Past Events

Autumn Equinox Hike and Bonfire

Date: Sat September 22, 2018
Time: 3:00pm
Place: Banningwood Preserve
Contact Email: stewardship@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Family-friendly walk to celebrate the equinox
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Fall is just around the corner! Join us in celebrating the Autumnal Equinox with a family-friendly hike at Banningwood Preserve this Saturday 9/22 at 3pm. We will walk the lower red trail to Diana’s Field for a bonfire and some treats! Don’t forget to bring your water 🙂 Rain cancels.


Fall is just around the corner! Join us in celebrating the Autumnal Equinox with a family-friendly hike at Banningwood Preserve this Saturday 9/22 at 3pm. We will walk the lower red trail to Diana’s Field for a bonfire and some treats! Don’t forget to bring your water 🙂 Rain cancels.


Cruise to View Swallow Spectacular

Date: Fri September 21, 2018
Time: 5 to 8 pm
Place: Eagle Landing State Park, Haddam
Contact Email: info@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: CT River Expeditions and Lyme Land Trust
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

Join fellow nature lovers on a cruise aboard Adventure, RiverQuest’s elegant sister boat, to view this miraculous display as swallows amass above an island in the CT River as a part of their migration ritual. The birds come together to form undulating shapes, before suddenly descending as one to roost just after the sun sets.

Wine, cheese, and light refreshments are included.  Bring binoculars. If you don’t have your own binoculars, they will be provided.

Preregistration and prepayment required. The cruise is open to Lyme Land Conservation Trust members and their invitees only. The cost is $50 per person. Refreshments are included.  No children under 10. The boat leaves Eagle Landing State Park in Haddam promptly at 5:00 and returns in about three hours.

If the trip is canceled because of inclement weather, refunds will be provided.

Check our website if weather is questionable. Tickets are non-refundable after September 18. After that date, if we have a waiting list, we will use our best efforts to find a buyer for your ticket(s) if you need to cancel. No-shows on cruise day are not refundable.

For more info: info@lymelandtrust.org

Members may register using the form below.


Join fellow nature lovers on a cruise aboard Adventure, RiverQuest’s elegant sister boat, to view this miraculous display as swallows amass above an island in the CT River as a part of their migration ritual. The birds come together to form undulating shapes, before suddenly descending as one to roost just after the sun sets.

Wine, cheese, and light refreshments are included.  Bring binoculars. If you don’t have your own binoculars, they will be provided.

Preregistration and prepayment required. The cruise is open to Lyme Land Conservation Trust members and their invitees only. The cost is $50 per person. Refreshments are included.  No children under 10. The boat leaves Eagle Landing State Park in Haddam promptly at 5:00 and returns in about three hours.

If the trip is canceled because of inclement weather, refunds will be provided.

Check our website if weather is questionable. Tickets are non-refundable after September 18. After that date, if we have a waiting list, we will use our best efforts to find a buyer for your ticket(s) if you need to cancel. No-shows on cruise day are not refundable.

For more info: info@lymelandtrust.org

Members may register using the form below.


Work Party At Banningwood Preserve

Date: Sun September 16, 2018
Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Place: Banningwood Preserve, Town Street (Rte 82), Lyme
Contact Email: stewardship@lymelandtrust.org
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

Join us for a work party on the beautiful Banningwood Preserve. We would like to start clearing the upper field and blazing a new blue trail, and we need your help!  Duties include clearing sticks, mowing, trail trimming, etc.  We also need members of our chainsaw brigade to help cut trees on a small embankment.

Please bring water bottles, loppers, clippers, shovels, work gloves, rakes and other equipment if you have it.  We will provide a small mower and a hedge trimmer.  If you are able to help take down trees and have access to a chainsaw, please bring that as well.

Drinking water and lunch will be provided! Lunch will be available at noon. 

Please email Stewardship@lymelandtrust.org if you are planning to come. Let us know what tools you will be bringing.


Join us for a work party on the beautiful Banningwood Preserve. We would like to start clearing the upper field and blazing a new blue trail, and we need your help!  Duties include clearing sticks, mowing, trail trimming, etc.  We also need members of our chainsaw brigade to help cut trees on a small embankment.

Please bring water bottles, loppers, clippers, shovels, work gloves, rakes and other equipment if you have it.  We will provide a small mower and a hedge trimmer.  If you are able to help take down trees and have access to a chainsaw, please bring that as well.

Drinking water and lunch will be provided! Lunch will be available at noon. 

Please email Stewardship@lymelandtrust.org if you are planning to come. Let us know what tools you will be bringing.


Work Party on Red Trail at Jewett Preserve

Date: Sun August 26, 2018
Time: 9:00-11:30am
Place: Jewett Preserve Cemetery Entrance
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
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Photo Credit: Humphrey Tyler

Join us for a hike to clean up the red trail at the  Jewett Preserve, led by Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Town of Lyme Open Space Coordinator. It is a bit of a hike to get to the red trail. Bushes and saplings that are encroaching on the path have been cut back by a volunteer. Some of the cut brush needs to be cleaned up. Bring along heavy-duty gloves, a rake, and loppers or clippers. Meet at the cemetery entrance.

