Garden Club members will be providing a host of perennials from their gardens, in clean pots and fresh soil. A variety of houseplants will be sold, as well. New This Year! Howe's Farm and Garden in New Braintree will be providing a wide variety of annuals -- flowers and vegetables in packs, as well as hanging baskets -- all pesticide free! There will be a table of special “Garden Treasures” and vendors selling various products.  Additionally, local organizations will be represented, including Free Soil Tests from the Massachusetts Master Gardener program. The Friends of the Joshua Hyde Public Library will be selling plant related books such as gardening and landscaping books, and cookbooks as well.

Grab your favorite person (s) and let's pour your own Natural Coconut Soy wooden bowl candle, adding your own aesthetic with dried florals! Join us at Hardwick Winery for a Mother’s Day Candle Experience. Celebrate the beauty of the season with an intentional, hands-on candle workshop hosted by Brookman Candle & Co. at Hardwick Winery in Hardwick, MA. Your ticket includes a Mimosa, as it's National Mimosa Day, it seems only fitting! (Non-alcoholic option available.) You’ll be guided through the process of creating your own reusable wooden dough bowl candle, poured with our signature coconut-soy wax blend and infused with non-toxic, phthalate-free fragrances. Choose from a curated spring scent library—Wild Lilac, Spring Magnolia, Lemon Verbena, and more—each designed to evoke…

Cooking With Rico: The Final Course Fan Favorites (Part 2) May 20th • 6 PM Cooking With Rico began 15 years ago with a simple idea: great food, shared knowledge, a little entertainment, and a table where everyone felt welcome. What started as a monthly interactive cooking class quickly became something more. A place to learn, laugh, taste, ask questions, make friends, and return again and again. As 2026 marks the final year of Cooking With Rico, we are celebrating with a special farewell season. This curated series of three experiences will highlight the dishes, techniques, stories, and the people who made it so special over the years. The second evening, “Fan Favorites,” will be bringing back the favorites over…

Come get your hands a little dirty and your spirits high! Join Stillman’s Farm at Deep Roots Distillery for a fun workshop of "garden-to-glass" magic. Sip on a delicious handcrafted cocktail while you tuck sweet herbs and edibles into your very own summer container garden. It’s the perfect mix of floral and flavors that’ll keep your home bar fresh all season long! Cost includes container, soil, six (6) herb plants of your choice and a beverage of choice.

Yankee Ingenuity begins this May with a series of weekend programs exploring New England’s long-standing role in shaping American innovation. Throughout the month, local makers, small businesses, and community partners will be featured alongside historical interpretation, illustrating how the region’s economy has long been driven by creativity, skill, and practical problem-solving. Organized around four themes—Eat, Move, Play, and Work— this event connects everyday life from the Revolutionary era through the 1830s to the present, highlighting the businesses and industries that continue to sustain the region today. Yankee Ingenuity: EAT | May 2 & 3 The first weekend of Yankee Ingenuity begins with EAT. Culinary tradition and food production have long been a foundation of New England life. Amelia Simmons’s American…