The Magpie's Apprentice

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The Magpie's Apprentice Classes, workshops, garden lectures, consults, designs, and native plants! Topics include: gardening & wildlife Can't make it here? No worries.

The Magpie's Apprentice began as a Master's Project back in 2015 when a desire to work at an environmental education center just didn't fit into my geographical desires. Unwilling to part from the beauty of New Hampshire but equally as resistant to change career goals, my small business was conceptualized and is up and running in idyllic Rockingham County. Offering small-group classes on various nature-based subjects, The Magpie's Apprentice is a home-based educational hub with courses offered throughout the year. Have Subaru...will travel. Just mention that when requesting a class!

I still have openings for October lectures! Current Autumn topics include: "The Language of Leaves: The Not-So-Secret Sc...
09/02/2026

I still have openings for October lectures!

Current Autumn topics include:

"The Language of Leaves: The Not-So-Secret Science Behind Fall Foliage"

"Tods, Vixens, Pups & Kits: Fun Facts about the Fabulous Fox"

Call or email now to book me for your meeting or visit today. Both presentations can be catered to kids!

Dillon Old Farm Nursery is retiring. Bittersweet indeed. We have TONS of material available. From pots and plants to mac...
07/16/2026

Dillon Old Farm Nursery is retiring. Bittersweet indeed. We have TONS of material available. From pots and plants to machinery and benches. Even the greenhouses are available to the brave souls willing to disassemble them. Give us a call at 603-887-4040 if interested in anything and feel free to share the word. Pots are FREE- take as many as you wish! Hours are 3-5PM Tuesday- Friday and 9-4 Saturday & Sunday.

Native plants for native bees 🥰
07/09/2026

Native plants for native bees 🥰

Including my natives! Effectively BOGO!
07/09/2026

Including my natives! Effectively BOGO!

The Magpie’s Apprentice has an assortment of native plants available at Dillon Old Farm Nursery in Chester, NH.Currently...
05/19/2026

The Magpie’s Apprentice has an assortment of native plants available at Dillon Old Farm Nursery in Chester, NH.

Currently available:
Great blue lobelia
Woodland stonecrop
Pale purple coneflower
Purple coneflower
Slender mountain mint
Aromatic aster
Butterfly w**d
Anise hyssop
Wild bergamot
Black eyed Susan
Golden Alexander

SPRING Lineup for free PUBLIC programs! 🦊Fabulous Foxes:February 17th: Hollis, NH Library @ 6:30 PMMarch 24th: Candia, N...
02/16/2026

SPRING Lineup for free PUBLIC programs!

🦊Fabulous Foxes:
February 17th: Hollis, NH Library @ 6:30 PM
March 24th: Candia, NH Library @ 7:00 PM

🐦Cardinals & Coneflowers: Garden Design with Birds in Mind
February 28th: Greenfield, NH Library @ 10:00 AM
April 18th: Mont Vernon, NH Library @ 11:00 AM
May 7th: Salisbury, NH Library @ 6:00 PM

🥦Foodscaping 101:
April 1st: Francestown Town Hall @ 6:30 PM
(hosted by the Francestown, NH Library)

🐝Beyond the Bloom:
May 12th: Greenfield, NH Library @ 7:00 PM

🌿Growing a Healing Garden
May 13th: Plaistow, NH Library @ 6:00 PM

Awesome display at the Glasgow gardens!

I'll be there talking cosmos and cucumbers for Foodscaping 101 in March!
02/16/2026

I'll be there talking cosmos and cucumbers for Foodscaping 101 in March!

The UNH Extension Demonstration and Teaching Gardens at NH Audubon's Massabesic Center full 2026 calendar of Garden Workshops is out!

Come out to Auburn for one or all events!

See https://nhaudubon.org/events/ for more info and to register for each event.

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Chester, NH
03036

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