The Lyme Land Trust (LLT) is offering the following programs and activities during the month of September (and early October). Registration is required for most activities. For the complete details on any program or event, please go here.
Tuesday Treks
Weekly walks through different Town preserves will be offered on Tuesday mornings. For full details, go here.
Saturday, Sep. 23, 9:30 a.m.
Autumn Equinox Forest Bathing with Regan Stacey
This forest bathing excursion in the Banningwood Preserve led by local environmentalist and artist Regan Stacey is designed to nourish the mind, body and spirit. Registration is required. The cost is $33 per person; LLT members receive a 15% discount with code LLT15. To register, go here. For full details, go here.
Saturday, Sep. 23, 2:00 p.m.
Hands-On Native Pollinator Gardening
Join others at the corner of Old Hamburg Road and Route 156 to help install native plants in a plot of land that is being controlled to eradicate invasive Japanese knotweed – and receive a native plant to take home and plant. To register, send an email to openspace@townlyme.org. For full details, go here.
Wednesday, Sep. 27, 5:00 p.m.
September Walk with Photographer Joe Standart
Enjoy the beautiful light of a September sunset with award-winning photographer Joe Standart as part of the Imagining Lyme photography program. To register, send an email to education@lymelandtrust.org. For full details, go here.
Saturday, Sep. 30, 10:00 a.m.
Fungal Ecology Walk with Bill Yule
Naturalist and amateur mycologist Bill Yule leads a walk where participants will gather, identify and discuss locally found mushrooms. To register, send an email to education@lymelandtrust.org. For full details, go here.
Sunday, Oct. 1, 12:00 p.m.
Tour of New Gardens at Gillette Castle with Caitlin Vickers
Caitlin Vickers – a member of the Lyme Pollinator Pathway and a co-designer of the Gillette Castle’s new gardens – leads a tour of these gardens which feature native plants beneficial to pollinators and other wildlife. The tour starts at noon. Participants are also welcome to come an hour early (11:00 a.m.) and help weed the gardens. To register, send an email to education@lymelandtrust.org. For full details, go here.
