Past Events
POSTPONED to afternoon-Volunteer Work and Learn Party – Remove Invasive Plants at Hartman Park
Time: 1:30-3:30pm
Place: Meet at the Eversource ROW entrance gate, Gungy Road,Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us for a work party to identify and remove autumn olive and other invasive plants at Hartman Park Eversource Right of Way with Wendy Hill, Town of Lyme Open Space Coordinator. Learn to identify plants to protect.
Tools needed for the morning will be small chain saws and/or hand saws, lopping shears, hand pruner, mattock hoe or tool to remove roots. Be sure to bring rugged work gloves and wear long sleeves and long pants. Please bring a bottle of water or beverage. Snacks will be provided.
Registration appreciated (walk-ins welcome): openspace@townlyme.org
Sponsored by the Town of Lyme and the Lyme Land Trust
May Flowers Forest Bathing — A Guided Experience
Time: 9:30-11:30 am
Place: Selden Creek Preserve, Joshuatown Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: regan@reganstacey.com
Enjoy a gentle mindful movement sequence, a sensory awakening meditation, and invitations to connect with nature along the way. The experience concludes with tea together. The walk is about 1-mile round-trip over easy to moderate terrain. The session concludes in the forest. Please allow 10 -15 minutes to walk back to the parking lot.
Registration: $25 ~ includes the program and tea
Register here.
LLT members receive 10% discount with code LLT10.
Rain or shine event. Challenging weather cancels.
Ages 18+. No pets please.
Regan Stacey is an artist and advocate for the Earth whose passion is to reconnect humans to nature for personal and planetary well-being. Through her private practice, she offers forest bathing sessions and mindfulness in nature retreats.
She is also co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, training forest therapy guides to share this work around the world. Find out more about her work at reganstacey.com or theforesttherapyschool.com
Questions? Email Regan at regan@reganstacey.com
CANCELLED – Lymes Senior Center Take-a-Walk Wednesday with Wendy
Time: 9:30-11:30ish am
Place: John Lohman CT River Preserve, 33 Colt Lane, Old Lyme CT
Contact Email: cperkins@oldlyme-ct.gov
Presenter: Wendy Hill
Cancelled due to rain – A short steep incline opens to a beautiful expanse of meadow. We will walk along the mowed path to reach our destination, Whale Rock, a spectacular outcropping with views of Lord Cove and the CT River. Bring your binoculars. 1.5 miles
Directions: 33 Coult Lane, Old Lyme. Parking is along the road.
Reservations are required. Please email Caitlin Perkins at cperkins@oldlyme-ct.gov or call (860)434-1605 ext. 241. Free to Lyme’s Senior Center members. $5 for non-members.
On the 2nd Wednesday of each month (unless noted) 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 walk.
Sponsored with the Lyme’s Senior Center.
Tuesday Trek: Johnston Preserve
Date: Tue May 7, 2024Time: 9:00 am
Place: Johnston Preserve, Rte 82, Lyme CT
Contact Email: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com
Presenter: Tony
Hike this beautiful preserve which is a future Old Growth Forest, about 2 miles with the option of taking some extra loops if we are really feeling adventurous! Meet at the Johnston parking lot on Rte 82.
Contact: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com
View the Tuesday Trek Schedule
Astronomy Observing Session
Time: 8:30pm - 10:30pm
Place: Trail 53 Observatory
Contact Email: astronomy@lymelandtrust.org
Young or old, experienced, or totally unfamiliar, we look forward to exposing you to our uniquely dark skies here in Lyme. We have several different telescopes that are on display including a 14″ Schmidt-Cassegrain housed in a permanent observatory.
Registration required. Upon registration you will receive a link to directions and observing session guidelines.
For more information and to register: Astronomy Events
Tuesday Trek: Johnston Preserve – Jim
Time: 9:00
Place: Park in Johnston Preserve parking lot on Rte. 82.
