ROCK ON! Celebrating Stone in the Garden
Garden in the Woods • July 15 – October 15

ROCK ON! Events

September 16 – 17 (Sat, 12 – 4 pm): Rock Fest
October 15 (Sun, 12 – 4pm): Fall Family Festival

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Fees and Tours

Admission to the garden costs $7. A guided tour, which is included with the price of admission, is given at 10 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and 2 pm on Sunday.

Special tours for adult groups are available by reservation. Please contact the Tour Coordinator for more information: (508) 877-7630, ext. 3302. email: bdrexler@newfs.org

General Public and Family Events

Sat September 16 – 17: Rock Fest (12 - 4 pm)  ROCK ON! ROCK FEST and "Goodwill from the Grill" Barbecue - Bring your instruments and have a ROCK JAM with kids of all ages. Whether you are a ROCK musician or play acoustically, rock out at the New England Wild Flower Society. Walk the ROCK ON trail, take a ROCK scavenger hunt, and meet 'GRANNY GRANITE' a costumed rock with lots of stories. Make a MINI-ROCK GARDEN in a dish to take home and learn about STONE in the HOME LANDSCAPE. Barbecue foods for sale and FREE SAMPLES of "Whole Kids" lunch foods and prizes sponsored by Whole Foods Market, presenting sponsors of ROCK ON! Fall is a great time to plant trees and shrubs-take some home for planting now for winter interest. Make your own ROCK ART at the sculpture mini-park and ROCK ON! September 17 at 1 pm meet CAROL STOCKER Boston Globe Garden Writer presenting topics from her book, The Boston Globe Illustrated New England Gardening Almanac. Bring your questions and purchase copies for her to sign.

Sun October 15: Fall Family Festival (12 - 4pm)  ROCK ON! FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL is FREE - Join us for a grand farewell to ROCK ON! Take a fall scavenger hunt, say goodbye to GRANNY GRANITE, and discover treasures in the fall garden. Make your last pieces in the ROCK ON interactive sculpture mini-park. Now is a great time to select your nature programs for the year from the New England Wild Flower Society Fall/Winter course catalog to stay in touch with nature and the outdoors throughout the seasons.