Photo by Regan Stacey
Date: Sat September 11, 2021
Time: 3:00-4:30 pm
Place: Banningwood Preserve, 19 Town St., Lyme CT
Contact Email:
reganstacey@gmail.com
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Join our group for middle school-aged children. Come hike the trails! Every month the hike will be an adventure to explore the natural world. It meets the second Saturday of each month in a different preserve.
The Hiking Club is a drop-off/pick-up program. If you are a parent who would like to walk the trails during the club time, you are welcome to do so on your own, with other friends/parents, or even bring your dog!
The Hiking Club is limited to 10 participants per meet-up.
The club is organized by two volunteers, Regan Stacey and Angel Santos Burres. Both have children in the LOL school district.
Environmentalist/artist Regan Stacey currently runs the Tree Collective, a Lyme Land Trust program for teens. She owns Awaken the Forest Within, a mindfulness-based practice that helps [re]connect people to nature for the betterment of themselves and the earth
Angel relocated to Old Lyme this fall after 20 years of non-profit work in Greater Boston. Most recently, she was the director of Outdoors Rx, a program of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Angel encouraged families to explore the outdoors together with a focus on local spaces. She is thrilled to explore all of the nearby woods, marshes, lakes, rivers, and ocean and hopes to meet you on the trail.
Join our group for middle school-aged children. Come hike the trails! Every month the hike will be an adventure to explore the natural world. It meets the second Saturday of each month in a different preserve.
The Hiking Club is a drop-off/pick-up program. If you are a parent who would like to walk the trails during the club time, you are welcome to do so on your own, with other friends/parents, or even bring your dog!
The Hiking Club is limited to 10 participants per meet-up.
The club is organized by two volunteers, Regan Stacey and Angel Santos Burres. Both have children in the LOL school district.
Environmentalist/artist Regan Stacey currently runs the Tree Collective, a Lyme Land Trust program for teens. She owns Awaken the Forest Within, a mindfulness-based practice that helps [re]connect people to nature for the betterment of themselves and the earth
Angel relocated to Old Lyme this fall after 20 years of non-profit work in Greater Boston. Most recently, she was the director of Outdoors Rx, a program of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Angel encouraged families to explore the outdoors together with a focus on local spaces. She is thrilled to explore all of the nearby woods, marshes, lakes, rivers, and ocean and hopes to meet you on the trail.
Wendolyn Hill
Date: Tue September 7, 2021
Time: 9:30 am -11:30ish am
Place: Johnston Preserve. Rte 82, Lyme Ct
Contact Email:
openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
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Johnston Preserve–Meet at the Johnston Preserve parking lot on Rte 82. This 2+ mile walk has fascinating geologic features, including the highest point in Lyme.
To reserve a space: openspace@townlyme.org
View the Tuesday Trek Schedule
Join us for a refreshing morning walk on a Lyme preserve led by a board or staff member of the Lyme Land Trust. The leaders will alternate each week between Sue Cope, Wendy Hill, Tony Irving, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Inclement weather cancels.
Johnston Preserve–Meet at the Johnston Preserve parking lot on Rte 82. This 2+ mile walk has fascinating geologic features, including the highest point in Lyme.
To reserve a space: openspace@townlyme.org
View the Tuesday Trek Schedule
Join us for a refreshing morning walk on a Lyme preserve led by a board or staff member of the Lyme Land Trust. The leaders will alternate each week between Sue Cope, Wendy Hill, Tony Irving, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Inclement weather cancels.
Joe Standart
Date: Sun September 5, 2021
Time: starting at 8 am
Place: Ashlawn Farms, Bill Hill Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email:
info@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Lyme Land Conservation Trust
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Please join us for the seventh annual Tour de Lyme cycling event with beautifully scenic routes for all ages and levels. We’re looking forward to seeing you!
For more information, visit the Tour de Lyme webpage: TourDeLyme.org.
The Lyme Land Trust inaugurated Tour de Lyme in 2013 as an annual bike ride to raise funds to support its mission of preserving and protecting environmentally important land in Lyme.
Please join us for the seventh annual Tour de Lyme cycling event with beautifully scenic routes for all ages and levels. We’re looking forward to seeing you!
For more information, visit the Tour de Lyme webpage: TourDeLyme.org.
The Lyme Land Trust inaugurated Tour de Lyme in 2013 as an annual bike ride to raise funds to support its mission of preserving and protecting environmentally important land in Lyme.
Date: Fri September 3, 2021
Time: 7:30 to 10:30 pm
Place: Register to learn location
Contact Email:
scott.mallory@gmail.com
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Stay tuned for details.
