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Holiday Open House & Gift Shop

When: December 9th 2026 4:00 - 7:00 PM
Where: at Northern Woodlands Office

Join us for our annual holiday open house at the Northern Woodlands headquarters in Lyme, New Hampshire. Warm up with a hot drink, say hello, and browse our shelves of Northeast-inspired books,…

Notecard Box Set: Woodland Wonders $25.00

Celebrate the quiet beauty of the forest floor with this set of eight notecards – two cards each of the Barred Owl, Eastern Painted Turtle, Sugar Maple, and Fawn. Each card brings a small…

Tending Your Forest: A Guide to Ecological Forest Stewardship $29.99

By Paul Catanzaro and Anthony D’Amato How do you care for the health of your forest? This comprehensive guide empowers landowners with the knowledge of how to manage a family forest to capture…

How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature’s Revolutionaries $32.00

We live on a floral planet, but we tend to admire flowers for their looks and overlook what they’ve actually done. In this book, biologist David George Haskell looks closely at magnolias,…

Notecard Box Set: Forest & Meadow $25.00

Bring the beauty of the Northeast’s forests and meadows to your correspondence with this curated set of eight notecards – two cards each of the Eastern White Pine, Spring Peeper, Grey…

Wild NYC: Experience the Amazing Nature in and around New York City $27.99

By Ryan Mandelbaum, illustrated by Chelsea Beck New York City may have a reputation as a concrete jungle, but it’s full of wildlife if you know where to look. This family-friendly guide is part…

New England American-Aster Notecard $4.25

This notecard features an original watercolor painting of New England American-Aster. Single card with matching envelope Blank inside for your own message Size: 5.5” high x 4.25” wide…

Dragonfly Notecard $4.25

This notecard features an original watercolor painting of a dragonfly. Single card with matching envelope Blank inside for your own message Size: 5.5” high x 4.25” wide Printed on…

Mama Bear and Cub Sticker $6.95

A mother black bear and her cub amble across a moss-covered log in this exclusive design by Maine illustrator Jada Fitch. Fitch, whose work has appeared with National Audubon, the American Bird…

Decomposers’ Haunt: Rotting Pumpkin

Halloween is over, but the spookiest part of the year is yet to come. Soon, the jack-o-lantern on your doorstep will begin to droop and wither. Although you may recoil from the unwanted visitors that…

Sprawling Green Plant

We found this sprawling green plant covering mossy rocks in Vermont. What species is this?

November: Week One

This week in the woods, the tamaracks – those famously deciduous conifers – give us a last, golden show of autumn color before winter sets in. As Forest Insights columnist Ali Kosiba…

Managing New Hampshire’s Deer Herd with Becky Fuda

Becky Fuda is the deer project leader for New Hampshire Fish and Game, where she oversees all planning relating to deer management. Becky completed a bachelor’s degree in environmental science…

Goldfinch Earrings $64.00

These earrings capture the flash of yellow when a goldfinch lands. Each pair is handcrafted from sterling silver and jeweler’s brass, then carefully hand-painted. They measure ¾” x…

Hummingbird Earrings $74.00

A hummingbird never stays long, but these will. Handcrafted from jeweler’s brass, each pair is carefully hand-painted and sealed with a protective coat of jeweler’s resin. They hang from…

American Sycamore: Titan of the Tree World

One fall day in Concord, Dave Anderson, a forester, and three friends gathered at the base of a giant tree with patchy gray, tan, and white bark. Joining hands, they formed a ring around the trunk of…

Blue Among Brown Leaves

Reader Will Durkin found this shiny blue orb in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. What is this mysterious object?

Last Climb of the Zombie Millipede

Picture this: while walking in the woods, a fungal spore lands on your skin, perhaps in a crease at the crook of your elbow. This particularly infectious fungus invades your body’s systems…

Protecting Ash Trees with Tyler Everett

Tyler Everett is a PhD candidate in forestry at University of Maine, specializing in emerald ash borer and its impact on Tribal ash resources, and a citizen of Mi’kmaq Nation. He works as a…

October: Week Four

This week in the woods, a palm warbler gave its telltale tail wag during a pit stop on its way south. Despite its tropical name, this bird breeds in the coniferous boreal expanse to our north, and the…