Past Events
May Lyme Nix the Knotweed Day-Whalebone Cove
Time: 8:00 am-10:00 am
Place: Whalebone Creek, Ferry Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: trughouse@comcast.net
Join our work party for the fourth year to remove invasive knotweed and learn to control Knotweed on your own property. We will be expanding our area of removal. Last year we planted more Han 100 native plants to replace the knotweed. We will tend to those, also. We are following the “method of 3s”: cut knotweed down to the ground and remove the plant material; 3 chops this growing season (May, mid-July, and mid-August). Don’t cut more often or it won’t weaken the extensive root system. The cuttings must be carefully disposed of since each little piece will regrow into a new plant.
We are seeing progress! The knotweed has been highly reduced.
Bring work gloves, clippers or loppers. We’ll provide the bags! Bring your own water bottle. Snacks will be provided.
Please register: (walk-ins welcome) trughouse@comcast.net
Sponsored by the Lyme Pollinator Pathway and Friends of Whalebone Cove.
Japanese knotweed is an invasive plant which crowds out native plants that pollinators and other wildlife depend upon for survival. For a brochure on Nix the Knotweed Method of 3s.
Tuesday Trek: Roaring Brook Preserve
Date: Tue May 14, 2024Time: 9:00 am
Place: Roaring Brook Preserve, Day Hill Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: ryan.p.quinn@gmail.com
Presenter: Ryan Quinn
We’ll take a leisurely 0.7 mile hike through the Roaring Brook Preserve. I am excited for this hike for two reasons. Over the last several months we have had a spectacular amount of rain. On this Tuesday Trek I want to investigate how the riparian zone of the 8 mile river has managed these winter and spring rains. I am also excited because in late April and early May Connecticut’s forests experience massive seasonal changes. I am super excited to see how the diverse Roaring Brook ecology greens up for summer.
Contact: ryan.p.quinn@gmail.com
View the Tuesday Trek Schedule
Tiffany Farm Today – A Tour
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Place: Tiffany Farm, 156 Sterling City Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
The Lyme Land Trust invites you to visit the iconic location in Lyme that the Tiffany family has been farming for generations. Take a guided tour to learn how the current generation of farmers is managing the land.
John Tiffany II has been growing his beef business for the past few years, while his cousin Jennifer Tiffany, with her husband Bill Hurtle, has been managing the seasonal “Farmers Market at Tiffany Farms.” This year celebrates its 5th year strong in addition to their “From the Farm” flower growing enterprise tucked next to the white barn. The tour will end at the “Beef Barn”, where the family sells its quality pastured raised beef, to enjoy some samples of their delicious offerings.
Wear appropriate footwear for a farm. There may be mud, etc. Kids are welcome, however they must be supervised.
Space is limited. Register: education@lymelandtrust.org
Parking is located in the barnyard. Pull into the driveway located next to the white farm house.
This is a program in the Lyme Land Trust’s Local Farm Series to highlight the importance of local food production and sustainability.
May Lyme Nix the Knotweed Days-Reed Landing
Time: 9:00 am-11:00 am
Place: Start at Reed Landing, Old Hamburg Rd, Joshua Pond, Lyme
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join our work party for the fourth year to remove invasive knotweed and other invasive plants, and tend the natives that have been planted in their place. Learn to control Knotweed on your own property. We will also to the Reed Landing gardens, and check on the 50 plants that were installed at Union Triangle on the corner of Rte 156 and Old Hamburg Rd. We are in our fourth year of tackling the knotweed using the “method of 3s”: cut knotweed down to the ground and remove the plant material; 3 chops each growing season (May, mid-July, and mid-August). The cuttings must be carefully disposed of since each little piece will regrow into a new plant. The knotweed has been highly reduced where we have used this method but we still have to cut back the ones that persist and new ones that come up from seeds.
Bring work gloves, clippers or loppers. We’ll provide the bags! Bring your own water bottle. Snacks will be provided.
Please register: (walk-ins welcome) Openspace@townlyme.org
Sponsored by the Town of Lyme, Lyme Pollinator Pathway, and Lyme Land Trust.