Bring a folding chair and binoculars if you have them. Ordinary flashlights (white lights) are highly discouraged on the far side of the pond. Use red lens caps or red light flashlights. Come any time during the session if you park in the lot a short way from the site and walk in. If you have equipment to set up and want to drive to the site, arrive before dark and plan to stay the whole time so you don’t disturb others when you leave. Leave no trace. Take out what you bring in. No smoking or alcohol consumption.
Reservations required. scott.mallory@gmail.com. Details will be sent with registration.
For more information about the astronomy program
Stay tuned for details.
Bring a folding chair and binoculars if you have them. Ordinary flashlights (white lights) are highly discouraged on the far side of the pond. Use red lens caps or red light flashlights. Come any time during the session if you park in the lot a short way from the site and walk in. If you have equipment to set up and want to drive to the site, arrive before dark and plan to stay the whole time so you don’t disturb others when you leave. Leave no trace. Take out what you bring in. No smoking or alcohol consumption.
Reservations required. scott.mallory@gmail.com. Details will be sent with registration.
For more information about the astronomy program
Date: Wed August 25, 2021
Time: 9:00-11:00 am
Place: Lyme Town Campus by the Library
Contact Email:
heseldale@aol.com
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Join members of the Lyme Garden Club and Lyme Pollinator Pathway to care for the Pollinator Meadow by weeding out unwanted plants. Learn which wildflowers to protect for pollinators and the best methods to remove unwanted and invasive species. You may collect seeds to bring home for your own pollinator meadow.
Bring clippers, a bucket, and garden gloves.
Refreshments will be provided. Raindate: Thursday, August 26
Register: heseldale@aol.com
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.
Join members of the Lyme Garden Club and Lyme Pollinator Pathway to care for the Pollinator Meadow by weeding out unwanted plants. Learn which wildflowers to protect for pollinators and the best methods to remove unwanted and invasive species. You may collect seeds to bring home for your own pollinator meadow.
Bring clippers, a bucket, and garden gloves.
Refreshments will be provided. Raindate: Thursday, August 26
Register: heseldale@aol.com
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.
Date: Sun August 15, 2021
Time: 9:30 am-11:30 am
Place: Various Locations (same as May and July)
Contact Email:
openspace@townlyme.org
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Help us Nix the Knotweed! Join our work party to help remove invasive knotweed from a few areas in Lyme and learn to control Knotweed on your own property. Or join the day and remove knotweed on your own property. We will tackle the knotweed using the “method of 3s”: cut knotweed down to the ground and bag the plant material; 3 chops this growing season (May, mid-July, and August) We will repeat this for 3 years to take care of the knotweed for good without using herbicide. The cuttings must be carefully disposed of since each little piece will regrow into a new plant. We will fully solarize all plant material in the bags to kill it, before safe disposal. For a brochure on Nix the Knotweed Method of 3s.
Or, if you wish, you may eat it. It is edible!
Bring clippers or loppers, work gloves, and your own water bottle. We’ll provide the bags!
Please register: Openspace@townlyme.org for directions and more information. Sponsored by the Town of Lyme, 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.
Help us Nix the Knotweed! Join our work party to help remove invasive knotweed from a few areas in Lyme and learn to control Knotweed on your own property. Or join the day and remove knotweed on your own property. We will tackle the knotweed using the “method of 3s”: cut knotweed down to the ground and bag the plant material; 3 chops this growing season (May, mid-July, and August) We will repeat this for 3 years to take care of the knotweed for good without using herbicide. The cuttings must be carefully disposed of since each little piece will regrow into a new plant. We will fully solarize all plant material in the bags to kill it, before safe disposal. For a brochure on Nix the Knotweed Method of 3s.
Or, if you wish, you may eat it. It is edible!
Bring clippers or loppers, work gloves, and your own water bottle. We’ll provide the bags!
Please register: Openspace@townlyme.org for directions and more information. Sponsored by the Town of Lyme, 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.
Date: Sat August 7, 2021
Time: 9:00-11:00 am
Place: Banningwood Preserve, 19 Town St. Lyme, CT
Contact Email:
regan@reganstacey.com
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Gently wake up the senses and body on a mindful movement forest bathing walk.
Enjoy a guided forest bathing walk as we gently wake up the body to incorporate mindful movement into the session. The walk concludes at Diana’s Field where we will gather for a final movement practice and share a wild-foraged tea.
The walk is about 1-mile over easy to moderate terrain.
Rain or shine.
