Honor Earth Day Family Walk - East Haddam
2025-04-19 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | CT
Honor Earth Day on this Child & Family Walk on April 19th
(Please note that this event is Not on Earth Day which is April 22nd)
Bring the kids to this family-friendly hike/walk to celebrate Earth Day and learn about life in wooded wetlands. Maggie Cozens of Connecticut Sea Grant will lead the way. As one of the most important ecosystems on Earth, wetlands are a wealth of biodiversity and intrigue. We will walk through marshy habitat, and look for amphibians, birds, ephemeral wildflowers, and more. Plan footwear accordingly. The walk is appropriate for all ages, especially children (accompanied by an adult), but is limited to 12 participants.
Registration is required by April 16.
Register via an email to events@ehlt.org with your name and the number of adults and children to register.
The location will be sent with the registration confirmation.

Tree Collective: Teen Hike and Steward Group Meet-up - Lyme
2025-04-20 13:00 - 15:30 | CT
Place: Register to learn location
Contact Email: reganstacey@gmail.com
The Tree Collective is a program designed to engage young conservationists ages 14-18 in outdoor fun and education while working to maintain trails in our beautiful town of Lyme, CT. It is sponsored by the Lyme Land Trust under the leadership of environmentalist/artist Regan Stacey. Each time we meet, we offer a different topic, often with a hike and trail work in a selected preserve.
Tools and gloves provided.
For more information.
Registration required: reganstacey@gmail.com.

Words from the Woods Book Circle - East Haddam
2025-04-21 13:30 - 15:00 | St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 31 Main Street, East Haddam, CT, 06423, United States
Words from the Woods Book Circle
Meet at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 31 Main Street, East Haddam to discuss “The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth,” by Zoe Schlanger. Discussions are lively and interesting, even for those who have not read the book. For more information see ehlt.org/book-circle.

Tuesday Trek: Nehantic State Forest - Lyme
2025-04-22 09:00 - 11:00 | Nehantic Stat Forest, Route 156, Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
Tuesday Trek: Nehantic State Forest
Place: Meet at Sterling Hill Road Entrance
Park at top of Sterling Hill Rd by the entrance that is demarcated with large boulders.
Contact Email: kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Kristina
We will check out what Nehantic looks like after the timber harvest and head to Brown Hill. 3 miles or so. Some rough terrain.
Register: kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org

How Fungi Recycle Nutrients and Keep Forests Healthy - Lyme
2025-04-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Lyme Public Hall, 249 Hamburg Rd (Rte 156), Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
Place: Lyme Public Hall
Presenter: Bill Yule
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
Join us for a fascinating talk about the important function of fungi in forest ecosystems, with Bill Yule, naturalist and mycologist. He will cover aspects of fungi that weren’t covered in last year’s very popular talk.He has a wonderful way of explaining the complex functioning of fungi and its vital interconnections with other organisms within the forest. Bill will share information to identify various mushrooms by their characteristics.
Register: education@lymelandtrust.org
Directions: Please note: If using GPS, be sure you are sent to the Lyme PUBLIC Hall, 249 Hamburg Rd, not the Lyme TOWN Hall, 480 Hamburg Rd. If using I-95, take exit 71 N (take a right) or S (go straight). From the light at the intersection of Hall’s Rd (Rte 1). and Rte 156 in Old Lyme, travel north on 156 for 4.6 miles into Hamburg Center.. The Public Hall is on your right about 1/4 mile south of the Hamburg Fair grounds.

Amphibian Hunt - Salem
2025-04-25 17:30 - 19:00 | Walden Preserve, 119 Hagen Road, Salem, 06420, United States
Amphibian Hunt at Walden Preserve – Family Event
Diba Khan-Bureau Ph.D. will lead, joined by Herpetologist Beth Timpe Merow. Diba is Program Coordinator for the Environmental Engineering Technology Program at Three Rivers Community College and a research scientist at UCONN. This adventure is extremely popular with families and for children of all ages. No rain date, remember amphibians love the rain! Please call 859-3520 for more information.

