Meet at the terrace of the Castle.

Register: education@lymelandtrust.org

Caitlin Vickers has been a gardener most of her life, and providing local gardens through her business,  the Barefoot Gardener.

Please join the Lyme Pollinator Pathway for a tour of the gardens on the terraces at Gillette Castle. Caitlin Vickers, the Barefoot Gardener and Lyme Pollinator Pathway team member, who designed and installed the garden with Nancy Ballek of Ballek’s Garden Center, will guide the tour. The beautiful gardens are mostly native plants beneficial to pollinators and other wildlife. Caitlin will answer questions about the plants and talk about future plans for the gardens.

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Join the Eightmile Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee for three free family programs.

July 13 Postponed to August 3 – Wildlife Rehabilitation with Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center

Provided by the Eightmile Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee

Take a walk to the refreshing waters of Roaring Brook where you may get your feet wet.  Map of Roaring Brook Preserve.

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(!) Two times 9am and 11am,

Kindly email vharris1391@gmail.com to register with time preference.

Tori is a Mom of two littles – Kade, 3 yrs, and Quinn, 10 months. Hiking and wandering in the local preserves, has really given her family the safe space to let Kade run loose and has a calming effect on Quinn. Working full time, volunteering in many organizations and finding time to enjoy the outdoors with the whole family, can be tough, but it is worth it!

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Join the Eightmile Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee for three free family programs.

July 13: Wildlife Rehabilitation with Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center
July 20: Native Insects
July 29: River Exploration

Provided by the Eightmile Wild and Scenic Watershed Committee

Join us for a work party to identify and remove  invasive plants at Hartman Park with Wendy Hill, Town of Lyme Open Space Coordinator. Learn to identify beneficial native plants to protect.

Rain or shine.

Tools to bring for the morning will be hand saws, clippers, lopping shears, hand pruner, mattock hoe or tool to remove roots. Be sure to bring rugged heavy duty work gloves and wear 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

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

Want to know what you are seeing in nature? Want to contribute to citizen science by joining the Wild Lyme Biodiversity Project? With a photograph and a few taps on your smartphone, you, too, can follow in the footsteps of great biologists like Charles Darwin by identifying different species and sharing your observations with the scientific and conservation communities. Join  Jim Arrigoni, Lyme Land Trust (LLT) environmental director ad team member of the Lyme Pollinator Pathway, for this informative program.

Learn how to use iNaturalist on your smartphone or computer and learn more about the world of plants, insects, mushrooms, birds, and trees that are all around us. This 1-hour workshop will show you how to use the app on your smartphone and desktop computer, what the best practices are for entering photos, and add hands-on practice.

Join the Wild Lyme Biodiversity project on iNaturalist and contribute to the study of the variety of life on all of the Lyme preserves owned by LLT, the Town of Lyme and The Nature Conservancy. We’ll show you how to join the project on the app, what you can contribute, and what you can learn about Lyme and the surrounding areas.

iNaturalist app is a free app that can be downloaded on both iPhone and android. We ask that you download the app on your smartphone and set up an account before coming to the workshop, or come at 6:30 pm for help to download the app.

Reservations required. Jim.arrigoni@lymelandtrust.org

Follow iNaturalist on Instagram and see a fantastic nature photo from around the world.

For the web version of iNaturalist.

Co-sponsored with Lyme Pollinator Pathway

Join us for a work party to identify and remove  invasive plants at Hartman Park with Wendy Hill, Town of Lyme Open Space Coordinator. Learn to identify beneficial native plants to protect.

Rain or shine.

Tools to bring for the morning will be hand saws, clippers, lopping shears, hand pruner, mattock hoe or tool to remove roots. Be sure to bring rugged heavy duty work gloves and wear 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

Join author illustrator John Himmelman for a presentation followed by an outside adventure to meet moths, the fascinating and under-appreciated cousins of the butterflies. With about 2600 species of moths in CT, they play a role in pollinating our pathways! These important pollinators exhibit an amazing variety of color shape and behavior. Since most are active at night, we often overlook them. Not Himmelman, though, who has long been attracted to the moths as they are to lights.

John Himmelman is the author and illustrator of Discovering Moths, Nighttime Jewels in Your Own Backyard and other nature books for children and adults. After the program he will sign books. He will bring the moth book for purchase. 

To register: programreg@lymepl.org

Rain date: July 25

The program is co-sponsored by the Lyme Pollinator Pathway and the Lyme Land Trust.

Join Quinn, Lyme Land Trust board member, for a family friendly night hike (ages 5 and up). We focus on how our perceptions change and appreciate what night brings to the forests and ponds of Lyme. Our way will be lit by the almost full moon. We will not be using artificial light, but you are invited to bring an emergency flashlight. Dress warmly and bring a walking stick. 

Please register: ryan.p.quinn@gmail.com