Date: Thu July 20, 2023
Time: 6:00 pm
Place: Lyme Public LIbrary
Contact Email: programreg@lymepl.org
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Join the Lyme Public Library to learn the basics about home composting. Convert your vegetable scraps and other vegetation into rich soil to improve your landscape or just compost to recycle your waste in a way that reduces your environmental footprint.
Sally Ruggeri is a retired Pfizer research chemist, UCONN Master Composter, and Advanced Master Gardener. She spends time volunteering at the East Lyme Giving Garden and Harkness Park. She also mentors interns in the Master Gardener certification program and works at the New London County extension office.
Sponsored by the Lyme Public Library
The UCONN Master Composter Program promote sustainable living and resource conservation at individual and community levels.
Join the Lyme Public Library to learn the basics about home composting. Convert your vegetable scraps and other vegetation into rich soil to improve your landscape or just compost to recycle your waste in a way that reduces your environmental footprint.
Sally Ruggeri is a retired Pfizer research chemist, UCONN Master Composter, and Advanced Master Gardener. She spends time volunteering at the East Lyme Giving Garden and Harkness Park. She also mentors interns in the Master Gardener certification program and works at the New London County extension office.
Sponsored by the Lyme Public Library
The UCONN Master Composter Program promote sustainable living and resource conservation at individual and community levels.
Date: Fri July 14, 2023 thru Sat July 15, 2023
Time: 8:00-9:30 am, 9:00-11:00 am
Place: July 14 - Whalebone Cove, July 15 - Start at Reed Landing (near the Joshuatown Road bridge), Old Hamburg Rd, Joshua Pond
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
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Join our work party for the third year to remove invasive knotweed and learn to control Knotweed on your own property. Better yet, organize your own neighborhood Nix the Knotweed Day! (Let us know!) We are in our third year of tackling the knotweed using 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). The cuttings must be carefully disposed of since each little piece will regrow into a new plant. We will fully solarize all plant material to kill it.
We are seeing progress! The knotweed has been highly reduced where we have used this method for the last 2 years.
On Saturday, we will also check to see if any maintenance is needed on the rain garden at Reed Landing.
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) Friday, July 14 8:00-9:30 am at Whalebone Cove: trughouse@comcast.net Saturday, July 15 9:00 -11:00 am at Reed Landing and Old Hamburg Road:Openspace@townlyme.org
Sponsored by the Town of Lyme, Lyme Pollinator Pathway, Friends of Whalebone Cove, and Lyme Land Trust.
Join our work party for the third year to remove invasive knotweed and learn to control Knotweed on your own property. Better yet, organize your own neighborhood Nix the Knotweed Day! (Let us know!) We are in our third year of tackling the knotweed using 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). The cuttings must be carefully disposed of since each little piece will regrow into a new plant. We will fully solarize all plant material to kill it.
We are seeing progress! The knotweed has been highly reduced where we have used this method for the last 2 years.
On Saturday, we will also check to see if any maintenance is needed on the rain garden at Reed Landing.
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) Friday, July 14 8:00-9:30 am at Whalebone Cove: trughouse@comcast.net Saturday, July 15 9:00 -11:00 am at Reed Landing and Old Hamburg Road:Openspace@townlyme.org
Sponsored by the Town of Lyme, Lyme Pollinator Pathway, Friends of Whalebone Cove, and Lyme Land Trust.
Date: Fri July 14, 2023
Time: 9:30-11:30 pm
Place: Register to learn location
Contact Email: astronomy@lymelandtrust.org
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Young or old, experienced or totally unfamiliar, we look forward to exposing you to our uniquely dark skies here in Lyme. The new observatory is in full motion.The Lyme Land Trust offers public viewing sessions once a month near the new moon. Our cohorts have several different telescopes that are on display for your observing pleasure, and we now are pleased to have a modern 14″ Schmidt-Cassegrain housed in a permanent observatory structure.
