Above: Painted slippery cap mushrooms are among the flora (and fauna) that walkers may encounter on a guided stroll through meadows and woods. (photo contributed by event organizer Debbie Costine)
Southborough Open Land Foundation is inviting the public to join them for a free nature walk this weekend.
If weather allows*, the walk will be held on Sunday, October 20th at 1:00 pm. The event is open to all ages and no registration is required.
The walk will entail about one and a half hours of slow walking on “fairly level”, but unpaved, terrain.
Walkers will be guided by SOLF Trustee Debbie Costine, a “Curious Naturalist and Artist”. She promotes:
This will be a stroll in the meadows and woods taking time to see what nature is doing at this time of the year. We will hear birds and insects, see the colorful leaves of different types of trees, look for mushrooms, moss and lichens, signs of animals and more.
Participants should meet at SOLF’s Kiosk (see map right).
For those driving to the event, organizers encourage parking in the SOLF lot, located on the south side of Main Street between Northborough Road and Chestnut Hill Road. Follow the path down through the field to cross the bridge and continue to the Kiosk.
To learn more about SOLF and Beals Preserve, visit SOLF.org.
*It will be postponed or cancelled if it rains. Fortunately, as of Thursday morning, no chance of rain was shown in Sunday’s forecast.
