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♪ ANTHONY: WHO IS CHARLES ELLIOTT?
DO NOT KNOW?
YOU SHOULD.
WITHOUT HIM, MASSACHUSETTS WOULD BE MINUS 100 SPECIAL PLACES.
IN 189 ELLIOTT, A NOTED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT PLANTED THE SEED THAT GREW INTO THE LARGEST CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION.
THE PREMISE?
LANDSCAPES SHOULD BE SAVED AND SHARED LIKE BOOKS IN A LIBRARY AND ART IN A MUSEUM.
>> THE IDEA THAT WHAT WAS WORTH SAVING WAS THE REALLY SIGNIFICANT, THE SPECIAL PLACES THAT TOLD STORIES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THE LANDSCAPES AND WERE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
PUBLIC FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
ANTHONY: ROCKY NARROWS IS THE OLDEST OF WHAT WAS FOUNDED AS THE TRUSTEES PUBLIC RESERVATIONS.
WITH 115 PROPERTIES, THERE IS A NEW NAME, LOGO AND A RENEWED MISSION.
>> THAT IS WHERE UCS GET MUCH MORE ACTIVE AT PROGRAMMING.
4000 PROGRAMS A YEAR INCLUDING THINGS LIKE COOKING, AND ALSO FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
ANTHONY: WELCOME TO THE KITCHENS, THE WORKING END OF THE HOUSE.
>> TAKE THE BUTLER’S TOUR.
>> COCONUT OIL IS NEXT INGREDIENT.
ANTHONY: WHIP UP SKINCARE PRODUCTS AT A FARM IN DOVER.
RECENTLY, THIS HILLTOP WAS ADDED TO THE GROWING PORTFOLIO OF SPECIAL PLACES.
IT IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME.
HERE, VISITORS CAN ENJOY SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF THE MOUNTAINS.
IN SOUTHBOROUGH, DESIREE ROBINSON READIES THE PHILS -- THE FIELDS AND BABY CHICKS WILL SUPPLY FRESH EGGS IN THE GROTE HER -- GOATHERD GREW BY THREE.
>> WE DO NOT HAVE A DOG, WE HAVE DOUBTS.
THEY GRAZE OUR FENCE LINES AND DO ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMING.
WE DO ALL KINDS OF MILKING DEMOS AND HAVE KIDS COME OUT.
THEY GET TO MEET GOATS AND LEARN ABOUT GOATS.
>> THEY ARE FUN TO HAVE AND NOT MUCH TROUBLE.
ANTHONY: WHITNEY’S LOVE FOR THE FARM RUNS DEEP.
>> I THINK OF IT AS AN OASIS OF OPEN LAND THAT WILL NOT GET DEVELOPED, AND IT IS DUE TO THE VISION OF MY PARENTS THAT THAT HAPPENED.
>> THE FAMILY MOVED WHEN HE WAS JUST FOUR YEARS OLD.
HIS PARENTS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY TO KEEP IT FROM BECOMING HOUSING LOTS AND LEASED THE LAND TO A DAIRY FARMER.
>> AFTER MY DAD DIED, MY SISTERS WERE NOT KEEN ON CONTINUING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF BEING LANDOWNERS BECAUSE THE LAND CAME TO US, THE CHILDREN.
WE MADE A DECISION TO FIND THE RIGHT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION.
ANTHONY: THE TRUSTEES WON AND OWNED 131 ACRES OF THE ORIGINAL FARM.
WHITNEY LIVES IN A FORMER STABLE IN AN ADJACENT LOT, PLEASE TO KEEP AND I ON THE OLD FAMILY FARM.
>> IT IS A BUSIER PLACE WITH THE VEGETABLE GROWING.
WHAT IS EXCITING FOR MY FAMILY IS THAT SO MANY PEOPLE COME TO THE PROPERTY TO ENJOY IT, NOT JUST FOR A WALK IN THE WOODS, BUT WITH THE FARMING ACTIVITY, A LOT OF PEOPLE COME FOR THE JOY
OF BEING OUTDOORS AND SEEING WHERE VEGETABLES COME FROM.
ANTHONY: TURNS OUT CHARLES ELLIOTT’S IDEA GREW FROM HIS CONCERN ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF BOSTON’S RESIDENCE.
THE POPULATION WAS EXPLODING AND THE CITY INDUSTRIALIZING WHILE THE COAST WERE BEING PRIVATIZED.
TWO LOCAL AUTHORS WROTE A BOOK AND ILLUSTRATED A CHILDREN’S BOOK.
THEY HOPE THE BOOK WILL "FOSTER THE NEXT GENERATION OF STEWARDSHIP FOR THE TRUSTEES." HISTORY?
THEY HAVE THAT COVERED AS WELL.
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