Lyme Pollinator Pathway invites you to our 5th Anniversary Party for an evening of warmth, cheer and greenery with fellow nature lovers at the lovely Ballek’s Garden Center greenhouse. Enjoy libations and nibbles – wine, native plant-themed mocktail, and appetizers. We will present our first annual Habitat Hero Award, have drawings for prizes, and Cake! …
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Golet Farm Preserve is 32 acres of meadows, wetlands, and woodlands interspersed with hiking trails leading through meadows of wildflowers and grasses, woods with interesting rock outcroppings and streams, and wooded wetlands.
The Lyme Pollinator Pathway invites you to join Jim Natale, native plant landscape expert, at the Lyme Public Hall for a presentation on what we can do to preserve our natural heritage. As he takes us on an exploration of our natural open space areas, he will discuss the threat of invasive plants and the …
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The Lyme Land Trust will be selling native plants from Judge’s Farm in Old Lyme. Mike Baczewski, from New England Pollinator Gardens, will be on hand to answer questions and offer tips on how and where to grow these local wonders. Go Native! Native Plant Sale. 3.5 inch pot – $4.00 – gallon – $9.00
DATE COULD SHIFT BASED ON WEATHER– The shift from winter to spring means shifting from winter clusters to spring galaxies. On this evening, we will observe some of each, while also enjoying Jupiter in the western sky, and Mars in the southern sky. Register on the event website. Upon registration , you will be given …
Ravine Trail Walk: Join Lisa Wahle and Chris Penniman of the Connecticut Botanical Society in search of spring ephemerals on the Ravine Trail. Begin along the level white and yellow trails that traverse mature oak-hardwood forest, passing by a vernal pool, and proceed to the more challenging red trail as time and abilities allow. The …
Join this offering from the East Haddam Land Trust and the East Haddam Library System to soak in the writings of natural scientists who expand and deepen our awareness of the ecologies of life. For this gathering we explore Stirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human Imagination by Barbara Hurd. All are welcome, even …
A day focused on land, community, and environmental stewardship featuring: Freedom First Wildlife Rescue, Sierra Club Connecticut, the Connecticut Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation, Estuary Magazine, and many others!
Come to First Church Congregational, Town Street, East Haddam for this family-oriented event which is an introduction to the traits, behaviors and challenges of opossums. Ferncroft Wildlife Rescue will focus on the perspective of wildlife rehabilitation and licensed rehabbers. There will be live ambassador (non-releasable) opossums for the public to encounter and interact with at …
Harold "Fritz" Moritz, local retired geologist and birder, will lead a walk and discussion through the mounds and kettles of the Chapal Farm Preserve. If you think this past winter was cold, it was nothing compared to the subarctic conditions that prevailed when the landforms we will experience were formed as a continent of ice …
This will be a moderate 1.75 mile hike right in the center of Lyme. There are some significant elevation changes especially at the start and end of the hike but that effort will be rewarded with a nice lookout half way through our hike. We will meet at the trail entrance with parking along Sterling …
7am to 3pm– Rugged ramble and explore with Jim (expect a challenging hike – off trail, uneven terrain, swamps, wetlands, and rocky areas). Bring water, lunch and snacks. Join Jim Natale, naturalist and amateur botanist, on a ramble through Jewett and adjacent preserves to identify all types of plants, focusing on spring ephemerals and mosses. …