Rain cancels.

Directions: Rt. 156 north to left on Mt. Archer Road. Travel about 1.25 miles. The Jewett Cemetery Entrance is on the right.


Photo Credit: Humphrey Tyler

Join us for a hike to clean up the red trail at the  Jewett Preserve, led by Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Town of Lyme Open Space Coordinator. It is a bit of a hike to get to the red trail. Bushes and saplings that are encroaching on the path have been cut back by a volunteer. Some of the cut brush needs to be cleaned up. Bring along heavy-duty gloves, a rake, and loppers or clippers. Meet at the cemetery entrance.

Rain cancels.

Directions: Rt. 156 north to left on Mt. Archer Road. Travel about 1.25 miles. The Jewett Cemetery Entrance is on the right.


Anthony Irving Entertains at Lyme Farmers Market

Date: Sat August 18, 2018
Time: 9:30am-1:00pm
Place: Lyme Farmers Market, Ashlawn Farms, Bill Hill Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: info@lymelandtrust.org
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Come to the Lyme Farmers Market on Saturday and be serenaded with beautiful acoustic guitar and singing by Lyme Land Trust board member Anthony Irving. All donations received will support the Lyme Land Conservation Trust.

Lyme Farmers MarketAs Chip Dahlke, owner of Ashlawn Farm says, “Tony is coming for some musical mellowness. Please throw some cash in his case. All proceeds will benefit the Lyme Land Conservation Trust. Who’s better than Tony? When it comes to hugging trees, Tony is the main man.”


Come to the Lyme Farmers Market on Saturday and be serenaded with beautiful acoustic guitar and singing by Lyme Land Trust board member Anthony Irving. All donations received will support the Lyme Land Conservation Trust.

Lyme Farmers MarketAs Chip Dahlke, owner of Ashlawn Farm says, “Tony is coming for some musical mellowness. Please throw some cash in his case. All proceeds will benefit the Lyme Land Conservation Trust. Who’s better than Tony? When it comes to hugging trees, Tony is the main man.”


Programs in the Park

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Date: Sat July 14, 2018 thru Sat July 28, 2018
Time: 10:00-11:00 am, July 14. 21, 28
Place: Devil's Hopyard State Park Meet at Covered Bridge
Contact Email: pyoung@eightmileriver.org
Presenter: Eightmile River Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee
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July 14: Aqua Wonders  

July 21: Friendly Backyard Bats

July 28: Frogs, Snakes and Turtles, Oh My

For  more information about all of the programs: 8Mile Family Programs


July 14: Aqua Wonders  

July 21: Friendly Backyard Bats

July 28: Frogs, Snakes and Turtles, Oh My

For  more information about all of the programs: 8Mile Family Programs


Anthony Irving Entertains at Lyme Farmers Market

Date: Sat July 7, 2018
Time: 9:30am-1:00pm
Place: Lyme Farmers Market, Ashlawn Farms, Bill Hill Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: info@lymelandtrust.org
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

Come to the Lyme Farmers Market on Saturday and be serenaded with beautiful acoustic guitar and singing by Lyme Land Trust board member Anthony Irving. All donations received will support the Lyme Land Conservation Trust.

Lyme Farmers MarketAs Chip Dahlke, owner of Ashlawn Farm says, “Tony is coming for some musical mellowness. Please throw some cash in his case. All proceeds will benefit the Lyme Land Conservation Trust. Who’s better than Tony? When it comes to hugging trees, Tony is the main man.”


Come to the Lyme Farmers Market on Saturday and be serenaded with beautiful acoustic guitar and singing by Lyme Land Trust board member Anthony Irving. All donations received will support the Lyme Land Conservation Trust.

Lyme Farmers MarketAs Chip Dahlke, owner of Ashlawn Farm says, “Tony is coming for some musical mellowness. Please throw some cash in his case. All proceeds will benefit the Lyme Land Conservation Trust. Who’s better than Tony? When it comes to hugging trees, Tony is the main man.”


Our Annual Meeting 2018 – Thank-you George and Rosemary Moore!!

Date: Fri June 22, 2018
Time: 6:00 pm
Place: Lyme Public Hall, 249 Hamburg Road (Rte 156) Hamburg, CT
Contact Email: info@lymelandtrust.org
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Please join us for community cheer, light fare, and libations to celebrate George and Rosemary Moore’s fourteen years of service and dedication to the Lyme Land Trust. George Moore retired as executive director of the Land Trust in 2017. He was elected to the Land Trust Board as a Director in 2003. In 2007, he was elected Board President, and in 2013 the Board appointed him as its first Executive Director. Through his vision and effective management, with Rosemary at his side, George helped transform the Land Trust into one of the most active and successful trusts in the Nation.