Japanese knotweed is an invasive plant which crowds out native plants that pollinators and other wildlife depend upon for survival. For a brochure on Nix the Knotweed Method of 3s.
Tree Collective- Teen Hike and Steward Group Meet-up
Time: 1:00-3:30 pm
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.
Registration required: reganstacey@gmail.com.
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POSTPONED to afternoon-Volunteer Work and Learn Party – Remove Invasive Plants at Hartman Park
Time: 1:30-3:30pm
Place: Meet at the Eversource ROW entrance gate, Gungy Road,Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us for a work party to identify and remove autumn olive and other invasive plants at Hartman Park Eversource Right of Way with Wendy Hill, Town of Lyme Open Space Coordinator. Learn to identify plants to protect.
Tools needed for the morning will be small chain saws and/or hand saws, lopping shears, hand pruner, mattock hoe or tool to remove roots. Be sure to bring rugged work gloves and wear long sleeves and long pants. Please bring a bottle of water or beverage. Snacks will be provided.
Registration appreciated (walk-ins welcome): openspace@townlyme.org
Sponsored by the Town of Lyme and the Lyme Land Trust
May Flowers Forest Bathing — A Guided Experience
Time: 9:30-11:30 am
Place: Selden Creek Preserve, Joshuatown Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: regan@reganstacey.com
Enjoy a gentle mindful movement sequence, a sensory awakening meditation, and invitations to connect with nature along the way. The experience concludes with tea together. The walk is about 1-mile round-trip over easy to moderate terrain. The session concludes in the forest. Please allow 10 -15 minutes to walk back to the parking lot.
Registration: $25 ~ includes the program and tea
Register here.
LLT members receive 10% discount with code LLT10.
Rain or shine event. Challenging weather cancels.
Ages 18+. No pets please.
Regan Stacey is an artist and advocate for the Earth whose passion is to reconnect humans to nature for personal and planetary well-being. Through her private practice, she offers forest bathing sessions and mindfulness in nature retreats.
She is also co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, training forest therapy guides to share this work around the world. Find out more about her work at reganstacey.com or theforesttherapyschool.com
Questions? Email Regan at regan@reganstacey.com
CANCELLED – Lymes Senior Center Take-a-Walk Wednesday with Wendy
Time: 9:30-11:30ish am
Place: John Lohman CT River Preserve, 33 Colt Lane, Old Lyme CT
Contact Email: cperkins@oldlyme-ct.gov
Presenter: Wendy Hill
Cancelled due to rain – A short steep incline opens to a beautiful expanse of meadow. We will walk along the mowed path to reach our destination, Whale Rock, a spectacular outcropping with views of Lord Cove and the CT River. Bring your binoculars. 1.5 miles
Directions: 33 Coult Lane, Old Lyme. Parking is along the road.
Reservations are required. Please email Caitlin Perkins at cperkins@oldlyme-ct.gov or call (860)434-1605 ext. 241. Free to Lyme’s Senior Center members. $5 for non-members.
On the 2nd Wednesday of each month (unless noted) the group will get together at various hiking areas in Lyme and Old Lyme. Hikes will be lead by Wendy Hill, Open Space Coordinator of Lyme and the Vice President of Lyme Land Trust. The walks are moderate, unless otherwise noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather. Wear sturdy footwear and bring a hiking stick or pole if you would like. Everyone welcome. All hikes are 2.5 to 3 miles. Inclement weather cancels the walk.
Sponsored with the Lyme’s Senior Center.
Tuesday Trek: Johnston Preserve
Date: Tue May 7, 2024Time: 9:00 am
Place: Johnston Preserve, Rte 82, Lyme CT
Contact Email: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com
Presenter: Tony
Hike this beautiful preserve which is a future Old Growth Forest, about 2 miles with the option of taking some extra loops if we are really feeling adventurous! Meet at the Johnston parking lot on Rte 82.
Contact: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com
View the Tuesday Trek Schedule
Astronomy Observing Session
Time: 8:30pm - 10:30pm
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
