Past Events
Lyme Public Library’s Summer Reading Program “Read Beyond the Beaten Path” Special Event for Teens
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Place: Lyme Public Library, 482 Hamburg Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: programreg@lymepl.org
As part of the Lyme Public Library’s Summer Reading Program, “Read Beyond the Beaten Path”, local artist Kisten Thornton will be having attendees (from grades 6 to 12) paint bird houses and posts to be placed around Lyme and Old Lyme by the Lyme Garden Club, Lyme Parks and Recreation Department and the Lyme Land Trust. This is a 2-part event with the second meeting taking place on July 19th. Pizza and beverages will be provided to the attendees.
This special event is made possible as part of a generous co-sponsoring project between the Lyme Public Library and Lymes’ Youth Service Bureau.
Register: programreg@lymepl.org or call Barbara Carlson 860-434-2272
Breakfast with the Trees Forest Bathing
Time: 8:30-10:30 am
Place: Hartman Park, Gungy Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: regan@reganstacey.com
Wake up with the trees and ease into the day. Enjoy an early morning gentle stroll and guided forest bathing session at Hartman Park.
We will stop at Turtle Rock to enjoy some hang time in hammocks (provided), with a picnic breakfast and tea to follow. You are welcome to pack a breakfast or snack. Light treats and a wild-foraged tea will be provided.
Registration: $35 ~ includes the program, light treats and tea.
Lyme Land Trust members receive 15% off with the discount code LLT15.
To register: click here
Parking: Park at the Goodwin Trail Entrance on Gungy Road near the Salem town line.
This is a 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 environmentalist whose passion is to re-connect humans to nature for the betterment of themselves, their communities, and our planet, Earth. She is also co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, training forest therapy guides to share this work around the world. Locally, she is involved in a number of nature-based organizations and facilitates kids’ clubs through the Lyme Land Trust. You can find out more about her work at reganstacey.com
Lyme Nix the Knotweed Days
Time: Friday 8-10 am, Saturday 9-11 am
Place: July 8-Whalebone Cove, July 9-Reed Landing, Old Hamburg Rd, Joshua Pond
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join our work party for the second year to remove invasive knotweed and learn to control Knotweed on your own property. Better yet, organize your own neighborhood Nix the Knotweed Day! We are in our second year of tackling the knotweed using the “method of 3s”: cut knotweed down to the ground and bag the plant material; 3 chops this growing season (May, mid-July, and mid-August) We will repeat this for 3 years to take care of the knotweed for good without using herbicide. The cuttings will be carefully disposed of since each little piece will regrow into a new plant.
We will tend the new native plant garden at Reed Landing on Saturday, July 9. The garden was installed on May 14, 2022 under the direction of New England Pollinator Gardens. Come help and Learn about creating a native garden in your own yard. This project is made possible with grant form the Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Coordinating Committee.
Bring work gloves. For knotweed removal, bring clippers or loppers. Bring your own water bottle. Snacks will be provided.
Please register:
For Friday, July 8 at Whalebone Cove: trughouse@comcast.net
For Saturday, July 9 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.
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.
Lyme Public Library’s Summer Reading Program “Read Beyond the Beaten Path” Afternoon Astronomy with Alan Sheiness
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: Lyme Public Library Patio, 482 Hamburg Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: programreg@lymepl.org
As part of the library’s summer reading program, “Read Beyond the Beaten Path, Alan Sheiness will host an afternoon astronomy session at the Lyme Public Library. Observe the first quarter moon through a telescope and binoculars after reviewing fundamentals of how telescopes work. Alan will also discuss what causes the phases of the moon as seen from here on earth. This daytime session will be followed up with a nighttime Astronomy Observing Session on July 29.
Register: programreg@lymepl.org or call Barbara Carlson 860-434-2272
Alan Sheiness is a ten-year resident of Lyme, CT, and Treasurer of The Lyme Land Trust. Among other interests, Alan is life-long astronomy enthusiast and self-taught astrophotographer. He has documented lunar eclipses, solar eclipses, the Venus transit of the Sun, a Mercury transit of the Sun, many of the planets, as well as star clusters and nebulae. As a promoter of dark skies, Alan has established Astronomy as an adjunct activity within the Lyme Land Trust. More about the Lyme Land Trust’s astronomy resources, click here:
Imagining Lyme–Photo Submission Deadline – Spring
Time: midnight
Place: Submit photos to Imagining Lyme website
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
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 habitat– May be in a backyard, preserve or in a Lyme Pollinator Pathway garden in Lyme, CT.