On any given night, public sessions will be co-facilitated by one or more of our talented cohort enthusiasts:
Jon Dean
Roger Charbonneau, J
Scott Mallory
Parag Sahasrabudhe
Alan Sheiness
Directions to the site and special guidance for those with heavy astronomy equipment will be provided upon registration. Park in the designated area and walk to the observing field with its amazing panoramic views of the heavens. Dress for temperatures 10-20 degrees lower than forecast for your comfort. No white lights at the field site, please.
Young or old, experienced or totally unfamiliar, we look forward to exposing you to our uniquely dark skies here in Lyme. The new observatory is in full motion.The Lyme Land Trust offers public viewing sessions once a month near the new moon. Our cohorts have several different telescopes that are on display for your observing pleasure, and we now are pleased to have a modern 14″ Schmidt-Cassegrain housed in a permanent observatory structure.
On any given night, public sessions will be co-facilitated by one or more of our talented cohort enthusiasts:
Jon Dean
Roger Charbonneau, J
Scott Mallory
Parag Sahasrabudhe
Alan Sheiness
Directions to the site and special guidance for those with heavy astronomy equipment will be provided upon registration. Park in the designated area and walk to the observing field with its amazing panoramic views of the heavens. Dress for temperatures 10-20 degrees lower than forecast for your comfort. No white lights at the field site, please.
Date: Wed July 12, 2023
Time: 9:30 am -12:00ish pm
Place: Rocky Neck State Park, Main Street (Rte 156), East Lyme, CT
Contact Email:
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Rocky Neck State Park. A beautiful walk along the salt marshes to the beach on Long Island Sound. Bring binoculars if you have them. About 2.5 -3 miles.
Directions: Meet at the parking lot across from the KOA Campground, 271 Main St (Rte 156), about 0.5 mile east of the intersection with Four Mile River Rd.
Reservations are required. Please email sgould@oldlyme-ct.gov or call 860-434-4127 to reserve your spot. Free to Lyme’s Senior Center members. $5 for non-members.
On the 2nd Wednesday of each month 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 hike.
Sponsored by the Lyme’s Senior Center.
Rocky Neck State Park. A beautiful walk along the salt marshes to the beach on Long Island Sound. Bring binoculars if you have them. About 2.5 -3 miles.
Directions: Meet at the parking lot across from the KOA Campground, 271 Main St (Rte 156), about 0.5 mile east of the intersection with Four Mile River Rd.
Reservations are required. Please email sgould@oldlyme-ct.gov or call 860-434-4127 to reserve your spot. Free to Lyme’s Senior Center members. $5 for non-members.
On the 2nd Wednesday of each month 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 hike.
Date: Tue July 11, 2023
Time: 900-11:00 am
Place: Meet at the Jewett Preserve cemetery parking lot ( across from En Preserve Entrance, Mt. Archer Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
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Join us for a trail work party.
Tools needed for the morning will be lopping shears, hand pruners, hand saws, and/or chain saws, and weed whacker. Please bring water and work gloves and be sure to wear long sleeves and long pants. Snacks will be provided.
Sponsored by the Town of Lyme, The Nature Conservancy, and the Lyme Land Trust.
Directions: From the north, travel Route 82 to Route 156; take Route 156 south for 2 miles to right on MacIntosh Road; travel 0.25 mile on MacIntosh Road, and parking for the preserve will be on the right. From the south, in Old Lyme, take exit 70 off of I-95. From the intersection of Route 1 and Route 156, travel north on Route 156 approximately 6 miles, and take a left onto MacIntosh Road; travel 0.25 mile on MacIntosh Road, and parking for the preserve will be on the right.
Join us for a trail work party.
Tools needed for the morning will be lopping shears, hand pruners, hand saws, and/or chain saws, and weed whacker. Please bring water and work gloves and be sure to wear long sleeves and long pants. Snacks will be provided.
Sponsored by the Town of Lyme, The Nature Conservancy, and the Lyme Land Trust.
