Join the Roe Jan Historical Society for “The History of the Copake Iron Works,” a talk by Edgar Masters, at Roe Jan Historical Society Museum, 8 Miles Road, Copake Falls, NY 12517. Free admission. Registration not necessary.
May 28: Opening of the Copake Iron Works Museum, 2:00 – 4:00 PM, which will be open these hours on Saturdays and Sundays, Memorial Day through Labor Day. Taconic State Park, 33 Valley View Road, Copake Falls, NY 12517. Admission free!
Noted succulent collector, rare-plant nursery owner and garden designer Katherine Tracey of Avant Gardens Nursery will give a slide talk called “Succulent Love” at 11 AM at the Roeliff Jansen Historical Society Museum in Copake Falls. At 1:30 PM, Kathy will give a hands-on succulent-container workshop, where attendees will make their own potted creations. It's all part of
June 18-19: Path Through History Weekend. Copake Falls, NY, is home to two unique exhibits of local history. The Copake Iron Works was established in 1845 along the Bash Bish Brook and now houses a museum. Nearby, the Roeliff Jansen Historical Society museum offers a preview of its summer exhibit – Bash Bish: History and Inspiration.
A naturalist from Robinson Wildlife will offer a series of free wildlife presentations at Taconic State Park in 2016, on June 25, July 23 and August 18, featuring birds of prey, and reptiles. Live raptors and and owl, plus various reptiles. Each bird has its own unique adaptations for survival, as do the reptiles, and
A naturalist from Robinson Wildlife will offer a series of free wildlife presentations at Taconic State Park in 2016, on June 25, July 23 and August 18, featuring birds of prey, and reptiles. Live raptors and and owl, plus various reptiles. Each bird has its own unique adaptations for survival, as do the reptiles, and
Join us for our third annual Moth Night, part of National Moth Week. Two visiting UConn-Storrs entomologists lead our citizen-science event, appropriate for all ages, starting with a "Moth 101" talk at 7:00 at the Copake Iron Works, 33 Valley View Road, Copake Falls, then heading into the woods along a trail where we set
July 28, 6 PM: Annual Meeting and Potluck Supper with special guest speaker Michael Barrett of Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway, Burden Iron Works Museum. At the Copake Iron Works, 33 Valley View Road, Copake Falls.
A naturalist from Robinson Wildlife will offer a series of free wildlife presentations at Taconic State Park in 2016, on June 25, July 23 and August 18, featuring birds of prey, and reptiles. Live raptors and and owl, plus various reptiles. Each bird has its own unique adaptations for survival, as do the reptiles, and
Copake Falls Day is a town-wide event with multiple events throughout the village, starting with a morning 5K race (above), and including Margaret Roach’s open garden and 11 AM slide talk by landscape architect Thomas Rainer on “Planting in a Post-Wild World,” followed by Rainer's afternoon workshop on designing plant communities. (Members of the Copake