Registration required. $32.00 per person. Lyme Land Trust members receive 15% off with the discount code LLT15.
To register, click here.
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 environmentalist whose passion is to re-connect humans to nature for the betterment of themselves, their communities, and our beautiful planet, Earth. She is also co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, training forest therapy guides to share this work around the world. Locally, she is involved in a number of nature-based organizations and facilitates three kids’ clubs through the Lyme Land Trust.
Gently wake up the senses and body on a mindful movement forest bathing walk.
Enjoy a guided forest bathing walk as we gently wake up the body to incorporate mindful movement into the session. The walk concludes at Diana’s Field where we will gather for a final movement practice and share a wild-foraged tea.
The walk is about 1-mile over easy to moderate terrain.
Rain or shine.
Registration required. $32.00 per person. Lyme Land Trust members receive 15% off with the discount code LLT15.
To register, click here.
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 environmentalist whose passion is to re-connect humans to nature for the betterment of themselves, their communities, and our beautiful planet, Earth. She is also co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, training forest therapy guides to share this work around the world. Locally, she is involved in a number of nature-based organizations and facilitates three kids’ clubs through the Lyme Land Trust.
Date: Thu August 5, 2021
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: Zoom
Contact Email:
programreg@lymepl.org
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Join CT Audubon Society conservation biologist Jim Arrigoni as he points out some of the most problematic invasive plant species in Connecticut, as well as methods to control them.
Click on the poster for more information.
This program is free and open to all, funded by the Friends of the Lyme Library.
Register via email at programreg@lymepl.org to receive your invitation to the ZOOM Program.
For more information call the library at 860-434-2272.
Join CT Audubon Society conservation biologist Jim Arrigoni as he points out some of the most problematic invasive plant species in Connecticut, as well as methods to control them.
Click on the poster for more information.
This program is free and open to all, funded by the Friends of the Lyme Library.
Register via email at programreg@lymepl.org to receive your invitation to the ZOOM Program.
For more information call the library at 860-434-2272.
Date: Fri July 30, 2021
Time: 7:30 to 10:00 pm
Place: Register to learn location
Contact Email:
scott.mallory@gmail.com
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Summer skies bring the large arc of the Milky Way into prominence. Join Alan Sheiness and Scott Mallory on a discovery tour of the beautiful nebulae and star clusters that are visible amongst the summer constellations. Learn how to spot the big landmarks in the summer sky.
Bring a folding chair and binoculars if you have them. Ordinary flashlights (white lights) are highly discouraged on the far side of the pond. Use red lens caps or red light flashlights. Come any time during the session if you park in the lot a short way from the site and walk in. If you have equipment to set up and want to drive to the site, arrive before dark and plan to stay the whole time so you don’t disturb others when you leave. Leave no trace. Take out what you bring in. No smoking or alcohol consumption.
Reservations required. scott.mallory@gmail.com. Details will be sent with registration.
For more information about the astronomy program
Summer skies bring the large arc of the Milky Way into prominence. Join Alan Sheiness and Scott Mallory on a discovery tour of the beautiful nebulae and star clusters that are visible amongst the summer constellations. Learn how to spot the big landmarks in the summer sky.
Bring a folding chair and binoculars if you have them. Ordinary flashlights (white lights) are highly discouraged on the far side of the pond. Use red lens caps or red light flashlights. Come any time during the session if you park in the lot a short way from the site and walk in. If you have equipment to set up and want to drive to the site, arrive before dark and plan to stay the whole time so you don’t disturb others when you leave. Leave no trace. Take out what you bring in. No smoking or alcohol consumption.
Reservations required. scott.mallory@gmail.com. Details will be sent with registration.
For more information about the astronomy program
Date: Sat July 10, 2021 thru Sat July 24, 2021
Time: 10:00-11:00 am, July 10, 17, 24
Place: Devil's Hopyard State Park
Meet at Covered Bridge
Contact Email:
rdoherty@eightmileriver.org
Presenter: Eightmile River Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee
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Join the Eightmile Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee for three free family programs. Click on the poster to enlarge for more information.
July 1o: Raptors
July 17: River Exploration
July 24: Reptiles
Join the Eightmile Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee for three free family programs. Click on the poster to enlarge for more information.
July 1o: Raptors
July 17: River Exploration
July 24: Reptiles
Join CT Audubon Society conservation biologist Jim Arrigoni as he points out some of the most problematic invasive plant species in Connecticut, as well as methods to control them.
Join the Eightmile Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee for three free family programs. Click on the poster to enlarge for more information.
