Great Works Regional Land Trust’s 15th Annual Spring Auction: Conservation Matters is coming up on Saturday March 8, 2008 at Spring Hill Restaurant in South Berwick and there are only 50 tickets left. Last year’s auction was sold out, so get your tickets soon. Go to www.gwrlt.org for details.

As always, there is a great selection to bid on, including the perennial favorites of gravel, manure and fuel oil.

Some hot items this year include an Old Town kayak, a day with Portsmouth Brewery master brewer Tod Mott, a guided Orris Falls hike, Balancing Rock, of an original watercolor by Roger Morin, The ‘Placenames of South Berwick’ Guided Tour, and a porcelain platter by well-known potter Tim Christensen

Here are some details of these great items. Go to www.gwrlt.org for a complete list of all of the items.

#40. Old Town Dirigo 120 kayak offers unparalleled comfort, control and beauty. A 2005 introduction, it earned Paddler Magazine’s Paddler’s Picks Award. Stable and easy to maneuver, these kayaks are ideal for quiet water paddling on lakes, ponds and class 1 rivers. Donated by a GWRLT supporter and kayaking enthusiast, and purchased at L.L. Bean. Included is a $25.00 gift certificate to L.L. Bean. Value: $725.00

#13. Spend the day brewing with Tod Mott, celebrity Head Brewer of the Portsmouth Brewery. Tod recently was honored by Beer Advocate magazine for his Russian Imperial Stout, “Kate The Great”, as being the #1 beer in America, and #2 on the planet! Learn from the master brewer himself, pick his brain, and enjoy a few quaffs over lunch. For two people. Includes 4 Portsmouth Brewery logo glasses. Date to be arranged with Tod, but completed before 12/31/08. www.portsmouthbrewery.com Value: priceless

Read the Fosters Daily Democrat article about Tod.

#46. Orris Falls Hike. Follow a forgotten country lane to the old granite foundations at Orris Falls. Sandy Agrafiotis will take you on a short hike to the falls where you’ll enjoy a box lunch from The Catered Event of So. Berwick. Nancy Wetzel will join you to talk briefly about the volcano that shaped the area and the people who came there to farm. Receive the book Country By-Ways, a collection of essays that Maine author Sarah Orne Jewett wrote in 1881 about the waterways and country roads of her native South Berwick, donated by Old Berwick Historical Society. For up to 8 people, suitable for older children. June or September weekend, 2 week notice, please. Value: priceless

#162. Framed print, Balancing Rock, of an original watercolor by Roger Morin of So. Berwick. Wood frame, 8″ x 10″ www.rlmorin.com Value: $40.00

#19.The ‘Placenames of South Berwick’ Guided Tour: Historical background on many GWRLT properties can be found in the new book, The Placenames of South Berwick. Now, along with a copy of the book, you and a companion can also take a two-hour car tour with Norma Keim of the Old Berwick Historical Society to explore ancient roads, settlements and mill sites. Choose ‘Life Along the Salmon Falls River’ OR ‘Tatnic and the Back Country’. On a mutually convenient weekend or weekday. Your car or mine.
Value: priceless

#16. Porcelain platter, Cave Wall, by well-known potter Tim Christensen, So. Berwick. www.TimChristensenPottery.net Value: $350.00

Tags: environment, things to do

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