Astronomy Observing Session - Lyme
2025-04-25 20:30 - 22:30 | CT
Place: Trail 53 Observatory
Contact Email: astronomy@lymelandtrust.org
Young or old, experienced, or totally unfamiliar, we look forward to exposing you to our uniquely dark skies here in Lyme. We have several different telescopes that are on display including a 14″ Schmidt-Cassegrain housed in a permanent observatory.
Registration required. Upon registration you will receive a link to directions and observing session guidelines.
For more information and to register: Astronomy Events

Earth Day - Lyme
2025-04-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Lyme Public Hall, 249 Hamburg Rd (Rte 156), Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
Earth Day in Lyme
Join us for the third annual Earth Day in Lyme. The Lyme Public Hall is marking this day by partnering with Lyme Land Trust, Lyme Pollinator Pathway and local experts and organizations to provide a wealth of helpful resources, all free to the public. Bring the family and invite your neighbors to come learn how to help support our unique community of plants, animals, birds, pollinators and people.

Community Garden Q&A - East Haddam
2025-04-26 10:00 - 13:00 | East Haddam Community Garden
Hosting organization: East Haddam Sustainability Team
Learn from the UConn Connecticut Master Gardener program in the Community Garden. Learn more about the community garden, the master gardener program or get answers to your own garden questions.
Directions to the community garden: From Route 82, take Mt. Parnassus Road east about 1.7 miles. One quarter mile past Shanaghan Road, take a right onto the unmarked dirt road that parallels Mt. Parnassus Road. Parking is off to the side of the dirt road. There is also parking near the Comer Monument just off Mt. Parnassus
(Part of the East Haddam Sustainability Team’s Earth Day Celebration Event Series)

Family Trail Time - Lyme
2025-04-27 10:00 - 11:30 | Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve, Brush Hill Road, Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
Family Trail Time – Brockway-Hawthorne
Place: Brockway-Hawthorn Preserve, Brush Hill Rd, Lyme CT
Presenter: Tori Harris
Walk the yellow trail loop to see beautiful stone walls and evidence of an old quarry. Meet at the Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve Parking lot on Brush Hill Rd, about 1/2 mile south of the Hadlyme Country Market.
Join Tori and family on the 4th Sunday of every month for a “mile-ish” hike geared towards families with children under 5, but no age limit!
Kindly email vharris1391@gmail.com to register.

Earth Day Celebration - East Haddam
2025-04-27 12:00 - 16:00 | East Haddam Town Beach, 291 E Haddam Colchester Turnpike, Moodus, CT, 06469, United States
Hosting Organization: East Haddam Sustainability Team
The East Haddam Sustainability Team will host a family friendly Earth Day Celebration at the Town Beach from 12PM – 4PM. Make seed bombs, pick up litter and earn a prize, add to our repurposed art collage and play in a mud kitchen. Bring a gently used toy and bring home one that is new to you! Be prepared to get a little dirty. Everyone is welcome!
(Part of the East Haddam Sustainability Team’s Earth Day Celebration Series)

Woods Walk - East Haddam
2025-04-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Sabine Reserve, 127 Daniel Peck Road, East Haddam, CT, 06423, United States
Woods Walk – Sabine Reserve
EHLT director Monika Kahlenbach will lead hikers through the Town of East Haddam’s Sabine Reserve with varied terrain of upland forest, wooded wetlands, and along the upper Moodus Reservoir. Meet at the end of Daniel Peck Road. Participants are invited to bring post-hike tailgate treats to share along with EHLT refreshments.

Teen Hike - Lyme
2025-04-27 13:00 - 15:30 | CT
Tree Collective- Teen Hike and Steward Group Meet-up

Place: Register to learn location
Registration Contact: reganstacey@gmail.com
The Tree Collective is a program designed to engage young conservationists ages 14-18 in outdoor fun and education while working to maintain trails in our beautiful town of Lyme, CT. It is sponsored by the Lyme Land Trust under the leadership of environmentalist/artist Regan Stacey. Each time we meet, we offer a different topic, often with a hike and trail work in a selected preserve.
Tools and gloves provided.