Directions: From the north, travel Route 82 to Route 156; take Route 156 south for 2 miles to right on MacIntosh Road; travel 0.25 mile on MacIntosh Road, and parking for the preserve will be on the right. From the south, in Old Lyme, take exit 70 off of I-95. From the intersection of Route 1 and Route 156, travel north on Route 156 approximately 6 miles, and take a left onto MacIntosh Road; travel 0.25 mile on MacIntosh Road, and parking for the preserve will be on the right.
Date: Fri June 30, 2023
Time: midnight
Place: Submit photos to Imagining Lyme website
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
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Submit up to three of you favorite photos to share. The Lyme Land Trust program Imagining Lyme: A Visual Exploration of Lyme’s Preserves encourages everyone to expand their visual awareness and highlight the beauty of the Lyme preserves owned by the Lyme Land Trust, the Town of Lyme and the Nature Conservancy by taking photographs prompted by inspiration from professional photographers and artists. Photographers do not have to be residents of Lyme but all photos must be taken in Lyme in any of these places:
Lyme Preserves owned and/or managed by the Lyme Land Trust, Town of Lyme, and The Nature Conservancy View a map of the preserves
Pollinator/wildlife natural habitat– May be in a backyard, preserve or in a Lyme Pollinator Pathway garden in Lyme, CT.
Trail 53 – The clear sky above Lyme.
The deadline for the Spring category-photos taken in the Spring–is June 30, 2023. For more information.
Submit up to three of you favorite photos to share. The Lyme Land Trust program Imagining Lyme: A Visual Exploration of Lyme’s Preserves encourages everyone to expand their visual awareness and highlight the beauty of the Lyme preserves owned by the Lyme Land Trust, the Town of Lyme and the Nature Conservancy by taking photographs prompted by inspiration from professional photographers and artists. Photographers do not have to be residents of Lyme but all photos must be taken in Lyme in any of these places:
Lyme Preserves owned and/or managed by the Lyme Land Trust, Town of Lyme, and The Nature Conservancy View a map of the preserves
Pollinator/wildlife natural habitat– May be in a backyard, preserve or in a Lyme Pollinator Pathway garden in Lyme, CT.
Trail 53 – The clear sky above Lyme.
The deadline for the Spring category-photos taken in the Spring–is June 30, 2023. For more information.
Date: Tue June 27, 2023
Time: 9:30 am
Place: Meet at the Goodwin Trail kiosk entrance in Hartman Park on Gungy Rd, Lyme - 3/4 mile north of Hartman Park Main Entrance. Parking is pull-in across the road and along the edge of road.
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
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This walk was postponed from Tuesday, June 20. Goodwin Trail segment-Hartman Park through Salem- We will walk through Salem preserves with interesting stone structures. Along the way, we will visit a large ancient oak tree. 2+ miles.
This walk was postponed from Tuesday, June 20. Goodwin Trail segment-Hartman Park through Salem- We will walk through Salem preserves with interesting stone structures. Along the way, we will visit a large ancient oak tree. 2+ miles.
Date: Sun June 25, 2023
Time: 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Place: Lyme Public Library Community Room, 482 Hamburg Rd., Lyme, CT
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
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iNaturalist App. Click to enlarge.
Want to know what you are seeing in nature? Want to contribute to citizen science? 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 Rochelle Davis and Jim Arrigoni, from 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 2-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 outdoor practice. The Lyme Land Trust has a number of preserves with iNaturalist projects already set up, so we’ll show you how to use the app, what you can contribute, and what you can see in 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 1pm and we’ll walk you through that part.
Want to know what you are seeing in nature? Want to contribute to citizen science? 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 Rochelle Davis and Jim Arrigoni, from 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 2-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 outdoor practice. The Lyme Land Trust has a number of preserves with iNaturalist projects already set up, so we’ll show you how to use the app, what you can contribute, and what you can see in 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 1pm and we’ll walk you through that part.
