Past Events
Spring Equinox Flower Walk-Forest Bathing Walk
Time: 10:00-11:30 am
Place: Young Preserve, Gungy Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: regan@awakentheforestwithin.com
Celebrate the spring equinox with a flower walk along the Young Preserve trail in Lyme, CT.
Each participant will carry a flower as we slowly walk among the laurels and rock outcroppings of Young Preserve. Periods of reflection in the landscape will be offered as well as a guided meditation honoring this time of year. Gently welcome the balance of the day, feel renewed energy, and prepare to turn outward to the longer days of light ahead. Flowers will be provided for you to carry and take home. If you wish to bring your own, please do. The walk is about 1-mile over easy to moderate terrain. Young Preserve | Lyme Land Trust
Folding stools are available for your use or bring along your own stool or sit upon (towel, cloth or mat) for our sitting sessions. You may wish to bring along some water. There are no restrooms at the preserve.
The group is limited to 10 participants. Social distancing guidelines will be followed. Please wear a mask to the parking lot meet-up.
Parking: East side of Gungy Rd, about 1/2mile north of Beaver Brook Rd.
Inclement weather cancels. A cancellation email will go out an hour before the event. Rain date: Sunday, March 21.
$30.00 per person. Registration required. Lyme Land Trust members receive 15% off with the discount code LLT15. To register.
Regan Stacy is the founder of Awaken the Forest Within, an organization that offers forest bathing walks. Forest bathing is a supportive practice that invites us to slow down, open our senses, and engage with nature and ourselves as we take in the restorative health benefits of being in the forest. These benefits include lowered stress, blood pressure, and heart rate, increased creativity and focus, and a boost to our immune system. Leave calm and refreshed for the day ahead.
Imagining Lyme–Photo Submission Deadline Fall/Winter Season
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 Joe Standart, a professional photographer and Land Trust Board member. For more information.
Sapling Club-Outside Play for Elementary School-Aged Kids
Time: 1:30-2:30 pm
Place: Banningwood Preserve, Town Street, Lyme CT
Contact Email: reganstacey@gmail.com
Join our new monthly group for elementary-aged children. Enjoy free play in the forest with friends! We’ll meet up the second Saturday of each month from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Banningwood Preserve. Parents are welcome to stay or drop-off.
If you would like to join, please contact Regan Stacey at reganstacey@gmail.com.
The club is organized by two volunteers, Regan Stacey and Angel Santos Burres. Both have children in the LOL school district.
Environmentalist/artist Regan Stacey currently runs the Tree Collective, a program for teens. She owns Awaken the Forest Within, a mindfulness-based practice that helps [re]connect people to nature for the betterment of themselves and the earth
Angel relocated to Old Lyme this fall after 20 years of non-profit work in Greater Boston. Most recently, she was the director of Outdoors Rx, a program of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Angel encouraged families to explore the outdoors together with a focus on local spaces. She is thrilled to explore all of the nearby woods, marshes, lakes, rivers, and ocean and hopes to meet you on the trail.
Hiking Club for Middle Schoolers
Time: 3:00-4:30 pm
Place: Banningwood Preserve, Town Street, Lyme CT.
Contact Email: reganstacey@gmail.com
Join our new group for middle school-aged children. Come hike the trails! Every month a the hike will be an adventure to explore the natural world. It meets the second Saturday of each month in a different preserve from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The club is organized by two volunteers, Regan Stacey and Angel Santos Burres. Both have children in the LOL school district.
Environmentalist/artist Regan Stacey currently runs the Tree Collective, a Lyme Land Trust program for teens. She owns Awaken the Forest Within, a mindfulness-based practice that helps [re]connect people to nature for the betterment of themselves and the earth
Angel relocated to Old Lyme this fall after 20 years of non-profit work in Greater Boston. Most recently, she was the director of Outdoors Rx, a program of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Angel encouraged families to explore the outdoors together with a focus on local spaces. She is thrilled to explore all of the nearby woods, marshes, lakes, rivers, and ocean and hopes to meet you on the trail.
Tuesday Trek: Jewett Preserve
Time: 9:30-11:30 am
Place: Jewett preserve cemetery entrance, Mt. Archer Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
Jewett Preserve (River to Ridgetop North) – Meet at the cemetery entrance on Mt Archer Rd. White/orange loop. About 1.5 miles.
