News & Events
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Maple sugaring: Agricultural Hall and the Boston Nature Center will co-host our annual Maple Sugaring Demonstration at the Nature Center (500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan) on Sat., Feb. 17 & again on March 2.
Sugaring (tapping trees, collecting and boiling-down sap) begins in early February in eastern Massachusetts, but 'global weirding' has been pushing the start date earlier, faster. To that end, try to bike, walk, use public trans, or carpool to get to the Nature Center.
As for beekeeping, early Spring is all about ramping-up for the season ahead. If you're jus starting out, now is a perfect time to enroll in a bee school, and the Boston Area Beekeeping Association's 6-week+ bee school starts February 5th! Visit BABA's website to register; BostonBeekeepers.org
For upcoming Ag Hall workshops & happenings, check the Workshops calendar here.
Agricultural Hall?
In 1818, the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agriculture built the original Agricultural Hall on Dighton Street in Brighton. It served as the hub of the Brighton Fair and Cattle Show, one of the earliest and largest such fairs in the country. In 1829, "a 17-pound turnip, a 19-pound radish, and a bough on which pears hung like a cluster of grapes were among the outstanding exhibits of that year." In 1844 the building was moved to its present location at the corner of Chestnut Hill Avenue and Washington Street.
Dr. William P. Marchione &
The Bostonian Society
Agricultural Hall
245 Amory Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-388-7378 / e-mail Ag Hall
Open daily by appt. Calling ahead is always a good idea.
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Agricultural Hall 
2019 EGG CHICKS 2019
Agricultural Hall's chick supplier, Erikson Grain Mill in Acton, has posted their chick calendar for 2019:
Chicks are sent from large, national hatcheries to Erikson, and I grab them soon after they arrive and bring them to the big city. If you want me to pick up chicks and bring them into Boston for you, please let me know asap! The price is around $5 per chick. Text or call me at 617-388-7378.
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Other options:
If you want chicks/chickens but miss the April pick-ups, there are other options available almost anytime all year:
1) Order chicks in spring from a mail-order supplier:
* Mt. Healthy Hatcheries (http://www.mthealthy.com/) ,
* Murray McMurray
(https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/index.html),
* Purely Poultry (https://www.purelypoultry.com/), and
* Stromberg's (https://www.strombergschickens.com/).
There are other suppliers, too; just Google "buy chickens online."
2) Give me a call and I will try to locate juvenile or adult birds from local farms.