Join botanist Connie Parks for a ramble to Fitzgerald Lake on Mother’s Day morning. May is the high season for spring ephemerals, wildflowers that are visible for short times before overstory trees leaf out. Dwarf ginseng, for example, is present above ground for only about 60 days per year. We’ll use a plant list from May 11, 2013, to see if and how things have changed on the north shore. Proper footwear is advised, and thunder cancels.

Connie is a freelance editor and educator residing in Florence who remembers mudbiking the trails before there was a Broad Brook Coalition or FLCA.

Due to the continuing coronavirus situation in western Mass., we will be limiting participation to 10 attendees (in addition to walk leaders), and require that all persons wear a mask and remain six feet apart.

To sign up for this walk, please send an email to Dave Pritchard at Registrar.BroadBrookCoalition@gmail.com indicating how many people you will have in your party. We will accommodate as many attendees as we can on a first-come first-serve basis. Please check the Broad Brook website (broadbrookcoalition.org) for more information on this programs, or call Dave Pritchard (413-268-3668) or Dick Wynne (413-584-7930).