Past Events
Tuesday Trek: Johnston Preserve
Time: 9:30 am
Place: Meet at the Johnston Preserve parking lot on Rte 82.
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
Meet at the Johnston Preserve parking lot on Rte 82. We will walk an approximately 3 mile loop past the highest point in Lyme, and along the white trail with beautiful overlooks.
Register: openspace@townlyme.org
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Tuesday Trek: Chestnut Hill Preserve
Time: 9:30 am
Place: Meet at Chestnut Hill entrance on Sterling Hill Rd. Park along side of road.
Contact Email: sue.cope@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Sue Cope
Meet at Chestnut Hill entrance on Sterling Hill Rd. Park along side of road. Nice easy 1 mile loop through Chestnut Hill Preserve.
Register: sue.cope@lymelandtrust.org
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Devil’s Hopyard Hike
Time: 1:00 pm
Place: Devil's Hopyard State Park, 366 Hopyard Rd., East Haddam, CT.
Contact Email: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Join us for this hike with Kristina White, Executive Director of the Lyme Land Trust. Meet at Pavilion parking lot below the falls near the covered bridge. To get there, take a right about 3.3 miles north of Rte 82.
The hike is 3.5 -4.5 miles – depending on group’s desire. It will be through a variety of terrain across the road from main entrance.
Register: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Tuesday Trek: Mt Archer Woods
Time: 9:00 am
Place: Meet at Mt Archer Woods Parking lot on Mt Archer Rd.
Contact Email: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com
Presenter: Tony Irving
Meet at Mt Archer Woods Parking lot on Mt Archer Rd. Walk the white and yellow trail loop. About 3 miles. Highlights include colonial homestead ruins and views of the CT River.
Register: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com
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Workshop – Propagating Pollinator Plants from Seed
Time: 3:00 pm
Place: Hadlyme Public Hall, 63 Ferry Road, Lyme
Contact Email: lymepollinator@gmail.com
Including native plants in your garden is a great way to help pollinators. Expand your native plantings inexpensively by growing them yourself from seed. Join the Lyme Pollinator Pathway for this workshop with Jim Sirch where we’ll discover different germination requirements for different kinds of seeds and learn hands-on how to plant a plastic gallon jug filled with a seed selection to stratify over the winter. Proper after-care will be discussed.
Space is limited. Registration required: lymepollinator@gmail.com
Save your empty gallon plastic milk/cider jugs. There will be a few plastic jugs available for those without. Bring a good pair of scissors or sheers to cut the plastic. Other materials will be supplied.
Jim Sirch is the Education Coordinator at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Jim was past president and currently on the board of the Hamden Land Conservation Trust and the CT Native Plant Working Group. A certified CT Master Gardener, Jim gives talks throughout the state on gardening for pollinators and growing native plants from seed and is dedicated to helping improve backyard biodiversity. Jim was featured in the Members Making a Difference section of the Summer 2016 issue of the American Horticultural Society’s American Gardener magazine. Jim also authors a weekly nature blog called Beyond Your Back Door.
Co-sponsored by Lyme Pollinator Pathway, Lyme Land Trust, and Lyme Garden Club
Tuesday Trek: Brockway Hawthorne Preserve
Time: 9:30 am
Place: Meet at the parking area on Brush Hill Road.
Contact Email: jim.arrigoni@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Jim Arrigoni
We will meander through the forest along most of the trail system in Brockway Hawthorne and take our time to explore the winter woodland. About 2.5 miles and 2 hours.
Register: jim.arrigoni@lymelandtrust.org
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New Year’s 2023 Hike at Gillette’s Castle
Time: 10:00-12:00ish
Place: Gillette's Castle, Lyme. Meet at the Hadlyme Public Boat Ramp parking lot by the Chester-Hadlyme Ferry, Ferry Road (Rte 148)
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
Start the New Year off with a refreshing hike in the Lyme woods with a Lyme Land Trust Board Member. This walk was postponed from January 1, 2023.
- Gillette Castle State Park with Wendolyn Hill. We will take the gentle climb along the walkway to the castle. At the top, we will follow the original small gauge train trail with a train tunnel and beautiful views of the Connecticut River, unobstructed by leaves. About 2.5 miles. Directions: Meet at the Hadlyme Public Boat Ramp parking lot by the Chester-Hadlyme Ferry, Ferry Road (Rte 148). (Note: For google maps, search for “Chester-Hadlyme Ferry”. Make sure GPS sends you to Ferry Road in Lyme (Rte 148), not Old Lyme.
- Register: education@lymelandtrust.org
For more information about the preserves and directions. The walk is moderate. Everyone is welcome. End times are approximate. Allow extra time. Bring a bottle of water. Inclement weather cancels. Check for updates on the LLT website.
Tree Collective- Teen Steward Group Meet-up
Time: 1:00-4:00 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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Tuesday Trek: Pickwick & Eno Preserves
Time: 9:30 am
Place: Entrance is on 183 Joshuatown Rd driveway.
Contact Email: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Kristina White
Entrance is on 183 Joshuatown Rd driveway. Drive down driveway and preserve is on right – park on side. We will walk the blue to red to white to yellow loop. Highlights are wetlands and impressive stone walls. Moderately easy 2.5 miles.
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Imagining Lyme–Photo Submission Deadline – Fall
Time: midnight
Place: Submit photos to Imagining Lyme website
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
The Lyme Land Trust program Imagining Lyme: A Visual Exploration of Lyme’s Preserves encourages everyone to expand their visual awareness and highlight the beauty of the Lyme preserves owned by the Lyme Land Trust, the Town of Lyme and the Nature Conservancy by taking photographs prompted by inspiration from professional photographers and artists. Photographers do not have to be residents of Lyme but all photos must be taken in Lyme in any of these places:
- Lyme Preserves owned and/or managed by the Lyme Land Trust, Town of Lyme, and The Nature Conservancy View a map of the preserves
- Pollinator/wildlife habitat– May be in a backyard, preserve or in a Lyme Pollinator Pathway garden in Lyme, CT.
The deadline for the Fall category-photos taken in the Fall–is December 31, 2022. For more information.
