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Hilltown Families on Mass Appeal: Evergreens as a Catalyst for Learning

Hilltown Families and Mass Appeal (a weekday, hour-long lifestyle program on NBC) have teamed up to offer a live monthly segment on WWLP 22News! Each month, community-based education specialist and Hilltown Families’ Founder, Sienna Wildfield, joins Mass Appeal hosts to talk about ways to engage in your community while supporting the interests and education of your children (and yourselves!).

This monthly segment continued on Monday, November 26th with Sienna and Danny talking about explore the changing seasons through the lens of evergreens

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Related post: Mindful Engagement Through The Seasons: Evergreens

Category: Community Based Education, Mass Appeal Tags: Christmas Tree, Christmas Tree Farm, Christmas trees, Evergreen Trees, Local Tree Farms in Western Massachusetts, Tree farming

Local Christmas Tree Farms: A Lens Into Environmental Science

Linking the holidays and environmental science, an examination of evergreen tree farming can help children learn about a non-food related form of sustainable farming. Tree farming contributes to oxygen production, provides food and habitat for variety of animal species, and doesn’t have a huge impact on the location in which it takes place…

Category: Ecology Tags: Christmas Tree Farm, Christmas trees, conifers, evergreens, Tree farming

Locally Grown Christmas Tree Farms

QUESTION AND ANSWERS The holiday season is upon us! Any recommendations on where to get a locally grown Christmas Tree? Any fun places to go with the family to choose/cut your own? Tonya Lemos recommends: Pieropans Tree Farm in Ashfield! Our fav. Kate Erickson recommends: Cranstons in Ashfield – it seems like it always snows when we go! Fletcher Family Farm in Southampton off Rt 10 is great too! Plus they have… Read More