Date: Wed June 21, 2023
Time: 12:45 – 3:00 PM
Place: Meet at the Hadlyme Ferry Boat Launch parking lot, 89B Ferry Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: jim.arrigoni@lymelandtrust.org
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Led by the Lyme Land Trust’s Environmental Director, Jim Arrigoni, come explore the maze of channels in one of the most placid and wildlife-filled habitats in the lower Connecticut River. The Cove is a tidal, freshwater marsh that is home to ospreys, eagles, egrets, herons, ducks, swans, red-winged blackbirds & marsh wrens, as well as basking turtles and numerous native plants. Jim will speak to management challenges posed by invasive species and impacts resulting from recreation and development. This will be a relatively easy paddle for anyone with modest paddling experience. Free event with refreshments afterwards.
Life jackets required; binoculars, sunscreen, bug spray recommended.
Inclement weather cancels.
Directions: Meet at the Hadlyme Ferry Boat Launch parking lot at 12:45 pm (Launch at 1pm; return before 3pm). If you use GPS, search for Hadlyme Ferry Boat Launch and make sure that it guides you to Ferry Road in Lyme, not Old Lyme.
Sponsored by The Hadlyme Public Hall, Lyme Land Trust and Friends of Whalebone Cove
Led by the Lyme Land Trust’s Environmental Director, Jim Arrigoni, come explore the maze of channels in one of the most placid and wildlife-filled habitats in the lower Connecticut River. The Cove is a tidal, freshwater marsh that is home to ospreys, eagles, egrets, herons, ducks, swans, red-winged blackbirds & marsh wrens, as well as basking turtles and numerous native plants. Jim will speak to management challenges posed by invasive species and impacts resulting from recreation and development. This will be a relatively easy paddle for anyone with modest paddling experience. Free event with refreshments afterwards.
Life jackets required; binoculars, sunscreen, bug spray recommended.
Inclement weather cancels.
Directions: Meet at the Hadlyme Ferry Boat Launch parking lot at 12:45 pm (Launch at 1pm; return before 3pm). If you use GPS, search for Hadlyme Ferry Boat Launch and make sure that it guides you to Ferry Road in Lyme, not Old Lyme.
Sponsored by The Hadlyme Public Hall, Lyme Land Trust and Friends of Whalebone Cove
Date: Wed June 21, 2023
Time: 9:30-11:30 am
Place: Pleasant Valley Preserve, Macintosh Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: regan@reganstacey.com
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Welcome in the season of summer with a guided mindful stroll along the meadow, river, and forest of Pleasant Valley Preserve. Celebrate the longest day of the year in community with fellow nature lovers. Invitations to connect with nature will be offered along the way. We’ll honor the Sun, Earth, and our time together.
The walk concludes with a group-inspired mandala and wild-foraged tea.
Registration: $33 ~ includes the program and tea
Register HERE
LLT members receive 15% discount with code LLT15
Rain or shine event. Challenging weather cancels.
Forest bathing is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku – taking in the forest atmosphere. As a growing global wellness movement, it is backed by nearly 40 years of scientific research on the holistic benefits of immersing yourself in nature. These benefits include reduced stress and blood pressure, increased creativity and focus, improved mood and sleep, and a boost to immune functions.
Regan Stacey is an artist and advocate for the Earth whose passion is to reconnect humans to nature for personal and planetary well-being. She believes we can all awaken the forest within. She is co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, a forest therapy guide training program. Through her private practice, she offers forest bathing walks, mindful nature retreats, and mindfulness training. Regan is also the facilitator of the LLT Tree Collective, connecting teens to nature through stewardship, education, and exploration. Find out more about her work at reganstacey.com or theforesttherapyschool.com
Welcome in the season of summer with a guided mindful stroll along the meadow, river, and forest of Pleasant Valley Preserve. Celebrate the longest day of the year in community with fellow nature lovers. Invitations to connect with nature will be offered along the way. We’ll honor the Sun, Earth, and our time together.
