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

Join Friends of Taconic State Park for a strenuous, but spectacular hike led by expert guide Claudia Farb on a significant, newly opened 6.5-mile stretch of the South Taconic Trail. (See here for the particulars of this new trail section.) If you have hiked in the Taconic Mountains, you will appreciate the importance of this

Join Friends of Taconic State Park for tours of the historic Copake Iron Works. Established in 1845 along Bash Bish Brook at the base of the Taconic Ridge, the Copake Iron Works and 18 acres surrounding the area were listed on the State and National Register of Historic Sites in 2007. The Copake Iron Works