Everyone is welcome. The evening will begin with a brief business meeting where members will be asked to vote on a few agenda items.



Please join us for community cheer, light fare, and libations to celebrate George and Rosemary Moore’s fourteen years of service and dedication to the Lyme Land Trust. George Moore retired as executive director of the Land Trust in 2017. He was elected to the Land Trust Board as a Director in 2003. In 2007, he was elected Board President, and in 2013 the Board appointed him as its first Executive Director. Through his vision and effective management, with Rosemary at his side, George helped transform the Land Trust into one of the most active and successful trusts in the Nation.

Everyone is welcome. The evening will begin with a brief business meeting where members will be asked to vote on a few agenda items.



Lyme Trails Boot Camp – Postponed

Date: Sun June 17, 2018
Time: 1:30-3:30pm
Place: Hartman Park, Gungy Road, Lyme
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Lyme Land Trust and Town of Lyme
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This program will be rescheduled in the fall.

Do you love Lyme preserves and want to help maintain them by becoming a trail volunteer or a preserve steward? Please join us for a trail maintenance boot camp at Hartman Park in Lyme to learn what you can do on your own or as part of a work party. You will find out how to recognize the most common invasive plant species that we are working to control in the preserves.  Strategies for preventing tick bites will be discussed. You will be introduced to the free smart phone app TrackKit. Using GPS, the app tracks your path and allows you to mark location on trails to best report a problem or downed tree. This app can also assist you if you get lost. Preserve stewards have a bit more responsibility than trail volunteers: they monitor a preserve, may be asked to respond to a trail report, and lead work parties if needed.

Bring along heavy-duty gloves and light-weight tools: weeders, pruners, and/or loppers. Bring water. Snacks will be provided.

Meet at the Main Parking Lot of Hartman Park on Gungy Road, about 1 mile north of the 4-way stop signs at the intersection with Beaverbrook Road and Grassy Hill Road.

Registration required: Openspace@townlyme.org

If possible, it is asked that the app be downloaded before you come to the workshop.  Instructions to download of the app TrackKIt will be forwarded to you at registration if requested.


This program will be rescheduled in the fall.

Do you love Lyme preserves and want to help maintain them by becoming a trail volunteer or a preserve steward? Please join us for a trail maintenance boot camp at Hartman Park in Lyme to learn what you can do on your own or as part of a work party. You will find out how to recognize the most common invasive plant species that we are working to control in the preserves.  Strategies for preventing tick bites will be discussed. You will be introduced to the free smart phone app TrackKit. Using GPS, the app tracks your path and allows you to mark location on trails to best report a problem or downed tree. This app can also assist you if you get lost. Preserve stewards have a bit more responsibility than trail volunteers: they monitor a preserve, may be asked to respond to a trail report, and lead work parties if needed.

Bring along heavy-duty gloves and light-weight tools: weeders, pruners, and/or loppers. Bring water. Snacks will be provided.

Meet at the Main Parking Lot of Hartman Park on Gungy Road, about 1 mile north of the 4-way stop signs at the intersection with Beaverbrook Road and Grassy Hill Road.

Registration required: Openspace@townlyme.org

If possible, it is asked that the app be downloaded before you come to the workshop.  Instructions to download of the app TrackKIt will be forwarded to you at registration if requested.


Volunteer Work Party at Hartman Park

Date: Sun June 3, 2018
Time: 9:30-11:30 am
Place: Hartman Park. Meet at the power lines right-of-way entrance.
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Town of Lyme
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Hartman teamPlease come pitch in to help on the Orange Trail at Hartman Park. We will install a bridge made by Thom Lamourine, and take care of other maintenance work. There are fallen trees to remove from the trails and encroaching vegetation to be trimmed.  Bring along heavy duty gloves and tools; weeders, pruners, and/or loppers. Chain saws and power weeders are welcome. Bring water. A snack will be provided.

Rain Cancels.

Directions: The Hartman Park power line right-of-way entrance is on Gungy Road about 2 miles north of the 4-way stop signs at the intersection of Beaverbrook Road, Grassy Hill Road, and Gungy Road.

Photo by Wendolyn Hill


Hartman teamPlease come pitch in to help on the Orange Trail at Hartman Park. We will install a bridge made by Thom Lamourine, and take care of other maintenance work. There are fallen trees to remove from the trails and encroaching vegetation to be trimmed.  Bring along heavy duty gloves and tools; weeders, pruners, and/or loppers. Chain saws and power weeders are welcome. Bring water. A snack will be provided.

Rain Cancels.

Directions: The Hartman Park power line right-of-way entrance is on Gungy Road about 2 miles north of the 4-way stop signs at the intersection of Beaverbrook Road, Grassy Hill Road, and Gungy Road.

Photo by Wendolyn Hill