Greenwood Farm - The Trustees of Reservations

Property Description	216 acres \| Established 1975
Located on a peninsula on the Ipswich River Estuary, Greenwood Farm comprises pastures, meadow, woodlands, salt marsh, and three tidal islands: Diamond Stage, Widow's, and Homestead. A trail meanders through an upland field before opening onto a broad vista of the Paine House at the edge of the marsh. The design, construction, materials, and craftsmanship of this late First Period (1694) house represent the unique style of the era. Recent archaeological investigations revealed a rare survival of an eighteenth-century milk room or dairy inside the house. In the 1640s, Robert Paine Sr. received a land grant from the Town of Ipswich for the Paine Farm. There he began a 250-year-old tradition of raising cattle, harvesting salt hay, and fishing. Greenwood Farm provides a rich feeding and breeding ground for numerous birds, finfish, shellfish, and mammals. On a typical summer day, you may see swallows, waxwings, and dragonflies swooping over the fields for small insects, or a red-tailed hawk riding high on a thermal. Great blue herons and snowy and American egrets wade through the marsh. Occasionally at dawn or dusk, the air quivers with the soft hooting of a great horned owl or the raspy bark of a red fox. Bobolinks nest in the fields. The Reservation takes its name from Thomas S. Greenwood, a member of the Paine family, who built the 19th-century white farmhouse. From 1916, Greenwood Farm was a summer retreat for Robert G. Dodge, whose family lived in the farmhouse and transformed the Paine House into a Colonial Revival guest house with late 17th- to mid-19th-century American furniture and decorative arts.

Trails
2.5 miles of trails. Easy walking.

Tours
Guided tours are offered first Saturdays and Sundays, June – October \| 1 – 3pm (one-hour tour). Last tour starts at 3 pm. Members: free. Nonmembers: Adult $8, Child $5. Minimum age: 8 years old (16 without adult). Grounds free to all from 8AM-sunset. Group tours by appointment. Call 978.921.1944 x4009.

Literature
Printed trail maps are distributed free from the bulletin board in the parking area. Please understand that supplies periodically run out. You may also download trail maps from this web site or mail order trail maps in advance of your visit.

Hunting Advisory
Seasonal hunting (deer only) is permitted only as part of a deer management program administered by The Trustees of Reservations. Contact The Trustees' Northeast Regional Ecologist for details. Click here for general information about hunting on Trustees of Reservations land.

Property Acquisition History
Original acreage a gift of Miss Sally Dodge and Mrs. Alice Dodge Wolfson in 1975. Additional land given by bequest of Sally Dodge in 1979; Mr. and Mrs. George R. Desrochers in 1980; Mrs. Sophie Villanti in 1998; and the Town of Ipswich in 2000.