Past Events
POSTPONED to August 18-Learn and Weed – Pollinator Meadow at the Lyme Public Library
Time: 9:00-11:00 am
Place: Lyme Town Campus by the Library
Contact Email: heseldale@aol.com
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.
You are welcome to stop by for all or part of the time.
Bring clippers, a bucket, and garden gloves.
Refreshments will be provided.
Registration appreciated: makistner@comcast.net
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.
Lyme Nix the Knotweed Days
Time: 8-10 am
Place: Reed Landing, Old Hamburg Rd, Joshua Pond, Joshuatown Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join our work party for the second year to remove invasive knotweed and learn to control Knotweed on your own property. Better yet, organize your own neighborhood Nix the Knotweed Day! We are in our second year of tackling 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 mid-August) We will repeat this for 3 years to take care of the knotweed for good without using herbicide. The cuttings will be carefully disposed of since each little piece will regrow into a new plant.
We also will tend the new native plant garden at Reed Landing on Saturday, August 13. The garden was installed on May 14, 2022 under the direction of New England Pollinator Gardens. Come help and Learn about creating a native garden in your own yard. This project is made possible with grant form the Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Coordinating Committee.
Bring work gloves. For knotweed removal, bring clippers or loppers. Bring your own water bottle. Snacks will be provided.
Please register:
For Saturday, Aug. 13 at Reed Landing and Old Hamburg Road: Openspace@townlyme.org
For Friday, Aug. 19 at Whalebone Cove: trughouse@comcast.net
Sponsored by the Town of Lyme, Lyme Pollinator Pathway, 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. For a brochure on Nix the Knotweed Method of 3s.
Lymes’ Senior Center Take-A-Hike Thursday with Wendy Hill
Time: 9:30 am -12:00ish pm
Place: Watch Rock Preserve, Joel Road, Old Lyme, CT
Contact Email:
Easy walk along rocky outcroppings along the Lieutenant River with beautiful views of the salt marshes. Bring your binoculars. We will take our time. 1 mile.
Directions: Take Rte 156 onto Noyes Rd. Take first right and stay to the right to reach the parking lot on Joel Rd.
Reservations are required. Please email sgould@oldlyme-ct.gov or call 860-434-4127 to reserve your spot.
On the 2nd Thursday of each month the group will get together at various hiking areas in Lyme and Old Lyme. Hikes will be led 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, dress for the weather and a hiking stick or pole if you would like. Everyone welcome. All hikes are 2.5 to 3 miles. Inclement weather cancels the hike.
Sponsored by the Lyme’s Senior Center.
Mindful Movement Forest Bathing
Time: 9:30-11:00 am
Place: Banningwood Preserve, 19 Town Street, Lyme CT
Contact Email: regan@reganstacey.com
Nourish the mind, body, and spirit in nature. Enjoy mindful movement and gentle yoga as we wake up the body for this guided forest bathing session. Invitations to engage with nature through our senses 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. Banningwood Preserve
Registration: $32 ~ includes the program and tea
Lyme Land Trust members receive a 15% discount with code: LLT15
Register here.
This is a rain or shine event.
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, environmentalist and yoga instructor, 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
Geology Lecture Through Pleasant Valley Preserve with Ralph Lewis
Time: 8:30 am
Place: Pleasant Valley Preserve, McIntosh Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: programreg@lymepl.org
Local geologist Ralph Lewis will lead a walk through Pleasant Valley Preserve to lecture on and point out some of the unique geological features in Lyme. Attendees will walk the preserve and discuss the scientific significance of the area. Bring good walking shoes and a bottle of water. Hats and bug spray are recommended.
Meet at the McIntosh Road parking area.
Register: programreg@lymepl.org
The walk is sponsored by the Lyme Public Library. Ralph Lewis is a retired CT State geologist.
