Past Events

Meet Jim Arrigoni – Walk at Banningwood Preserve

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Date: Sat February 18, 2023
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Place: Banningwood Preserve, 19 Town Street, Lyme
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
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Meet the Lyme Land Trust’s new environmental director, Jim Arrigoni, and join him on a gently paced walk to explore the rich variety of habitats – streams, wetlands, fields, floodplain and upland forests – that makes Banningwood Preserve so special. Learn about the importance of habitat diversity in supporting a wide array of fish, wildlife, and plant species. Jim will share plans to enhance the habitats through restoration work throughout the Preserve. 

To learn more about Jim. 


Meet the Lyme Land Trust’s new environmental director, Jim Arrigoni, and join him on a gently paced walk to explore the rich variety of habitats – streams, wetlands, fields, floodplain and upland forests – that makes Banningwood Preserve so special. Learn about the importance of habitat diversity in supporting a wide array of fish, wildlife, and plant species. Jim will share plans to enhance the habitats through restoration work throughout the Preserve. 

To learn more about Jim. 


Tuesday Trek: Young and Walbridge Woodland Preserve

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Date: Tue February 14, 2023
Time: 9:30 am
Place: Park at Young Preserve entrance on Gungy Rd.
Contact Email: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Kristina White
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Park at Young Preserve entrance on Gungy Rd. Moderate hike over ridges and through laurel groves. 2.5 – 3 miles. 

Register: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org

View the Tuesday Trek Schedule


Park at Young Preserve entrance on Gungy Rd. Moderate hike over ridges and through laurel groves. 2.5 – 3 miles. 

Register: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org

View the Tuesday Trek Schedule


For the Love of Nature

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Date: Sun February 12, 2023
Time: 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Place: Eno Preserve, Mt Archerl Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: regan@reganstacey.com
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Happy Valentine’s Day! Make a date with nature and share the love.This forest bathing walk is offered around the theme of Love – for oneself, others, and the natural world. Give and receive some love from the forest for Valentine’s Day. Along the way, you’ll be offered invitations to connect with nature among the large mature trees of Eno Preserve. These silent giants are an inspiring presence in the landscape, rooted in their love for the Earth. The walk is about 1-mile over easy to moderate terrain.

The walk concludes with a wild-foraged tea.

Registration: $33 ~ includes the program and tea
Click HERE to register. 
LLT members receive 15% discount with code LLT15.

Rain, snow or shine event. Extreme weather cancels.

Regan Stacey is an artist and advocate for the Earth whose passion is to reconnect humans to nature for personal and planetary wellbeing. She is also co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, training forest therapy guides to share this work around the world. In her private practice, she offers forest bathing walks, mindful nature retreats, and mindfulness training. Find out more about her work at reganstacey.com


Happy Valentine’s Day! Make a date with nature and share the love.This forest bathing walk is offered around the theme of Love – for oneself, others, and the natural world. Give and receive some love from the forest for Valentine’s Day. Along the way, you’ll be offered invitations to connect with nature among the large mature trees of Eno Preserve. These silent giants are an inspiring presence in the landscape, rooted in their love for the Earth. The walk is about 1-mile over easy to moderate terrain.

The walk concludes with a wild-foraged tea.

Registration: $33 ~ includes the program and tea
Click HERE to register. 
LLT members receive 15% discount with code LLT15.

Rain, snow or shine event. Extreme weather cancels.

Regan Stacey is an artist and advocate for the Earth whose passion is to reconnect humans to nature for personal and planetary wellbeing. She is also co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, training forest therapy guides to share this work around the world. In her private practice, she offers forest bathing walks, mindful nature retreats, and mindfulness training. Find out more about her work at reganstacey.com


Full – Fat Stone Farm – Maple Syrup Walk at Mt. Archer Woods

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Photo provided by Fat Stone Farm
Date: Sat February 11, 2023
Time: 1 PM
Place: Mt. Archer Woods, Mt. Archer Rd. Lyme CT
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
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Join the Farrell Family of Fat Stone Farm for a tour of Mt. Archer Woods maple sap collection area — while the sap is running (hopefully!). Come and see the sap bubbling down the lines, learn how we make “candy from trees”, the importance of organic certification, and the history of maple sugaring in New England, including in the Mt. Archer Woods. Children are encouraged to attend. We have a scavenger hunt for kids (roughly ages 5 to 10) to encourage appreciation of our this amazing Town of Lyme preserve. View a video of how the farm makes maple syrup.

Registration required: education@lymelandtrust.org This walk is Full. Please email to be put on the waitlist.  Because the maple sap season is short (4-6 weeks), and because the daytime temperature must be above 32F for the sap to run, the tour date is weather dependent. We will you alert registrants of any date and/or time changes.

Meet at the Mt. Archer Woods parking lot on Mt. Archer Road. The sap collection area is a short walk (about 1/3 of a mile) in. Please wear more clothes than you think you need, as we will be standing still for a portion of the tour.

The Farrell Family operates Fat Stone Farm in Lyme, located a short distance (as the crow flies) from the Preserve. Bill started making maple syrup in Lyme in 2003, has volunteered with the UConn Coverts Cooperator Program, the Maple Syrup Producers Association of Connecticut, the Regional Agricultural Commission of the RiverCOG. We are a regular vendor at the Lyme Farmer’s Market and have two boys (ages 11 and 14).