The walk concludes with a group-inspired mandala and wild-foraged tea.
Registration: $33 ~ includes the program and tea
Register HERE
LLT members receive 15% discount with code LLT15
Rain or shine event. Challenging weather cancels.
Forest bathing is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku – taking in the forest atmosphere. As a growing global wellness movement, it is backed by nearly 40 years of scientific research on the holistic benefits of immersing yourself in nature. These benefits include reduced stress and blood pressure, increased creativity and focus, improved mood and sleep, and a boost to immune functions.
Regan Stacey is an artist and advocate for the Earth whose passion is to reconnect humans to nature for personal and planetary well-being. She believes we can all awaken the forest within. She is co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, a forest therapy guide training program. Through her private practice, she offers forest bathing walks, mindful nature retreats, and mindfulness training. Regan is also the facilitator of the LLT Tree Collective, connecting teens to nature through stewardship, education, and exploration. Find out more about her work at reganstacey.com or theforesttherapyschool.com
Ryan Quinn grew up in Lyme and graduated from Lyme-Old Lyme High school. After moving away for college and a career in education, he returned to the area in 2015 with his wife Baylee Drown to start a vegetable farm. In 2019 they were able to become Lyme landowners by purchasing what is now known as Long Table Farm. Prior to being a full time farmer Quinn has worked as a sailor, handyman, science teacher and outdoor educator.
“Moving back to Lyme gave me new appreciation for how the blend of community, open space, and ecology that thrive here have influenced my life. Lyme Land Trust’s mission to preserve and promote these features for the public good is near and dear to my heart. The Lyme Land Trust is one of the institutions that makes Lyme a special place to live.”
Ryan Quinn
Jim’s primary responsibility is to oversee stewardship of the 3130 acres spread across 112 parcels that are owned or managed by LLT. He comes to us with a variety of experiences spanning ecological research and restoration, natural resource and sanctuary management, and environmental education. Improving the outlook for native biodiversity has always motivated Jim, whether by working with people, land, or preferably both at the same time. Most recently he served as conservation biologist at The Connecticut Audubon Society. He holds a BS degree in wildlife and fisheries biology from the University of Vermont and a MS degree in conservation biology from the State University of New York in Syracuse. Jim lives in Middletown.
“It is a giant honor to have this opportunity to help build on the substantial success of the Trust in a part of the world as special as Lyme.”
Jim Arrigoni
Wendy has lived in Lyme since 1982. Her career has encompassed a combination of art and the natural sciences; as a medical illustrator working at Yale University Medical School for 30 years, and a professor of art at Middlesex Community College for 10 years. She is currently the Open Space Coordinator for the Town of Lyme and co-chair of the Lyme Pollinator Pathway. “I love the fact that the LLCT seeks to encourage the appreciation of the natural world by exposing people to the wonders of nature through education, guided walks and other opportunities. I believe that preserving the land in its most natural state is very important to the physical and mental health of our planet. I love to learn and there is so much to learn in the woods of Lyme, about the natural world, history and beauty.”
Wendy Hill
Tony has lived in Lyme since 1986. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Management and co-founder of Ecological and Environmental Consulting Services (EECOS) specializing in forest ecology and land use management.
“The Land Trust is critical for the protection of our ecologically diverse and unique near-coastal and riverine landscape, unmatched in the northeast.”
Anthony Irving
Kristina grew up in Old Lyme and has made Lyme her home since 2004. She held numerous jobs in the corporate world and most recently was the Administrative Director of Musical Masterworks, a nonprofit chamber music series in Old Lyme. As the Executive Director, she is responsible for leading the LLCT as it relates to the strategic direction and overall management of the organization. She identifies and implements short-and long-term strategic goals and is accountable to the Board of Directors for achieving those goals.
“The Land Trust protects land for perpetuity, provides outdoor recreation, and educates the surrounding community of the importance of conservation and environmental sustainability. We strive to be an example for other land trusts to follow.”
