Past Events

Pitch Pine: Talk & Walk with Emery Gluck

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Wendolyn Hill
Date: Sat April 2, 2022
Time: 9:00 - 11:00ish am
Place: Register to learn location, Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
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Join retired DEEP forester Emery Gluck for a talk and walk to an uncommon stand of pitch pine on the ledges above Selden Creek. Pitch pine, also known as candlewood, was once prevalent on the Connecticut landscape. It provided torches for early settlers (hence the name Candlewood), as well as lumber, tar, and turpentine; and is host to rare wildlife. Now, because of loss of habitat, it is a very uncommon sight. On the site we will visit, pitch pine thrives because of human intervention.  Emery Gluck will explain how human forest management promotes the survival of trees like pitch pine.

We will walk ½ mile off-trail with some bush-whacking, partly on private land, to get to the site with a breathtaking overlook of Selden Creek and the CT River, on the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. Wear long pants, sturdy shoes and tick protection. Bring your own water. Walking sticks are recommended.

Sponsored by the Lyme Land Trust and Town of Lyme.

Registration required. When you register, you will be told the location to meet: openspace@townlyme.org

 


 

Join retired DEEP forester Emery Gluck for a talk and walk to an uncommon stand of pitch pine on the ledges above Selden Creek. Pitch pine, also known as candlewood, was once prevalent on the Connecticut landscape. It provided torches for early settlers (hence the name Candlewood), as well as lumber, tar, and turpentine; and is host to rare wildlife. Now, because of loss of habitat, it is a very uncommon sight. On the site we will visit, pitch pine thrives because of human intervention.  Emery Gluck will explain how human forest management promotes the survival of trees like pitch pine.

We will walk ½ mile off-trail with some bush-whacking, partly on private land, to get to the site with a breathtaking overlook of Selden Creek and the CT River, on the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. Wear long pants, sturdy shoes and tick protection. Bring your own water. Walking sticks are recommended.

Sponsored by the Lyme Land Trust and Town of Lyme.

Registration required. When you register, you will be told the location to meet: openspace@townlyme.org

 


Tuesday Trek: Selden Landing

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Photo: Wendolyn Hill
Date: Tue March 29, 2022
Time: 9:30 -11:30ish am
Place: Selden Landing, Selden Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
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Selden Landing–2.5 acre preserve on Selden Cove. We will walk the short paths at the preserve and then walk on Selden Rd. to the CT River and back. 1.5+ miles. Pull in and park by the Selden Landing sign on Selden Rd.

Reserve a spot: 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, 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.

 


 

Selden Landing–2.5 acre preserve on Selden Cove. We will walk the short paths at the preserve and then walk on Selden Rd. to the CT River and back. 1.5+ miles. Pull in and park by the Selden Landing sign on Selden Rd.

Reserve a spot: 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, 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.

 


Fairy House Making

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Date: Sat March 26, 2022
Time: 12:00 pm
Place: Lyme Pubic Library
Contact Email:
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Spring is here and the fairies and gnomes of New England need to spruce up their living arrangements! 

Come join us at the library where we will be having a fairy house making workshop. This workshop is a wonderful way to engage children (and adults) in the art of fairy house making. Supplies will be provided, but we recommend that you take a walk in the woods and trails throughout Lyme and gather up some more materials that you might want to use to create your fairy home. Just remember to only use bits of the wilderness that have already fallen down the fairies and gnomes don’t like it when their neighborhoods are tampered with!. You can also look around your own home to find little bits and bobs that you might want to add to your fairy house homes. 

This workshop is not only for children as when you are done you should have a wonderful fairy house you can use for a centerpiece or to place in your garden, porch or yard. 

We will be using hot glue guns in this workshop so it is recommended for children ages 10 and up. Parent super-vision is required at all times during the workshop. 

Limited to 20 participants. Please register in advance at programreg@lympl.org 

This program is a collaborative effort between the Lyme Public Library and the Lyme Land Trust. 


Spring is here and the fairies and gnomes of New England need to spruce up their living arrangements! 

Come join us at the library where we will be having a fairy house making workshop. This workshop is a wonderful way to engage children (and adults) in the art of fairy house making. Supplies will be provided, but we recommend that you take a walk in the woods and trails throughout Lyme and gather up some more materials that you might want to use to create your fairy home. Just remember to only use bits of the wilderness that have already fallen down the fairies and gnomes don’t like it when their neighborhoods are tampered with!. You can also look around your own home to find little bits and bobs that you might want to add to your fairy house homes. 

