Join Jay Kaplan from Roaring Brook Nature Center for his annual bird walk at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Jay will lead participants through the cemetery’s ornamental foreground in search of resident and migratory birds. Appropriate hiking shoes and binoculars are strongly recommended. Admission is Free. Advance reservations are encouraged and may be made online at www.cedarhillfoundation.org.
COMMUNITY EVENT | UConn Arboretum Tour Saturday 13 May 2023, 10-11:30am Sign-in begins at 9:45AM in front of the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Hillside Road. Drs. Gregory J. Anderson and Mark H. Brand, co-chairs of the UConn Arboretum Committee, will lead participants on a tour of one of the most spectacular […]
Attention gardeners! Join us at the Roxbury-Bridgewater Garden Club Annual Plant Mart on the lawn of the Bridgewater Firehouse on Saturday, May 20th, from 8:30-12:00. Featured at the sale will be member dug and divided perennials, native plants, pollinator plants, herbs, organic tomatoes and vegetables, and garden boutique items. Members will be available for advice […]
It’s another plant swap at Manross Library! Bring your extra perennials, herbs and vegetable plantlets. Swap your plants for something new. We will also swap houseplants! Please label each plant with basic information. If you wish, bring a plant suitable for our new Certified Monarch Butterfly Waystation. Books about gardening & other information will be […]
For five decades, award-winning actor Sam Waterston has thrilled audiences of theater, film, and television. But Waterston is also a passionate activist and serves as Chair of Oceana, the preeminent ocean conservation NGO, advocating to save the oceans and the climate through science-based policies for responsible commercial fishing, reducing single-use plastics, and halting the expansion […]
Arborist John Kehoe leads this walk featuring Cedar Hill Cemetery’s rare and notable trees. The tour, through the ornamental foreground and historic memorial sections, will highlight trees such as the beautiful European Weeping Beech, the unusual (for the Northeast) Umbrella Magnolia, and the Huss Hemlock named for a resident of Cedar Hill. The Tree Walk […]
This special Family Event will be led by Redding artist Alice Smith. Participants will be given a brief introduction to the Earth Art movement of the late 60s and early 70s. Small groups will then be led out to explore and gather materials from the farm’s wildflower meadow, wetlands, and woodlands, paying careful attention not […]
Join Great Meadows Conservation Trust's Tim Lewis and Paul Woodworth, and Connecticut River Conservancy’s Rhea Drozdenko for a paddle around Wethersfield Cove. Explore the north side of the cove and Folly Brook. View birdlife and learn about clean water efforts. If we are able, we will also venture out onto the Connecticut River. This is […]
Join Avalonia naturalist Bruce Fellman for this special family-friendly exploration of two adjoining refuges (Babcock Ridge and D.R. Henne Memorial & Shunock Brook Preserves), which are among the Conservancy’s most ecologically diverse preserves. Accompanying us on this gentle, two-mile hike is sign-language interpreter Joy Valenti, who’s experienced in making nature accessible to the D/deaf/hard of […]
