Past Events

“For the Love of Nature” Forest Bathing

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Date: Sat February 12, 2022
Time: 1:30-3:30 pm
Place: Eno Preserve, Mt Archer Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: regan@reganstacey.com
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

 

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. Invitations to deepen your connection 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. Park at Jewett Preserve cemetery entrance- across Mt Archer Road from Eno Preserve entrance.

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   


 

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. Invitations to deepen your connection 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. Park at Jewett Preserve cemetery entrance- across Mt Archer Road from Eno Preserve entrance.

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   


Tuesday Trek: Johnston and Pleasant Valley Preserves

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Date: Tue February 8, 2022
Time: 9:30 am -11:30ish am
Place: Johnston parking lot, Rte 82, Lyme CT
Contact Email: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Kristina White
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

 

Johnston and Pleasant Valley Preserves–Hike through Johnston to overlook and then proceed to the Pleasant Valley overlook and back.  Lots of up and down hills. 3-4 miles. 2 hours. Strenuous pace hike. Park at the Johnston Preserve entrance on Rte 82.

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.

 


 

Johnston and Pleasant Valley Preserves–Hike through Johnston to overlook and then proceed to the Pleasant Valley overlook and back.  Lots of up and down hills. 3-4 miles. 2 hours. Strenuous pace hike. Park at the Johnston Preserve entrance on Rte 82.

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.

 


Tuesday Trek: CANCELLED

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Photo: Wendolyn Hill
Date: Tue February 1, 2022
Time: 9:30 -11:30ish am
Place: Hartman Park, Gungy Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

 

Chestnut Hill Preserve/Nehantic State Forest to Uncas Lake and back. About 2.5 miles. Roadside parking at Chestnut Hill entrance, Sterling Hill Rd, Lyme.

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.

 


 

Chestnut Hill Preserve/Nehantic State Forest to Uncas Lake and back. About 2.5 miles. Roadside parking at Chestnut Hill entrance, Sterling Hill Rd, Lyme.

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.

 


Eastern Coyotes in CT

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Date: Thu January 27, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: Lyme Public Library
Contact Email: programreg@lymepl.org
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

With Paul Colburn, Master Wildlife Conservationist. Paul Colburn will provide strategies for co-existence with coyotes. He’ll also focus on the history of coyotes in CT and give an overview of habitat, diet, behavior, and reproduction.

Please register on the website: lymepl.org, call the library at 860-434-2272 or register in person

This program is co-sponsored and funded by the Friends of the Lyme Public Library.

This program is free and open to all. To see poster.


With Paul Colburn, Master Wildlife Conservationist. Paul Colburn will provide strategies for co-existence with coyotes. He’ll also focus on the history of coyotes in CT and give an overview of habitat, diet, behavior, and reproduction.

Please register on the website: lymepl.org, call the library at 860-434-2272 or register in person

This program is co-sponsored and funded by the Friends of the Lyme Public Library.

This program is free and open to all. To see poster.


Tuesday Trek: Plimpton Preserve

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Regan Stacey
Date: Tue January 25, 2022
Time: 9:30 am -11:30ish am
Place: Plimpton Preserve, Sterling City Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com
Presenter: Tony Irving
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

 

Plimpton Preserve–Some steep hills, but short hike to overlook. 1.75 mile loop with some walking on the road. Park across from the entrance on the side of Sterling City Rd. near Old Stone Post 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.

 


 

Plimpton Preserve–Some steep hills, but short hike to overlook. 1.75 mile loop with some walking on the road. Park across from the entrance on the side of Sterling City Rd. near Old Stone Post 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.

 


Changed to Zoom–Propagating Pollinator Plants from Seed

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In the photo, Jim Sirch gathers seed from Bowman’s Root (Gillenia trifoliata), a wildflower native to the Northeast. Photo by Willow Sirch
Date: Sat January 22, 2022
Time: 3:00 pm
Place: Zoom–register to get a link for the program
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

 

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 how to plant a plastic milk jug filled with a seed selection to stratify over the winter. Proper after-care will be discussed. Save your empty gallon milk jugs.

