LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
THE TIMBERLAND COMPANY
SECTION 16(a) FILINGS


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Gregory M. Saltzberg and Danette
Wineberg, signing singly, the undersigned?s true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1) Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned?s capacity as an officer, director and/or
stockholder of The Timberland Company
(the ?Company?), Forms 3, 4, and 5 and
amendments thereto in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules thereunder;

(2) Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form
3, 4, or 5 or amendment thereto and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the ?SEC?) and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

(3) Take any other action of any type whatsoever which,
in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be
necessary or desirable in connection with the
foregoing authority, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact?s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and
the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned?s responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4,
and 5 with respect to the undersigned?s holdings of and transaction
in securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.  This Power of Attorney may be filed with the
SEC as a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
      Power of Attorney to be executed as of this _2_ day of
      May 2011.

      				 /s/ Catherine E. Buggeln
      				Catherine E. Buggeln