoln and Concord.
Garden Club plant sale in May
The Lincoln Garden Club will host their biennial plant sale on Saturday, May 10 from 11:00am–2:00pm at Station Park (corner of Lincoln Road and Ridge Road). The plants come from our members’ gardens, the parks we maintain, and from generous donors around town. If you have plants to donate, dropoff is from 8:00–10:00am. There will also be garden paraphernalia for sale such as hand-made garden cloches and bluebird nesting boxes as well as native plugs ordered from North Creek Nurseries (blue mist, Appalachian mountain mint, and barren strawberry). Many garden club members have seen jumping worm activity on their property. If you haven’t, please don’t purchase plants from the sale to avoid spread.
Period house restorer to speak
Massachusetts-based author and preservationist Lee McColgan, author of A House Restored: The Tragedies and Triumphs of Saving a New England Colonial, will speak on Thursday, May 15 from 6:30–7:30pm in the Lincoln School’s Learning Commons. Please RSVP here so organizers can plan refreshments. In his book, McColgan tells of restoring his 1704 colonial home in Pembroke using period techniques and tools after learning from plasterers, carpenters, and other tradespeople.
Video on school project available
Lincoln School project architects SMMA/EwingCole created this eight-minute video about the school project featuring images and clips with architects and school officials talking about the building, its Modernist roots, and how its design was driven by (and has affected) how learning takes place.
Six volunteers from Lincoln recognized
As part of National Volunteer Week, Lincolnites Vicky Diadiuk, Bryn Gingrich, Deborah Grace, Judith Kittredge, and Martin Pierce have been recognized for their work with English at Large, a nonprofit organization that helps adult immigrants gain greater understanding of the English language and U.S. culture through personalized instructional programs.