Registration is FULL!!
About the Speaker
Nate Whitmer is a passionate native plant advocate and invasive plant removal specialist. As a landscaper who wanted to do more than cut grass and blow leaves, Nate has spent the last two decades learning about the plants found across the Northeast and how they affect the intricate North American ecosystem. Nate shares his knowledge using an educational, engaging and energetic approach. His presentation explains the threats from invasive plants, tips for identification and removal, and how to garden with native plants which support a healthy and vibrant ecosystem.
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Join Em Frost for a photographic journey and multi-sensory gathering to rest, reflect, and remember.
Saturday, March 7, 2026
3:00 - 5:30pm
Remember Who You Are
- Storytelling with the artist,
Em Frost
- A sound healing journey
with Lauren of The Energy Nurse
- Herbal tea bar
- Self-care stations with
local makers
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About our event host, Em Frost
Em Frost is a Newburyport native, photographer, filmmaker, retreat host, and founder of SHAREtheSOUL, a decade-long body of work documenting trailblazing women at the edge of new chapters. Her practice centers on threshold experiences—the sometimes quiet or ordinary moments when women remember who they are. Frost lives and works in the north woods of Maine.
Whether you're a published poet or you've never written a poem before, come join Newburyport High School's Poetry Soup Teens to create poems in community and to have some fun!
Location: Chalk Gallery, 3 Harris Street, Newburyport, MA
https://www.chalkgallerynbpt.com/
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026 (snow date ~ February 7)
Time: 2:00-4:00 PM
Registration online: newburyportliteraryfestival.org
Maximum class size: 25, ages 18 - 100+
Supplies: bring paper and pen
Proceeds benefit the Newburyport Literary Association and the Newburyport Literary Festival.
To accompany PLNTD: A soulful Exhibition we will have special guest, Nate Whitmer speak on gardening with native plants and identifying and removing invasive species.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
6-7pm
About Nate: He has been a landscaper for 25 years. Nate wanted to do more than just mow lawns; and worked hard to gain intimate knowledge on the subject, so that now he specializes in native habitat restoration and invasive plant removal. We’ll hear a little bit about the good, the bad, and the ugly in our yards and gardens; and the benefits of native planting to the flora and fauna around us…and us.
This is a free event, but due to limited space, please RSVP atchalkgalleryinfo@gmail.com
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