The deadline for the Spring category-photos taken in the Spring–is June 30, 2022. For more information.
Lyme Public Library’s Summer Reading Program “Read Beyond the Beaten Path” Mindful Nature Walk with Regan Stacey
Time: 10:00 am
Place: Lyme Public Library Patio, 482 Hamburg Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: programreg@lymepl.org
As part of the Lyme Library’s summer reading program “Read Beyond the Beaten Path” Reagan Stacey, as a representative of the Lyme Land Trust, will be taking children ages 5 and up from the library through the Pleasant Valley Preserve on a “Mindful Nature Walk”. Ms Stacey will lead the children’s walk encouraging everyone to enjoy the sights, sounds and feel of the preserve.
Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Program is limited to 10 children.
Register: programreg@lymepl.org or call Barbara Carlson 860-434-2272
Regan Stacey is an artist and environmentalist whose passion is to re-connect humans to nature for the betterment of themselves, their communities, and our planet, Earth. She is also co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, training forest therapy guides to share this work around the world. Locally, she is involved in a number of nature-based organizations and facilitates kids’ clubs through the Lyme Land Trust. You can find out more about her work at reganstacey.com
June Astronomy Observing Session
Time: 8:30 - 10:00 pm
Place: Register to learn location
Contact Email: alan.sheiness@icloud.com
Come join us at our Lyme observing site for an evening of stargazing. See the beauty that is the uniquely dark sky of Lyme CT. On any given night, public sessions will be co-facilitated by one or more of our talented cohort enthusiasts:
- Jon Dean
- Roger Charbonneau, Jr
- Scott Mallory
- Parag Sahasrabudhe
- Alan Sheiness
Reservations required. alan.sheiness@icloud.com. 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. For more information about the astronomy program See amazing astrophotography by Parag Sahasrabudhe – Velology blog
Tuesday Trek: Selden Creek Preserve
Time: 9:30 am -11:30ish am
Place: Selden Creek Preserve parking lot, Joshuatown Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
Meet at Selden Creek Preserve parking lot on Joshuatown Rd. This is a 2.5 mile hike with beautiful vistas of Selden Creek and surrounding marshlands.
Contact: openspace@townlyme.org
View the Tuesday Trek Schedule
Join us for a refreshing morning walk on a Lyme preserve led by a board or staff member of the Lyme Land Trust. The leaders will alternate each week between Sue Cope, Wendy Hill, Tony Irving, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Inclement weather cancels.
Geology Walk in Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve
Time: 9:30 to 11:30am
Place: Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve, Brush Hill Rd., Lyme, about 1/2 mile south of the intersection with Ferry Road (Route 148).
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
Learn about about the geological forces that shaped Southeastern Connecticut. Join former CT State geologist Ralph Lewis on a hike through the Lyme Land Trust’s Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve. He will explain how the Honey Hill Fault, glaciers, and ancient Hadlyme Lake shaped the landscape.
The hike will be about two hours, moderately paced with generally easy terrain and a few short ups and downs. Sturdy shoes are a must; a walking stick would be helpful as well.
Space is limited. Register for the walk: education@lymelandtrust.org. Inclement weather will postpone the event.
Summer Solstice Forest Bathing
Time: 2:00-4:00 pm
Place: Pleasant Valley Preserve, Mcntosh Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: regan@reganstacey.com
Special activities include a group mandala in honor of Earth on this special day.
The walk concludes with a wild-foraged tea.
Registration: $32 ~ includes the program and tea.
Lyme Land Trust members receive 15% off with the discount code LLT15.
To register: click here
Parking: Please park in the lot on MacIntosh Road just off Rt. 156. If the lot is full, please park along the road.
Please note: There are no restrooms at the trail. The walk is about 1-mile over easy to moderate terrain.
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 environmentalist whose passion is to re-connect humans to nature for the betterment of themselves, their communities, and our planet, Earth. She is also co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, training forest therapy guides to share this work around the world. Locally, she is involved in a number of nature-based organizations and facilitates kids’ clubs through the Lyme Land Trust. You can find out more about her work at reganstacey.com
