The Thornton W. Burgess Society’s Green Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen are located at 6 Discovery Hill Road in East Sandwich. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 p ...

the Thornton W. Burgess Society bought the Green Briar house from the estate of Martha Blake, who had purchased it from Putnam after more than 30 years of working for her in the jam kitchen.

Burgess enjoyed as a young man. The Green Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen nestles amid the magical landscape Burgess explored as a child. The "smiling pool" he wrote about -- which is actually ...

the Thornton W. Burgess Society bought the Green Briar house from the estate of Martha Blake, who had purchased it from Putnam after more than 30 years of working for her in the jam kitchen.