Our beautiful woodlands provide a home to a wide variety of wildlife. They can also help people make a house and a home. Come visit two locally grown timber frame homes in Windsor and Worthington, MA, with a tour of their unique features by their builder David Bowman of Cummington, MA.

These two houses are examples of how to put local wood into a house, using white pine, hemlock, birch, cherry and other native timbers. Each house offers different pathways and models for how to choose what wood to use and how to incorporate it into a home plan with a variety of priorities in mind: keeping things local, reducing carbon footprint, keeping costs low and the process economical, increasing the beauty and aesthetic impact of a home, creating something  unique, and making something that will make statement and leave a legacy for generations to come. Both homes are examples of ways to make a beautiful home using local, natural materials.

Please register for directions to the site locations. Tour will begin in Windsor and end in Worthington, with a short (5-10 minute) drive from first site to the second. Refreshments will be provided.

This event is sponsored by the Massachusetts WoodlandsInstitute and the Franklin Land Trust.