Past Events
Tuesday Trek: Banningwood Preserve
Time: 9:30 am -11 am
Place: Banningwood Preserve. 19 Town Street (Rte. 82), Lyme CT
Contact Email: sue.cope@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Sue Cope
Banningwood Preserve. Meet at parking lot on Town Street (Rte. 82). Full loop of the preserve beginning with upper red to Parkers Perch, down to Diana’s Field and following all of Yellow along the Roaring Brook before returning on lower red. About 1.5 hrs with some steep grades on the Upper Red trail.
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.
Autumn Forest Bathing at Young Preserve
Time: 1:00-3:00 pm
Place: Young Preserve, Gungy Rd., Lyme, CT, Pull-in parking along the east side of Gungy Road, about 1/2 mile north of Beaver Brook Rd.
Contact Email: regan@reganstacey.com
Relax and unwind as you breathe in the crisp autumn air among the trees.
Experience the soothing sounds of swishing leaves, the smell of autumn earth, and the changing colors of the season. Wander among the laurels, mature forest, and rock outcroppings as we awaken the senses to all of life.
The walk concludes with a wild-foraged tea.
Folding stools are available for your use, or bring along your own stool or sit mat. The walk is about 1-mile over easy to moderate terrain. Rain or shine.
Registration required. $32 per person, Click here to register.
Lyme Land Trust members receive 15% off with the discount code LLT15.
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
Eightmile RiverFest 2021
Date: Sat October 16, 2021Time: 1- 4pm
Place: Devil's Hopyard State Park--Pavilion Area
Contact Email: pyoung@eightmileriver.org
Presenter: Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Coordinating Committee
Please join us for this free family-oriented event sponsored every two years by the Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Coordinating Committee in celebration of the Eightmile River. Come visit the Lyme Land Trust display.
Bluegrass Music- Eight Mile River Band (of course)
Great Food- chowder, chili, apples, cider, and other sweet treats.
Great Fun- Birds of Prey, Native Reptiles, and more family activities.
Great Information-Displays sponsored by local and state organizations including the Lyme Land Conservation Trust.
Rain cancels. Check eightmileriver.org for updates.
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Autumn Astronomy Observing Session
Time: 7:00 to 9:30 pm
Place: Register to learn location
Contact Email: scott.mallory@gmail.com
Come join us for a night of fall observing on Friday October 15. On this night, the first quarter moon will be visible at sunset, so we will spend some time observing it along the terminator line that separates light from dark on the moon. Hands on exploring will be encouraged. We will also see Jupiter and Saturn, and welcome some of the new objects as they rise in the eastern sky, signaling the transition from summer to fall. If you have a telescope bring it out. There’s plenty of space to setup, and cohorts will be happy to assist if needed.
Reservations required. scott.mallory@gmail.com. Site details will be sent with registration.
For more information about the astronomy program
Imagining Lyme–Photo Submission Deadline Spring/Summer Season
Time: midnight
Place: Submit photos to Imagining Lyme website
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
You can submit during this ten-day Grace Period.
The Lyme Land Trust program Imagining Lyme: A Visual Exploration of Lyme’s Preserves encourages everyone to expand their visual awareness and highlight the beauty of the Lyme preserves owned by the Lyme Land Trust, the Town of Lyme and the Nature Conservancy by taking photographs prompted by inspiration from Joe Standart, a professional photographer and Land Trust Board member. For more information.
Tuesday Trek: Plimpton Preserve
Time: 9:30 am -11:30ish am
Place: Plimpton Preserve, Sterling City Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Kristina White
Plimpton Preserve – Meet at the trailhead on Sterling City Rd. Arduous but short hike to overlook. 1.75 mile loop with some walking on the road.
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.
Walk and Talk with Pete Picone: Native Plants at Hartman Park-Fall Colors
Time: 1:30-3:30 pm
Place: Hartman Park, Field Entrance, Gungy Rd. Lyme, Hartman Park, Field Entrance, Gungy Rd. Lyme CT, Pull off road near gate about ½ mile north of the main entrance.
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join Pete Picone, CT DEEP wildlife biologist, for a tour of the pollinator meadow, surrounding shrub-land, and forest in Hartman Park to experience the fall beauty of native plants. Learn how to make a difference for wildlife by planting and nurturing natives, and managing invasives in your own back yard.
Co-sponsored with the Lyme Pollinator Pathway.
Registration required: openspace@townlyme.org
Hiking Club for Middle Schoolers
Time: 3:15-4:45 pm
Place: Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve, Brush Hill Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: reganstacey@gmail.com
You are welcome to 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. It meets the second Saturday of each month in a different preserve.
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 Lyme Land Trust program for teens. She owns Awaken the Forest Within, a mindfulness-based practice that helps [re]connect people to nature for the betterment of themselves and the earth.
Opossums – Peaceful Co-existence with Backyard Wildlife
Time: 7 pm
Place: Lyme Public Hall, 249 Hamburg Rd. , Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Learn all about our helpful wildlife friends, the opossums, with Pamela and William Lefferts, wildlife rehabilitators with Ferncroft Wildlife Rescue.
The Lefferts will show a slide show which explains wildlife rehabilitation and the role of rehabbers, with a focus on opossums. At the end of the show, there will be a “meet and greet ” with the stars of the show, live opossum educational ambassadors.
This program is co-sponsored with the Lyme Public Library, with funding from the Lyme Land Trust,
Pamela A. Lefferts is a licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator in CT. Retired after many years in the field of education, Pam is the “hands-on” partner and does the critical medical care of the animals, preparing them for release. William H. Lefferts is a licensed CT Rehabilitator and Transporter. Bill retired after teaching secondary school moderate to severe special needs children for over 40 years. Bill helps with socialization and is instrumental in releases.
Always lovers of animals, the Lefferts operated a hobby farm for many years prior to retirement. In 2016 they began the process of becoming Wildlife rehabilitators and in early 2017 they opened Ferncroft Wildlife Rescue. They believe it is the perfect volunteer opportunity for retirees and love to share their passion and knowledge of how and what “rehabbing” entails. Specializing in opossum, the Lefferts especially enjoy sharing knowledge about these misunderstood gentle creatures.
Meet them on FaceBook
Masks are required inside the building for all except the speaker.
Registration required: openspace@townlyme.org
Tuesday Trek: Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve
Time: 9:30 -11:30ish am
Place: Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve, Brush Hill Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve–Meet at the Brush Hill Road parking lot. We will walk along the purple trail on the new boardwalk and take the old Platt Road path to the Selden cemetery– 2+ miles.
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.
