Our nature preserves are open to the public 365 days per year from sunrise to sunset, providing natural places that offer peace and respite for all. Willistown Conservation Trust owns and manages Hartman Meadow, Ashbridge, Kirkwood, Kestrel Hill and Rushton Woods Preserves. We maintain these lands to preserve and enhance … Learn more about our nature preserves.
World Bee Day Honey Tasting
Rushton Farm Field Manager, Noah Gress, who is also one of the region’s preeminent beekeepers, will lead a fascinating discussion about honey bees — their roles within the hive as a super organism and their role within an agriculture system. Attendees will get to taste fresh honey off the comb and watch a live bee colony in an observation hive.
Here at Rushton Farm, it is actually the native bees and other beneficial insects who do most of the heavy lifting in terms of pollination and pest control services. Farm staff will lead us on a field tour of this rich, regenerative agricultural system, explaining the many ways this farm gives back to the surrounding natural biodiversity it preserves. This is farming for the future.
Accessibility: This program will take place partly indoors and seated (for the bee talk and honey tasting) and then will move outdoors for a light walk around the farm fields and greenhouse for the second half of the program.
Free for CSA members
ECOcentric Experience is our new environmental education series for adults seeking a deeper understanding of and closer relationship to nature. Through seasonal lectures as well as immersive field experiences, participants study birds and wildlife, regenerative farming, watershed protection, and habitat stewardship.
This is an ACCESS-friendly event. If you are a current ACCESS card holder, please use the ACCESS option at checkout when registering.