Registration required: education@lymelandtrust.org. The zoom link will be mailed to you. (First 20 registrants can pick up a small bag of potting soil & selection of native seeds provided by Jim, after 1/19/22 at the Lyme Public Library; there will also be a few gallon milk jugs available for those without.)

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 the Lyme Land Trust, Lyme Garden Club, and the Lyme Public Library.


 

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 how to plant a plastic milk jug filled with a seed selection to stratify over the winter. Proper after-care will be discussed. Save your empty gallon milk jugs.

Registration required: education@lymelandtrust.org. The zoom link will be mailed to you. (First 20 registrants can pick up a small bag of potting soil & selection of native seeds provided by Jim, after 1/19/22 at the Lyme Public Library; there will also be a few gallon milk jugs available for those without.)

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 the Lyme Land Trust, Lyme Garden Club, and the Lyme Public Library.


New Year 2022 Hike with John Pritchard

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by Wendy Hill
Date: Sat January 22, 2022
Time: 1:30-3:00 pm
Place: Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve
Contact Email: johnfpritchard43@gmail.com
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

Start the New Year off with a refreshing hike in the Lyme woods. This walk was postponed from January 1 due to the weather.

  • Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve with John Pritchard. White trail to orange to purple, yellow and back through various habitats and past an old abandoned quarry. About 2 miles. Meet at Brockway-Hawthorne parking lot, Brush Hill Rd., Lyme.
    Register: johnfpritchard43@gmail.com

For more information about the preserves and directions. 

Walk is moderately easy. Everyone is welcome. Times are approximate. Allow extra time. Bring a bottle of water. Inclement weather cancels.


Start the New Year off with a refreshing hike in the Lyme woods. This walk was postponed from January 1 due to the weather.

  • Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve with John Pritchard. White trail to orange to purple, yellow and back through various habitats and past an old abandoned quarry. About 2 miles. Meet at Brockway-Hawthorne parking lot, Brush Hill Rd., Lyme.
    Register: johnfpritchard43@gmail.com

For more information about the preserves and directions. 

Walk is moderately easy. Everyone is welcome. Times are approximate. Allow extra time. Bring a bottle of water. Inclement weather cancels.


Tuesday Trek: Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve

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Date: Tue January 18, 2022
Time: 9:30 am -11:30ish am
Place: Brockway Hawthorne Preserve, Brush Hill Rd. Lyme Ct
Contact Email: sue.cope@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Sue Cope
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

 

Brockway Hawthorne–Walk by beautiful stone walls and long-abandoned farmland. Meet at Brush Hill Road parking lot

To reserve a space: sue.cope@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.

 


 

Brockway Hawthorne–Walk by beautiful stone walls and long-abandoned farmland. Meet at Brush Hill Road parking lot

To reserve a space: sue.cope@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.

 


Winter Wonders Forest Bathing

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Date: Sun January 16, 2022
Time: 1:00-3:00 pm
Place: Pleasant Valley Preserve, McIntosh Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: regan@reganstacey.com
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

 

Step outdoors and enjoy a winter wonders forest bathing walk. As we walk along the wintery meadows, cedars, and pine forest of Pleasant Valley Preserve, you’ll be offered invitations to connect with nature along the way. A relaxing and peaceful stroll that will surprise you with all that is present this time of year. 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   


 

Step outdoors and enjoy a winter wonders forest bathing walk. As we walk along the wintery meadows, cedars, and pine forest of Pleasant Valley Preserve, you’ll be offered invitations to connect with nature along the way. A relaxing and peaceful stroll that will surprise you with all that is present this time of year. 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   


CANCELLED-Tuesday Trek: Jewett Preserve

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Date: Tue January 11, 2022
Time: 9:30 am -11:30ish am
Place: Jewett Preserve cemetery entrance, Mt Archer Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Kristina White
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

 

Jewett Preserve–White trail loop to orange trail and back. See some interesting rock walls and formations. About 1.75 miles. Park at the cemetery entrance.

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.

 


 

Jewett Preserve–White trail loop to orange trail and back. See some interesting rock walls and formations. About 1.75 miles. Park at the cemetery entrance.

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.