Tuesday Trek: Evergreen Trail - Old Lyme
2025-04-29 09:00 - 11:00 | Ames Family Open Space, Boggy Hole Road, Old Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
Tuesday Trek: Evergreen Trail, Old Lyme
Place: Take Boston Post Road (Rte 1) to Boggy Hole Rd. Evergreen Trail is about 1/2 mile down on the left.
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
We will visit two rock caves. Studies have shown that one of the caves was occupied seasonally as a winter shelter by indigenous people beginning at least 4255 years ago.
Register: openspace@townlyme.org

Tuesday Trek: Johnston Preserve - Lyme
2025-05-06 09:00 - 11:00 | Johnston Preserve, RT 82 (South side), Lyme, CT, 06439, United States
Place: Meet at Johnston Preserve parking area on Rt. 82.
Contact Email: Jim.arrigoni@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Jim Arrigoni
Bird migration is in full swing, so we will listen for birdsong and look for birds along the gentle-to-moderate 2.5-mile walk through mixed and deciduous forest. Binoculars will be good to bring, but are not essential.
Register: Jim.arrigoni@lymelandtrust.org

Spring Bird Count - Salem
2025-05-10 07:30 - 09:00 | Mumford Farm, 3 Darling Road, Salem, CT, 06420, United States
Spring Bird Count in Salem
Please join David Bingham for the Annual Salem Spring Bird Count. The birds that nest in Salem will have returned and all Salem residents and friends are invited to come and enjoy a wonderful walk with nature at its most colorful. Please park at the Mumford House, #3 White Birch Rd., and call 859-3520 for information. Rain Date May 11th.

Repair Cafe - East Haddam
2025-05-10 12:00 - 16:00 | East Haddam Grange, 488 Town Street, East Haddam, CT, 06423, United States
Hosting Organization: East Haddam Sustainability Team
Third East Haddam Repair Cafe at East Haddam Grange, 48 Town Street. Fix things instead of throwing them away. Our fixers can repair clothes, household appliances, small furniture, computers and toys.

Tuesday Trek: Plimpton Preserve - Lyme
2025-05-13 09:00 - 11:00 | Plimpton Preserve, Sterling City Road, Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
Place: Park along the side of Sterling City Road near Old Post Road.
Contact Email: ryan.p.quinn@gmail.com
Presenter: Ryan Quinn
April showers bring May flowers. What do May flowers bring… Pilgrims! I doubt we will see any pilgrims on this 1.75 mile hike in the center of Lyme, but I am looking forward to a hilly hike with some lookouts and early habitation sites. With luck we might also see some May flowers!
Contact: ryan.p.quinn@gmail.com

Hartman Park Walk - Lyme
2025-05-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Hartman Park, Gungy Road, Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
Place: Hartman Park, Gungy Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill

The unique natural, historic and archeological features in Hartman Park make it a delight to explore. We will look for spring wildflowers. About 2 miles.
Directions: The parking lot is about 1.5 miles north of the intersection of Gungy Rd, Beaver Brook Rd, and Grassy Hill Rd. In Lyme. From the Hall’s Rd Old Lyme traffic light, travel north on 156 for 6.6 miles. Turn right onto Beaver Brook Rd and travel 2.7 to left at intersection.

Please Reserve. Please email Caitlin Perkins at cperkins@oldlyme-ct.gov or call (860)434-1605 ext. 241. Free to all.

Soft Opening of Gillette Castle - East Haddam
2025-05-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Gillette Castle State Park, 67 River Road, East Haddam, CT, 06423, United States
Organization: Friends of Gillette Castle State Park
Visitors are asked to donate to the Friends of Gillette Castle in lieu of an entrance fee. Register for a guided hike at www.gillettecastlefriends.org

Tree Collective - Teen Hike: Lyme
2025-05-18 13:00 - 15:00 | CT

Connecticut River Ferries: Then and Now - East Haddam
2025-05-18 14:00 - 15:30 | East Haddam Historical Society, 264 Town Street, East Haddam, CT, 06423, United States
Presenter: Captain Paul Costello
Before bridge crossings spanned the Connecticut River, almost two dozen ferries moved people and cargo from one bank to another. The oldest ferry passage launched in 1641; today you can still cross the river by ferry, but only at two crossings.
Captain Paul Costello will share the histories of the Chester – Hadlyme and Rocky Hill – Glastonbury ferries, the challenges both ferries have faced, why these two have survived, the improvements made to them by the State over the decades, and the futures of the two remaining ferries.