This workshop is not only for children as when you are done you should have a wonderful fairy house you can use for a centerpiece or to place in your garden, porch or yard. 

We will be using hot glue guns in this workshop so it is recommended for children ages 10 and up. Parent super-vision is required at all times during the workshop. 

Limited to 20 participants. Please register in advance at programreg@lympl.org 

This program is a collaborative effort between the Lyme Public Library and the Lyme Land Trust. 


Tuesday Trek: Eno Preserve/Mt Archer Woods

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Date: Tue March 22, 2022
Time: 9:30 am -11:30ish am
Place: Mt Archer Preserve parking lot, Mt Archer Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com
Presenter: Tony Irving
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Eno/Mt Archer–Visit the ruins and see seasonal vistas of the CT River. Meet at Jewett cemetery parking lot, Mt Archer Rd.

To reserve a space: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com

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.

 


 

Eno/Mt Archer–Visit the ruins and see seasonal vistas of the CT River. Meet at Jewett cemetery parking lot, Mt Archer Rd.

To reserve a space: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com

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.

 


Postponed to March 20 – Walk with Joe Standart, Photographer – Imagining Lyme

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Joe Standart
Date: Sun March 20, 2022
Time: 4:30-6:00sih pm
Place: Hartman Park, Gungy Rd, Lyme CT, Meet at main entrance parking lot.
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
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Welcome to the 2nd year of Imagining Lyme photography program. Join us on a walk guided by photographer Joe Standart, to take photos in the late afternoon light. As we explore, Joe will give insight into his creative process in photography. Joe is an internationally recognized award-winning photographer and a Lyme Land Trust board member.

To reserve, a space on the walk, email: education@lymelandtrust.org

Imagining Lyme – A Visual Exploration of Lyme’s Preserves, is the Lyme Land Trust’s amateur photography programwhich encourages people to expand their visual awareness while highlighting the beauty of Lyme Preserves through photographs. Some of the rules have changed. There will be four seasonal deadlines in 2022. You do not have to reside in Lyme, but photos must be taken in Lyme at these places:

  1. Lyme Preserves owned and/or managed by the Lyme Land Trust, Town of Lyme, and The Nature Conservancy View a map of the preserves
  2. Pollinator/wildlife habitat– May be in a backyard, preserve or in a Lyme Pollinator Pathway garden in Lyme, CT.

The deadline for submission of Winter Photos is March 30, 2022. Three photos of distinction will be chosen.

 

 


Welcome to the 2nd year of Imagining Lyme photography program. Join us on a walk guided by photographer Joe Standart, to take photos in the late afternoon light. As we explore, Joe will give insight into his creative process in photography. Joe is an internationally recognized award-winning photographer and a Lyme Land Trust board member.

To reserve, a space on the walk, email: education@lymelandtrust.org

Imagining Lyme – A Visual Exploration of Lyme’s Preserves, is the Lyme Land Trust’s amateur photography programwhich encourages people to expand their visual awareness while highlighting the beauty of Lyme Preserves through photographs. Some of the rules have changed. There will be four seasonal deadlines in 2022. You do not have to reside in Lyme, but photos must be taken in Lyme at these places:

  1. Lyme Preserves owned and/or managed by the Lyme Land Trust, Town of Lyme, and The Nature Conservancy View a map of the preserves
  2. Pollinator/wildlife habitat– May be in a backyard, preserve or in a Lyme Pollinator Pathway garden in Lyme, CT.

The deadline for submission of Winter Photos is March 30, 2022. Three photos of distinction will be chosen.

 

 


Hello Spring! Forest Bathing

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Date: Sun March 20, 2022
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Place: Ravine Trail, Joshuatown Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: regan@reganstacey.com
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Renew your connection with yourself and the Earth as we tap into nature’s rhythms and welcome the season of spring. The equinox, a gentle reminder to rest in the balance of the day, naturally invites a time to relax, renew, and ground for the season ahead.

Invitations to connect with nature will be offered along the way. The walk concludes with a wild-foraged tea. The walk is about 1-mile over easy to moderate terrain.

Registration: $32 ~ includes the program and tea.
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 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 kids’ clubs through the Lyme Land Trust. You can find out more about her work at reganstacey.com   


 

Renew your connection with yourself and the Earth as we tap into nature’s rhythms and welcome the season of spring. The equinox, a gentle reminder to rest in the balance of the day, naturally invites a time to relax, renew, and ground for the season ahead.

Invitations to connect with nature will be offered along the way. The walk concludes with a wild-foraged tea. The walk is about 1-mile over easy to moderate terrain.

