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APCC’s Rain Barrel Program is back! |
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Order your Rain Barrels online through upcycled-products.com. Pick up day is Thursday, April 25th. Click here for more information. A portion of the proceeds benefit APCC. |
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Sunday |
Gardening for Life series kicks off |
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Get your tickets for Gardening for Life series 2019, presented by APCC and Friends of CCMNH |
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Thursday |
Join Friends of Herring River for a special program about Cape Cod wetland restoration projects. |
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4pm at the Wellfleet Library |
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Wednesday |
Landscaping for Resilience, talks at the Barnstable Senior Center |
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Thursday |
Rain Barrel PICK UP date, 9am-12noon at Cape Abilities Farm |
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December 4 & 5 |
6th Annual Cape Coastal Conference The Cape Coastal Conference is an annual gathering of local officials, managers, policymakers, scientists, technical experts, conservation organizations, and community groups to discuss some of the most pressing environmental issues facing Cape Cod. |
November 29 |
Policymaker Roundtable - Jay Coburn, Andrew Gottlieb, and Pat Johnson This series brings together nonprofits and government leaders to have candid conversations about issues impacting the nonprofit sector. |
October 18 |
Guardians of Thoreau’s Legacy: Cape Cod National Seashore and Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument What could a 60-year-old national park on the sandy shores of Cape Cod and a newly-established national monument in the remote woods of interior Maine have in common? Henry David Thoreau, of course! |
October 3-31 |
Thoreau, The Maine Woods to Cape Cod: A Journey in Photographs by Scot Miller APCC presents Thoreau: Maine to Cape Cod, an extraordinary month-long exhibit by Scot Miller, noted nature photographer, of his work commemorating and documenting the travels and writings of Henry David Thoreau |
October 11 |
Walden Warming: Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods Boston University biologist and author, Dr. Richard Primack, discusses his book, Walden Warming: Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods, comparing the meticulous field notes of Henry David Thoreau with modern observations. |
September 17 |
APCC 50th Annual Meeting Reception at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, followed by our Business Meeting & Program Next Door at Cape Cinema at. |
July 26 |
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story Author and journalist Susan Freinkel talks about her highly acclaimed book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, a look at the pervasive role of plastics in our lives. |
July 19 |
An Evening with Robert Finch: Fifty Years of Exploring the Beauty and Mystery of Cape Cod Noted Cape Cod author Robert Finch offers selected readings from his works.. |
June 23 |
Native Garden Eco-Tour In collaboration with the Ecological Landscape Alliance, APCC is hosting 1 hour garden eco-tours on its grounds. |
June 5 & 22 |
Barnstable Harbor Tours with APCC Join APCC for a tour of Barnstable Harbor with Captain Joe of Barnstable Harbor Ecotours aboard the Horseshoe Crab, a spacious and comfortable 25-passenger pontoon boat. d economy and how it forever changed our region. |
June 15 |
Becoming Cape Cod: Creating a Seaside Resortoin James O’Connell, Ph.D., author and planner, for an examination of Cape Cod’s evolution to a tourist-based economy and how it forever changed our region. |
June 14 |
Where Does the Water Go?Learn about stormwater and how we can better manage this water resource. |
June 7 |
FIVE SEASONS The Gardens of Piet Oudolf Through poetic and masterful cinematography, filmmaker Thomas Piper reveals all that Piet sees, and celebrates the nature of plants in landscape design. |
March 15 – June 3 |
Preserving the Very Nature of Cape Cod Cape Cod Museum of Art exhibition: Preserving the Very Nature of Cape Cod. special exhibition at the Cape Cod Museum of Art featuring original works by invited local artists is dedicated to APCC’s 50th anniversary and celebrates Cape Cod’s unique and fragile environment. |
May 20 |
The Changes in the Bird and Mammal Life of Cape Cod with Peter Alden Peter Alden, noted bird expert and author, explores changes in the bird and mammal life of Cape Cod landscapes over time. |
May 2 |
Watch Where the Water Goes! Eastham “Rain Garden” Workshop The landscape around the Eastham Library was designed with rain gardens and other eco-friendly design features to minimize impacts on the environment. |
April 21 |
APCC Film Event: Love Thy Nature APCC and the Chatham Conservation Foundation invite you to join us on a walk exploring the vernal pools and natural wetlands of Chatham. |
April 17 |
Get Outside with APCC in Chatham APCC and the Chatham Conservation Foundation invite you to join us on a walk exploring the vernal pools and natural wetlands of Chatham. |
March 27 |
Get Outside with APCC in Wellfleet Join APCC and Wellfleet Conservation Trust for a nature walk. We will stroll through pitch pine and oak forests to view a beautiful lookout onto marshlands and nearby islands. |
March 23 |
Fiddle & Foam Enjoy a wonderful cinematic journey through the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world. |
March 22 |
Preserving the Very Nature of Cape Cod: Opening Reception |
February 27 |
Get Outside with APCC in Falmouth: A guided walk on the site of the Coonamessett River restoration. |
February 27 |
Talk and Reception at Harvard "As the Seas Rise, Can We Restore Our Coastal Habitats", a talk by Dr. Steven Handel. |
December 20 |
Get Outside with APCC in Falmouth: A guided walk on the site of the Coonamessett River restoration. |
December 8 |
Get Outside with APCC in Orleans: A walk on an ecologically important property owned by the Orleans Conservation Trust. |
November 28 |
Get Outside with APCC in Brewster: A nature walk through a very special conservation property in Brewster, guided by biologist and BCT member Donald Schall. |
November 8 |
Partners of the Three Bays Stormwater Project present: |
November 7 |
APCC and Cape Cinema present: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power |
October 31 |
Partners of the Three Bays Stormwater Project present a Stormwater Workshop |
Fridays Sept-Oct |
Eco-Tour of APCC |
September 27 |
APCC's 49th Annual Meeting |
September 19 |
Guided Walk in Chatham with the Chatham Conservation Foundation |
September 6 |
Muddy Creek Kayak Tour II (CANCELED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER) |
August 29 |
Cleaning Up the Bays: Priority Sites for Stormwater Treatment |
August 16 |
Cleaning Up the Bays: Priority Sites for Stormwater Treatment |
August 15 |
APCC presents "Owners of the Land with Todd Kelley, naturalist and historian; 1717 Meetinghouse, Rt 149, West Barnstable" |
August 12 |
Eco-Tour of APCC |
July 29 |
Compost Workshop |
June 24 |
Eco-Tour of APCC |
June 21 |
Garden in the Woods Tour |
June 20 |
Muddy Creek Kayak Tour |
June 15 |
A Rain Garden at Osterville Library |
June 8 |
Time to Choose: An APCC Film Event |
May 17 |
Bye Bye Lawn |
May 2, 9 & 16 |
Freshwater Ponds: The Jewels of Cape Cod |
May 7 |
Springtime Herring Exploration at the Mashpee River |