Past Events
Tuesday Trek: Selden Creek
Date: Tue September 26, 2023Time: 9:00 am
Place: Selden Creek
Contact Email: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com
Presenter: Tony Irving
An early autumn 2-mile meander as we look to see how the woodland is changing with the season. Meet at Selden Creek entrance on Joshuatown Road.
Contact: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com
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Hands-on Native Pollinator Garden Planting – Learn and Plant
Time: 2:00-4:00 pm
Place: Meet at corner of Old Hamburg Rd. and Rte 156.
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Come help install native plants in a new garden on the corner of Rte 156 and Old Hamburg Rd in a plot that is being controlled to eradicate Invasive Japanese knotweed. Learn about the process by pitching in. Everyone will get a native plant to bring home and plant in your own backyard.
On this site, we have completed three years of Nix the Knotweed, which is three cuts for three years. We are going to fill the vacuum formed by the weakened knotweed with native plants to compete with and hopefully prevent the knotweed from coming back. The knotweed roots are very weakened but it will come back without intervention and maintenance. With invasive plant control, one must either nurture the native plants that emerge naturally or plant new native plants to replace the invasives.
Bring gardening tools such as shovels, trowels, gloves. Bring bottle of water to drink. Snacks will be provided.
Registration Appreciated: (walk-ins welcome)
Meet at corner of Rte 156 and Old Hamburg Road. Openspace@townlyme.org
Raindate: Sunday September 24, 1:00-3:00
Sponsored by the Town of Lyme, Lyme Pollinator Pathway, Friends of Whalebone Cove, and Lyme Land Trust.
Autumn Equinox Forest Bathing
Time: 9:30-11:30 am
Place: Banningwood Preserve, Town Street, Lyme CT
Contact Email: regan@reganstacey.com
On this first day of fall, enjoy a mindfully guided walk through Banningwood Preserve as we awaken the senses and the body, attuning to the cycles of nature and all of life.
The walk is about 1-mile over easy to moderate terrain. Banningwood Preserve. The walk concludes in Diana’s field with a wild-foraged tea.
Please allow 15 mintues to walk back to the parking lot.
Registration: $33 ~ includes the program and tea
Register HERE
LLT members receive 15% discount with code LLT15
Rain or shine event. Challenging weather cancels.
Forest bathing is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku – taking in the forest atmosphere. As a growing global wellness movement, it is backed by nearly 40 years of scientific research on the holistic benefits of immersing yourself in nature. These benefits include reduced stress and blood pressure, increased creativity and focus, improved mood and sleep, and a boost to immune functions.
Regan Stacey is an artist and advocate for the Earth whose passion is to reconnect humans to nature for personal and planetary well-being. She believes we can all awaken the forest within. She is co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, a forest therapy guide training program. Through her private practice, she offers forest bathing walks, mindful nature retreats, and mindfulness training. Regan is also the facilitator of the LLT Tree Collective, connecting teens to nature through stewardship, education, and exploration. Find out more about her work at reganstacey.com or theforesttherapyschool.com
Tuesday Trek: Plimpton Preserve
Date: Tue September 19, 2023Time: 9:00 am
Place: Plimpton Preserve
Contact Email: jim.arrigoni@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Jim Arrigoni
A moderately strenuous 1.7-mile loop will take us to an overlook where we’ll enjoy views of Hamburg Cove and the Connecticut River. We’ll also “go back in time” as part of the trail overlaps with the long-abandoned Meetinghouse Hill Road. Park along Sterling City Road near Preserve entrance by the junction of Sterling City Road and Stone Post Road.
Contact: Jim.arrigoni@lymelandtrust.org
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Tree Collective- Teen Steward Group Meet-up
Time: 1:00-3:30 pm
Place: Register to learn location
Contact Email: reganstacey@gmail.com
The Tree Collective is a program designed to engage young conservationists ages 14-18 in outdoor fun and education while working to maintain trails in our beautiful town of Lyme, CT. It is sponsored by the Lyme Land Trust under the leadership of environmentalist/artist Regan Stacey. Each time we meet, we offer a different topic, often with a hike and trail work in a selected preserve.
Tools and gloves provided.
Registration required: reganstacey@gmail.com.
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Lymes’ Senior Center Take-A-Walk Wednesday with Wendy–CANCELLED
Time: 9:30 am -11:30ish am
Place: Gillette Castle State Park, Ferry Road (Rte 148), Lyme Ct
Contact Email: sgould@oldlyme-ct.gov
This walk is cancelled due to rain.
Gillette Castle State Park – We will walk up a beautiful walkway to the Castle and explore the route that was once a narrow gauge train trail. Beautiful CT River views and a tunnel. 2.5 miles. There are some hills.