This is the second program in our Local Farm Series to highlight the importance of local food production and sustainability. The first program was a tour of Long Table Farm, Beaver Brook Rd., Lyme.

Sponsored by the Lyme Land Trust and the Town of Lyme

 


Join the Farrell Family of Fat Stone Farm for a tour of Mt. Archer Woods maple sap collection area — while the sap is running (hopefully!). Come and see the sap bubbling down the lines, learn how we make “candy from trees”, the importance of organic certification, and the history of maple sugaring in New England, including in the Mt. Archer Woods. Children are encouraged to attend. We have a scavenger hunt for kids (roughly ages 5 to 10) to encourage appreciation of our this amazing Town of Lyme preserve. View a video of how the farm makes maple syrup.

Registration required: education@lymelandtrust.org This walk is Full. Please email to be put on the waitlist.  Because the maple sap season is short (4-6 weeks), and because the daytime temperature must be above 32F for the sap to run, the tour date is weather dependent. We will you alert registrants of any date and/or time changes.

Meet at the Mt. Archer Woods parking lot on Mt. Archer Road. The sap collection area is a short walk (about 1/3 of a mile) in. Please wear more clothes than you think you need, as we will be standing still for a portion of the tour.

The Farrell Family operates Fat Stone Farm in Lyme, located a short distance (as the crow flies) from the Preserve. Bill started making maple syrup in Lyme in 2003, has volunteered with the UConn Coverts Cooperator Program, the Maple Syrup Producers Association of Connecticut, the Regional Agricultural Commission of the RiverCOG. We are a regular vendor at the Lyme Farmer’s Market and have two boys (ages 11 and 14).

This is the second program in our Local Farm Series to highlight the importance of local food production and sustainability. The first program was a tour of Long Table Farm, Beaver Brook Rd., Lyme.

Sponsored by the Lyme Land Trust and the Town of Lyme

 


Astronomy Observatory Sessions: View the Green Comet

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Date: Tue January 31, 2023 thru Fri February 10, 2023
Time: Sunset to 8 pm, weather permitting
Place: Trail 53 Dark Sky Site, Lyme CT - send an email to learn location and directions
Contact Email: astronomy@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Lyme Land Trust Astronomy Group
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Our newsfeeds are lighting up about the “green comet” visiting us for the first time since Neanderthals walked the earth. For more information. 

The good news is the faint Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is visible now though mid-February if you know where and when to look. The bad news is you likely need binoculars or a telescope, and you will have to deal with the fickle clouds and the light of the moon.

Come observe the comet at the Trail 53 Dark Sky Observatory Site!

The Lyme Land Trust astronomy group is invested in helping you appreciate the wonders of the dark sky. To catch a view of the green comet before it recedes deep into the solar system, we will do our best to have at least one telescope ready at our dark sky site each evening from January 31 through February 10. To the extent feasible, we will be out from sunset until 8pm every night that is free of clouds. Check in with us to confirm if we will be out that night.

On any evening from January 31 to February 10 that you wish to come by and observe the comet, please email us at astronomy@lymelandtrust.org. We will respond to let you know if we will be at the dark sky site and to provide directions.


Our newsfeeds are lighting up about the “green comet” visiting us for the first time since Neanderthals walked the earth. For more information. 

The good news is the faint Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is visible now though mid-February if you know where and when to look. The bad news is you likely need binoculars or a telescope, and you will have to deal with the fickle clouds and the light of the moon.

Come observe the comet at the Trail 53 Dark Sky Observatory Site!

The Lyme Land Trust astronomy group is invested in helping you appreciate the wonders of the dark sky. To catch a view of the green comet before it recedes deep into the solar system, we will do our best to have at least one telescope ready at our dark sky site each evening from January 31 through February 10. To the extent feasible, we will be out from sunset until 8pm every night that is free of clouds. Check in with us to confirm if we will be out that night.

On any evening from January 31 to February 10 that you wish to come by and observe the comet, please email us at astronomy@lymelandtrust.org. We will respond to let you know if we will be at the dark sky site and to provide directions.


Tuesday Trek: Johnston Preserve

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Date: Tue February 7, 2023
Time: 9:30 am
Place: Meet at the Johnston Preserve parking lot on Rte 82.
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
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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

View the Tuesday Trek Schedule


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

View the Tuesday Trek Schedule


Tuesday Trek: Chestnut Hill Preserve

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Date: Tue January 31, 2023
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
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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

View the Tuesday Trek Schedule


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

View the Tuesday Trek Schedule


Devil’s Hopyard Hike

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Date: Sat January 28, 2023
Time: 1:00 pm
Place: Devil's Hopyard State Park, 366 Hopyard Rd., East Haddam, CT.
Contact Email: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
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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

 


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

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Date: Tue January 24, 2023
Time: 9:00 am
Place: Meet at Mt Archer Woods Parking lot on Mt Archer Rd.
Contact Email: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com
Presenter: Tony Irving
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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

View the Tuesday Trek Schedule


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

View the Tuesday Trek Schedule


Workshop – Propagating Pollinator Plants from Seed

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Native plant seedlings, Photo by Diana Fiske
Date: Sat January 21, 2023
Time: 3:00 pm
Place: Hadlyme Public Hall, 63 Ferry Road, Lyme
Contact Email: lymepollinator@gmail.com
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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


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