The June 26 board meeting has been delayed. Two grants proposal results are expected by end of June. Next board meeting will be July 6 at 7:00 pm. See blog for meeting notes. Agenda posted by July 3.
June 18: “Get Inspired” Garden Tour 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, rain or shine, featuring five gardens in northwest Bloomfield, plus the 4-H Education Center at Auer Farm.
Get Inspired! JOIN US in helping to preserve two important properties: a 10-acre urban farm (Lisa Lane Farm), and 13 acres of grassland next to Penwood State Park. Your participation in the Garden Tour will support the preservation of these properties. For more information, call 860.216.0806.
PLEASE REGISTER ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT AT THE EDUCATION CENTER AT AUERFARM, $30 donation per person.
NOTE: ALL PARTICIPANTS BEGIN THE GARDEN TOUR AT THE 4-H EDUCATION CENTER AT AUER FARM, 158 AUER FARM ROAD, OFF SIMSBURY ROAD (RT. 185) IN BLOOMFIELD. GARDEN TOUR BOOKS (YOUR TICKET AND GUIDE FOR THE EVENT) WILL BE DISTRIBUTED HERE. While there, we invite you to wander the gardens of Auer Farm and view paintings of the farm on display.
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Wintonbury Bike Tour
The inaugural Bike Tour (Tour du Land) of the WLT took place Sunday, May 22, 2011. The goal of the tour was to showcase land trust holdings and publicize WLT activities and missions. The Tour’s originally scheduled date was 5/15/2011 but postponed because of rain. Despite threatening early morning skies, the event was held under favorable bicycling conditions: cloudy but dry.
See blog for additional information.
Trails Day Hikes Saturday, June 4th. Click here for details
Two Connecticut Forest and Park Hikes for Trails Day are scheduled to be led by the Wintonbury Land Trust in Bloomfield. Paula Jones and Kevin Gough will lead a 9:30 Farmington River Park Hike, which will be followed by an 11:30 Speer Preserve to Heublein Tower hike lead by Jay Stoccatore.
For the 9:30am hike, meet at Farmington River Park parking lot (on the right 0.4 miles north on Tunxis Avenue Extension off of Tariffville
Road in northern Bloomfield). (Google Maps address: 448 Tunxis Ave, Bloomfield, CT)
For the 11:30am hike, meet at the end of Juniper Road in Bloomfield
Visit the CFPA website at CTwoodlands.org for more information (page 5).