Contact Email: Jim.arrigoni@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Jim
Gentle-to-moderate ~1.5-mile walk through the forest at the special time when lime-green foliage is emerging. We’ll listen for newly arrived migrant songbirds (bring binoculars if you wish) and be on the lookout for spring ephemeral wildflowers and other seasonal highlights. Meet at the parking area on Rt. 82.
Register: Jim.arrigoni@lymelandtrust.org
View the Tuesday Trek Schedule
Spring Ephemeral Walk with Bryan Connolly
Time: 2:00-4:00pm
Place: Pleasant Valley/Jewett Preserves, Macintosh Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us on a guided walk with botanist horticulturist Bryan Connolly, to see and learn about spring ephemerals, the first native wildflowers to emerge in our woods. This walk is part of a series of programs to encourage people to post observations to the iNaturalist Wild Lyme Project. Bryan Connolly is a top expert on the app and has identified 19,215 posts.
Spring Ephemerals, such as trout lily, sessile bellwort and anenomes are able to take advantage of the sunlight in the short time after the earth warms up and before the leaves in the tree canopy open to shade the forest floor. They then disappear back into the earth as spring progresses into summer. These beautiful delicate flowers provide an early source of nectar and pollen for bees and other insects.
Please register: openspace@townlyme.org
Bryan A. Connolly, PhD an expert on native plants working to re-introduce rare and endangered native plants to the northeast. associate professor at Eastern Connecticut State University.
Exploring a Beaver Site: An On-Site Demonstration of Field Tools with Evan Zocco
Date: Sat April 27, 2024Time: 10:00-12:00
Place: Hartman Park, Main Entrance, Gungy Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: info@eightmileriver.org
Presenter: Eightmile Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee
Join Evan in Hartman Part for a field demonstration of ground truthing. Learn about the tools he uses to validate and improve the model’s predictions. Evan will use his drone to explore a beaver site and explain what information he is looking for when on site. There is a short hike required to get to the site. Appropriate footwear is recommended.
Email info@eightmileriver.org to register!
Evan Zocco is a graduate student at UCONN. Click on the poster to learn more.
This is part of a Beaver Program Series by the Eightmile Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee.
The Science Behind Using Deep Learning to Map Beaver Activity in Connecticut with Evan Zocco
Date: Sat April 27, 2024Time: 3:00-5:00 pm
Place: Hadlyme Public Hall, 63 Ferry Rd, Hadlyme, CT
Contact Email: info@eightmileriver.org
Presenter: Eightmile Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee
Beavers are an increasing presence on our landscape, learn about their local and regional impact and a novel approach of mapping and tracking their influence on the landscape. This will be an in-depth presentation on Evan’s graduate research.
Email info@eightmileriver.org to register!
Evan Zocco is a graduate student at UCONN. Click on the poster to learn more.
This is part of a Beaver Program Series by the Eightmile Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee.
Workshop to Assemble Eastern Bluebird Boxes
Time: 1:00-2:30
Place: LLT Barn, 12-1 Town St (Rte 82), LymeCT
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
Join the Lyme Bluebird Project to support the bluebird population! Did you know the population of Eastern Bluebirds plummeted from the 1930s to 1980s, but humans across the country helped them stage an incredible comeback? Much of the bluebird’s success is due to the work of citizen scientists building, installing and monitoring bluebird boxes.
Join us for a workshop to assemble bluebird boxes. Our bluebird volunteers will make at least 2 birdhouses, one for a preserve and one for their backyard. It’s free. All you have to do is pledge to take care of at least one bluebird box in a preserve and the one in your own backyard. Taking care of bluebird boxes in the preserves is a great activity for a solo meadow hike or to do with family and friends. We’ll teach you everything you need to know to help support our bluebird populations!
All materials are supplied. No carpentry skills required. The wood pieces are pre-cut. Bring an electors drill if you have one.
Space is limited. Please register at education@townlyme.org
Children are welcome with an adult (One set of boxes per family).
The wood was donated by CT DEEP, sawn in the woods from trees harvested in the State forest during forest management.
We wish to thank Wild Bird Unlimited Niantic, who generously donated ten poles and baffles, and discounted the rest.
Co-sponsored with Lyme Pollinator Pathway