Registration: $32 ~ includes the program and tea.
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 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 kids’ clubs through the Lyme Land Trust. You can find out more about her work at reganstacey.com   


Ceremonial Stonework Walk in Jewett Preserve

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Serpent Stone, Photo by Markham Starr
Date: Sat March 19, 2022
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Place: Jewett Preserve, Meet at the Mt. Archer Woods parking lot, Mt Archer Rd, Lyme CT.
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
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Join us for a walk in Jewett preserve to see ceremonial stonework left behind by the indigenous population that has inhabited New England for 12,000 years. Documentary photographer Markham Starr will lead the walk. Native Americans built several distinct types of structures in our area, ranging from cairns to stone serpent effigies, and these spiritual offerings remain standing in now long abandoned woods. While Native American stonework is widely recognized out west and to the south, New England’s stonework remains obscure, having blended back into the woods. We will walk about two miles. some of it off-trail. Wear sturdy footwear and bring a walking stick for stability.

Markham Starr is a documentary photographer concerned with the disappearing working cultures of New England. He is the author of a dozen books, providing glimpses into the lives of people such as commercial fishermen, farmers, and cannery workers, and has written about other subjects such as historic barns in Connecticut. His work has appeared in national magazines and is part of the permanent collection at the Library of Congress and other museums throughout New England.

The walk is full. Register to be put on the waiting list. education@lymelandtrust.org. 


Join us for a walk in Jewett preserve to see ceremonial stonework left behind by the indigenous population that has inhabited New England for 12,000 years. Documentary photographer Markham Starr will lead the walk. Native Americans built several distinct types of structures in our area, ranging from cairns to stone serpent effigies, and these spiritual offerings remain standing in now long abandoned woods. While Native American stonework is widely recognized out west and to the south, New England’s stonework remains obscure, having blended back into the woods. We will walk about two miles. some of it off-trail. Wear sturdy footwear and bring a walking stick for stability.

Markham Starr is a documentary photographer concerned with the disappearing working cultures of New England. He is the author of a dozen books, providing glimpses into the lives of people such as commercial fishermen, farmers, and cannery workers, and has written about other subjects such as historic barns in Connecticut. His work has appeared in national magazines and is part of the permanent collection at the Library of Congress and other museums throughout New England.

The walk is full. Register to be put on the waiting list. education@lymelandtrust.org. 


Tuesday Trek: Ravine Trail

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Date: Tue March 15, 2022
Time: 9:30 am -11:30ish am
Place: Ravine Trail, Joahuatown Rd. Lyme Ct
Contact Email: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Kristina White
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Ravine Trail–Meet at Selden Preserve parking lot on Joshuatown Rd. Meander through the ravine area and discover the natural features of this unique space in Lyme. Length and time of walk will depend on the group’s interest.

To reserve a space:  Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.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.

 


 

Ravine Trail–Meet at Selden Preserve parking lot on Joshuatown Rd. Meander through the ravine area and discover the natural features of this unique space in Lyme. Length and time of walk will depend on the group’s interest.

To reserve a space:  Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.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.

 


Tuesday Trek: Walbridge Woodlands

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Date: Tue March 8, 2022
Time: 9:30 am -11:30ish am
Place: Walbridge Woodlands, Gungy Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Kristina White
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Walbridge Woodlands  Preserve–Hike through Hartman Park to do the white loop trail high on a ridge. Park at Hartman Park main entrance, Gungy Rd.

Contact: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.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.

 


 

Walbridge Woodlands  Preserve–Hike through Hartman Park to do the white loop trail high on a ridge. Park at Hartman Park main entrance, Gungy Rd.

Contact: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.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.

 


Hiking Club for Middle Schoolers

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Photo by Regan Stacey
Date: Sat March 5, 2022
Time: 11:00 am-1:00 pm
Place: Register to learn the location. A different preserve each week.
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 at a different preserve.  Get out and be curious!

Bring lunch!

Registration required, email reganstacey@gmail.com.

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 volunteer Regan Stacey, who has children in the LOL school district.

Environmentalist/artist Regan Stacey currently runs the Tree Collective, a program for teens, and the Middle School Hiking Club. She offers forest bathing and mindful nature connection in the local area as well as co-founding The Forest Therapy School.


 

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 at a different preserve.  Get out and be curious!

Bring lunch!

Registration required, email reganstacey@gmail.com.

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 volunteer Regan Stacey, who has children in the LOL school district.

Environmentalist/artist Regan Stacey currently runs the Tree Collective, a program for teens, and the Middle School Hiking Club. She offers forest bathing and mindful nature connection in the local area as well as co-founding The Forest Therapy School.