Biking Lyme with Ronnie Romance - Lyme
2025-05-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Lyme Public Hall, 249 Hamburg Rd (Rte 156), Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
Cycling legend and local resident Ronnie Romance has described himself as a wholistic cyclist who has embraced all forms of cycling, from racing to mountain biking, backroads touring and wilderness camping. He views cycling as a tool to connect more deeply with nature, and his life and design aesthetic shine through in his thoughtfully crafted, custom-built bikes that sell out almost immediately.
Join us at the Lyme Public Hall for a very special opportunity to hear Ronnie discuss how Lyme and the surrounding river towns have emerged as a cycling destination. He will also be sharing his personal cycling philosophy as well as a few of his bicycles that have been purpose-built for the unique terrain and paths that make our towns so lovely to explore by bike.

Ravine Trail and Brockway Hawthorne Preserve Hike - Lyme
2025-05-20 09:00 - 23:00 | Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve, Brush Hill Road, Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
Place: Meet at Selden Creek Preserve parking on Joshuatown Road
Contact Email: kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Kristina White
We will walk up the ravine, to the overlooks and then circle back through Brockway Hawthorne. 2.5 miles. Arduous in some areas.
Register: kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org

Conservation of Stone Walls - Lyme
2025-05-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Lyme Public Hall, 249 Hamburg Rd (Rte 156), Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
Presenter: Robert Thorson
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
The book by Robert Thorson (Stone by Stone: The Magnificent History in New England’s Stone Walls) conveys the importance of New England’s unique stone walls and he is the authoritative expert. His urgent mission is the preservation of these ubiquitous structures: a step wise approach to the conservation and interpretation of New England’s stone walls that considers these diverse values while also remaining respectful of the presence of Indigenous stonework in the landscapes. We invite you to come and explore these ideas with Dr. Thorson in this fascinating talk – it’s one you won’t want to miss!
Co-sponsored with the Lyme Public Hall

Astronomy Observing Session - Lyme
2025-05-23 21:00 - 23:00 | CT
Place: Trail 53 Observatory
Contact Email: astronomy@lymelandtrust.org
Young or old, experienced, or totally unfamiliar, we look forward to exposing you to our uniquely dark skies here in Lyme. We have several different telescopes that are on display including a 14″ Schmidt-Cassegrain housed in a permanent observatory.
Registration required. Upon registration you will receive a link to directions and observing session guidelines.
See https://www.lymelandtrust.org/astronomy-event/may-23-2025-astronomy-observing-session/

Tour Mt Archer Woods Bird-friendly Sugarbush - Lyme
2025-05-24 09:30 - 11:30 | Mt Archer Woods, Mt Archer Rd, Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Rosa Goldman / Audubon
Mt Archer Woods, a town-owned preserve in Lyme, has been recognized by Audubon’s Bird-Friendly Maple program for forest management that supports songbirds in the sugarbush, the forest area where maple sap is collected by Fat Stone Farm. In celebration of this honor, Audubon forester Rosa Goldman will lead a tour to explain the Bird-Friendly Maple program and how Mt Archer came to be recognized. We will visit various examples of habitat, and learn about the birds they support.
Space is limited on the walk. Please Register: openspace@townlyme.org

Family Trail Time : Hartman Park - Lyme
2025-05-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Hartman Park, Gungy Road, Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
Contact Email: vharris1391@gmail.com
Presenter: Tori Harris
Walk the Family Faery Quest Loop, search for fairies and visit the Fairy Circle. Click here to see the Faery Quest map. Meet at the Main entrance to Hartman Park on Gungy Rd.
Join Tori and family on the 4th Sunday of every month for a “mile-ish” hike geared towards families with children under 5, but no age limit!
Kindly email vharris1391@gmail.com to register.

Chestnut Hill Preserve/Nehantic State Forest to Uncas Lake HIke - Lyme
2025-05-27 09:00 - 11:00 | Chestnut Hil Preserve, Sterling City Road, Lyme, CT, 06371, United States
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
Chestnut Hill Preserve/Nehantic State Forest to Uncas Lake and back. We’ll look for spring ephemeral plants, and check out the recent forest management in Nehantic along the way. About 2.5 miles. Roadside parking at Chestnut Hill entrance, Sterling Hill Rd, Lyme
Register: openspace@townlyme.org

Gardening for Birds - Salem
2025-05-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Salem Free Public Library, 264 Hartford Road, Salem, CT, 06420, United States