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July Astronomy Observing Session-postponed from Friday to Saturday
Time: 8:30 -10:00 pm
Place: Register to learn location
Contact Email: scott.mallory@gmail.com
In light of forecast overcast skies Friday night, this month’s observing session will be moved out one day to Saturday, July 30. At this event we will showcase a new 14” telescope housed in its permanent observatory structure. A small talk about the observatory will precede the observing!
Join the Lyme Public Library for the “Read Beyond the Beaten Path” program at our Lyme observing site. See the beauty that is the uniquely dark sky of Lyme CT. On any given night, public sessions will be co-facilitated by one or more of our talented cohort enthusiasts:
- Jon Dean
- Roger Charbonneau, Jr
- Scott Mallory
- Parag Sahasrabudhe
- Alan Sheiness
Reservations required. scott.mallory@gmail.com. Directions to the site and special guidance for those with heavy astronomy equipment will be provided upon registration. Park in the designated area and walk to the observing field with its amazing panoramic views of the heavens. Dress for temperatures 10-20 degrees lower than forecast for your comfort. No white lights at the field site, please. For more information about the astronomy program See amazing astrophotography by Parag Sahasrabudhe – Velology blog
Lyme Public Library’s Summer Reading Program “Read Beyond the Beaten Path” Mystic Aquarium Touch Tank!
Time: 10:30 am
Place: Lyme Public Library, 482 Hamburg Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: programreg@lymepl.org
The Mystic Aquarium will be visiting the Lyme Public Library as part of our summer reading program! They will be bringing along instructors and their special traveling touch tank filled with an assortment of live invertebrates such as lobsters, horseshoe crabs, shellfish and sea stars. A perfect opportunity to “explore the outdoors” this special program is made possible by a generous donation from local residents.
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Register: programreg@lymepl.org or call Barbara Carlson 860-434-2272
Programs in the Park
Date: Sat July 9, 2022 thru Sat July 23, 2022Time: 10:00-11:00 am, July 9, 16, 23
Place: Devil's Hopyard State Park Meet near the Covered Bridge
Contact Email: info@eightmileriver.org
Presenter: Eightmile River Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee
Join the Eightmile Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee for three free family programs. Click on the poster to enlarge for more information. July 9: Birds of Prey, July 16: River Exploration July 23: Nature’s Sanitation Engineer
Lyme Public Library’s Summer Reading Program “Read Beyond the Beaten Path” Special Event for Teens
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Place: Lyme Public Library, 482 Hamburg Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: programreg@lymepl.org
As part of the Lyme Public Library’s Summer Reading Program, “Read Beyond the Beaten Path”, local artist Kisten Thornton will be having attendees (from grades 6 to 12) paint bird houses and posts to be placed around Lyme and Old Lyme by the Lyme Garden Club, Lyme Parks and Recreation Department and the Lyme Land Trust. This is the second of a 2-part event with the first meeting taking place on July 12th.
Pizza and beverages will be provided to the attendees.
This special event is made possible as part of a generous co-sponsoring project between the Lyme Public Library and Lymes’ Youth Service Bureau.
Register: programreg@lymepl.org or call Barbara Carlson 860-434-2272
Lyme Public Library’s Summer Reading Program “Read Beyond the Beaten Path” Geology Tour with Ralph Lewis
Time: 8:30 am
Place: Starts at Lyme Public Library, 482 Hamburg Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: programreg@lymepl.org
As part of the Lyme Public Library’s “Read Beyond the Beaten Path” summer reading program a special event will be led by local geologist Ralph Lewis. Mr. Lewis will start his presentation at the library where he will conduct a short lecture on the terms he will be using when he leads all the attendees through Lyme’s Banningwood Preserve where he will be pointing out the remarkable and unique geological elements found only in Lyme. The program will start at the Lyme Public Library at 8:30 am and participants will then meet up at Banningwood Preserve, 19 Town Street at 9:15 am.
This event is for children ages 12 and up and limited to 12 participants.
Register: programreg@lymepl.org or call Barbara Carlson 860-434-2272
Ralph Lewis is a retired CT State geologist.