Wendy Hill–Reserve a spot: 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, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Space is limited to 5 people. Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Please be safe- wear a mask in the parking lot. Masks can be removed during the walk as long as social distancing is maintained.
Inclement weather cancels.
Animal Tracking Guided Walks
Time: 9:30-11:30
Place: Various locations.
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: The Friends of the Lyme Public Library and the Lyme Land Trust
Join us on a walk to look for tracks and other evidence left behind by wildlife. We will practice what was learned in the March 6 zoom webinar with Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, provided by the Friends of the Lyme Public Library. Separate small-group walks will be guided by Lyme Land Trust board members and staff. The walks will be about 1.5 miles long on moderately easy trails.
- Banningwood Preserve, Town Street, Lyme – with Sue Cope, environmental director of the Lyme Land Trust
- Pleasant Valley Preserve, McIntosh Road, Lyme – with Tony Irving, forest ecologist
- As these walks fill up, we will add more leaders for walks at different preserves.
Reservations are required. Email education@lymelandtrust.org to reserve. Space is limited. Let us know which walk you prefer.
Please be safe- wear a mask in the parking lot. Masks can be removed during the walk as long as social distancing is maintained.
Postponed Again–Walk with Joe Standart, Photographer–Imagining Lyme
Time: 3:30-5:00 pm
Place: Hartman Park, Gungy Rd, Lyme CT
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
This walk is full. Send an email to be put on the waiting list. You are invited to a walk guided by photographer Joe Standart, to experience light before and after the sun sets. As we explore, Joe will give insight into his creative process for expressing an artistic vision in photography. Joe is an internationally recognized award-winning photographer and a Lyme Land Trust board member.
The walk is part of the Lyme Land Trust amateur photography program: Imagining Lyme – A Visual Exploration of Lyme’s Preserves, which encourages people to expand their visual awareness while highlighting the beauty of Lyme Preserves through photographs. Participants will be provided with short, simple non-technical photo-taking tips from Joe Standart. The deadline for submission of photos about “Light” is March 19, 2021. Three photos of distinction will be chosen.
Reservations are required. Space is limited to 10 people including the leader. Please be safe- wear a mask when meeting in the parking lot. Social distancing guidelines will be followed.
To reserve, a space on the walk, email: education@lymelandtrust.org
Animal Tracking
Time: 2pm
Place: Zoom Presentation
Contact Email: programreg@lymepl.org
Presenter: The Friends of the Lyme Public Library and the Lyme Land Trust
Learn to identify the tracks and other evidence wildlife leave behind and the stories they tell presented by the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center. The Lyme Land Trust will provide walks to practice what we have learned. To learn more about walks.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Lyme Library and the Land Trust. It is free and open to all, made possible with funding from the Friends of the Lyme Public Library.
Registration required: programreg@lymepl.org
When you register, you will receive an invitation to the Zoom event. For more information call the library at 860-434-2277
Tuesday Trek: Eno Preserve
Time: 9:30 am -11 am
Place: Eno Preserve, Mt. Archer Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Kristina White
Eno Preserve (River to Ridgetop South). Meet at the Jewett Preserve cemetery parking lot on Mt Archer Rd. White, red, yellow to white trails. 2.5 to 3 miles.
Contact: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.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, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Space is limited to 5 people. Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Please be safe- wear a mask in the parking lot. Masks can be removed during the walk as long as social distancing is maintained.
Inclement weather cancels.
Eco-Safari of the Connecticut River Watershed
Time: 2:00 - 3:30pm
Place: Zoom Presentation
Contact Email: programreg@lymepl.org
In this interactive webinar conservation biologist Jim Arrigoni will take you on a virtual tour of the Connecticut River watershed, highlighting the flora and fauna and unique aspects of its natural and human history. The Connecticut River is recognized as one of the most ecologically and culturally important rivers on the U.S. east coast. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Lyme Library.
Jim has two decades of fieldwork experience with birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish and aquatic insects in far-flung locations from his roots in New England to the Pacific Northwest, Belize, and Hong Kong. In his position with the CT Audubon Society, Jim assists with a variety of public education activities all over CT, including with the Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center in Old Lyme.
Registration required: programreg@lymepl.org
When you register, you will receive a zoom link several days before the presentation. For more information call the Lyme Public Library at 860-434-2272.
