Save Your Weekends: Pick Your Own Flowers + Free Pinkberry

By Melissa Massello, August 1, 2013

Another scorcher this weekend means another chance to score free, sweet summer treats! Plus a beach party and a literal chance to frolic in the flowers at a Pinterest-worthy conservation area on the North Shore.

Happy August, everybody!

Free Pinkberry North End
Thursday August 1st
4 to 7 pm
285 Hanover Street
Boston, MA
(North End)

Celebrate the opening of Pinkberry’s latest Boston outpost in the land of gelato with free frozen yogurt, tonight only!

Pick Your Own Flowers
Thursdays, 3 to 5 pm
Fridays & Saturdays, 10 am to 5 pm
(June to October)
Stevens-Coolidge Place Flower Fields
Long Hill
North Andover, MA
$7 for adults, $3 for kids

Run by the Trustees of Reservations, Pick Your Own Flowers at Long Hill is a great way for green thumbs of all ages to learn about sustainable gardening while taking home a bounty of organic, local, seasonal blooms. Far less than the supermarket, and more fun, too! Go on a romantic walk with your sweetie, grab a girlfriend, or take the kids for a day of super pretty science lessons.

National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
Friday August 2nd
Crompton Collective
Worcester, MA

Stop in to our favorite Central Mass vintage, artisan & antiques market during shop hours tomorrow for free ice cream sandwiches to celebrate National Ice Cream Sandwich Day! Bring your friends & your swim gear, and make a day of it by grabbing some sun down at Lake Quinsigamond afterward.

ICA First Fridays Urban Beach
Friday August 2nd
5 to 10 pm
Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Seaport
FREE for ICA Members, $15 general public

Forget you’re stuck in the city this weekend at the ICA’s waterfront “boardwalk,” including caricatures, lobster sliders, oysters, strawberry shortcake, a pop-up shop from FREITAG, photo booth & DJ dance party!

Also, don’t forget to check out the weekly local markets: ASSEMBLED on Saturdays, The Davis Flea and SoWa Open Market on Sundays!