Directions: Meet at the Hadlyme Public Boat Ramp parking lot by the Chester-Hadlyme Ferry. (Note: For google maps, search for “Chester-Hadlyme Ferry”. Make sure GPS sends you to Ferry Road in Lyme ( Rte 148), not Old Lyme.)
Reservations are required. Please email sgould@oldlyme-ct.gov or call 860-434-4127 to reserve your spot. Free to Lyme’s Senior Center members. $5 for non-members.
On the 2nd Wednesday of each month the group will get together at various hiking areas in Lyme and Old Lyme. Hikes will be lead by Wendy Hill, Open Space Coordinator of Lyme and the Vice President of Lyme Land Trust. The walks are moderate, unless otherwise noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather. Wear sturdy footwear and bring a hiking stick or pole if you would like. Everyone welcome. All hikes are 2.5 to 3 miles. Inclement weather cancels the hike.
Sponsored by the Lyme’s Senior Center.
Tuesday Trek: Jewett/Pleasant Valley Preserve Loop – Kristina and Brady
Time: 9:00 am
Place: Park at Keeny Rd parking lot - north entrance.
Contact Email: kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Kristina and Brady
Kristina – Jewett / Pleasant Valley Loop – A 2.5-3 mile loop that takes us through fields, up and over hills, and next to the Eightmile River. Park at the Pleasant Valley parking lot on Macintosh Rd.
Register: kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
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Lyme Nix the Knotweed Day
Time: 9:00 am-11:00 am
Place: Meet at corner of Rte 156 and Old Hamburg Rd. Lyme
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us in the fight against invasive knotweed and prepare a garden bed for native plants in its place.
On Saturday, come help with the last cut of the third year to remove the invasive knotweed at the corner of Rte 156 and Old Hamburg Rd. And prepare the bed for later in the year when wwe will plant native plants to fill the vacuum to compete with and hopefully prevent the knotweed from coming back.
We will also remove the invasive slender snakecotton.
Registration Appreciated: (walk-ins welcome)
Meet at corner of Rte 156 and Old Hamburg Road. Openspace@townlyme.org
Sponsored by the Town of Lyme, Lyme Pollinator Pathway, Friends of Whalebone Cove, and Lyme Land Trust.
Japanese knotweed is an invasive plant which crowds out native plants that pollinators and other wildlife depend upon for survival. We are in our third year of tackling the knotweed using the “method of 3s”: cut knotweed down to the ground and remove the plant material; 3 chops this growing season (May, mid-July, and mid-August). We are seeing progress! The knotweed has been highly reduced where we have used this method for the last 2 years. We don’t cut more often or it won’t weaken the extensive root system. The cuttings must be carefully disposed of since each little piece will regrow into a new plant. For a brochure on Nix the Knotweed Method of 3s.
August Lyme Nix the Knotweed Days-postponed to 9 am
Time: 8:00 am-10:00 am
Place: Aug 25 - Whalebone Cove, Aug 26 - Start at Reed Landing, Old Hamburg Rd. Lyme
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us in the fight against invasive knotweed and learn to control it on your own property.
On Friday, help tackle the patch at Whalebone Creek.
On Saturday, come help with the last cut of the third year to remove the invasive knotweed at Reeds Landing and Rte 156 and Old Hamburg Rd. Keep tuned. In September, we will plant native plants to fill the vacuum to compete with and hopefully prevent the knotweed from coming back.
Registration Appreciated: (walk-ins welcome)
For Friday, Aug 25 at Whalebone Cove: trughouse@comcast.net
For Saturday, Aug 26 at Reed Landing and Old Hamburg Road. Openspace@townlyme.org
Sponsored by the Town of Lyme, Lyme Pollinator Pathway, Friends of Whalebone Cove, and Lyme Land Trust.
Japanese knotweed is an invasive plant which crowds out native plants that pollinators and other wildlife depend upon for survival. We are in our third year of tackling the knotweed using the “method of 3s”: cut knotweed down to the ground and remove the plant material; 3 chops this growing season (May, mid-July, and mid-August). We are seeing progress! The knotweed has been highly reduced where we have used this method for the last 2 years. We don’t cut more often or it won’t weaken the extensive root system. The cuttings must be carefully disposed of since each little piece will regrow into a new plant. For a brochure on Nix the Knotweed Method of 3s.
Mugwort Eradication Day – Pollinator Meadow at the Lyme Public Library
Time: 9:00-11:00 am
Place: Lyme Town Campus by the Library
Contact Email: heseldale@aol.com
Bring clippers, a bucket, and garden gloves.
The Lyme Garden Club has performed volunteer year-round maintenance on the meadow on behalf of the Town of Lyme since 2016, including obtaining soil tests, planting new native pollinator-friendly plants, and removing invasive plants. The meadow is mowed once a year.
