Join us for a community event showcasing the new trails and plantings within this 2.75-acre urban micro-forest tucked into a West Hartford neighborhood.
A short program, which begins at 1:30 pm, will acknowledge the volunteers who cleared debris, removed invasive plants, and planted 200 native plants as part of the restoration efforts. Light refreshments will be provided.
Please park at Wolcott School and walk over to 134 Davenport Road.
Please join us for a hike with TRLC volunteer Dave Mogul at West Hartford Reservoirs. The planned route is about 3 miles, and it’s expected to take 2-3 hours, depending on our group’s pace.
We’ll be hiking mostly on the Metacomet trail on an out-and-back route. This is a relatively easy hike with a limited number of inclines and areas with rocky footing.
We’ll meet at 9:30 a.m. in the parking lot that’s accessed from the entrance at 1420 Farmington Avenue, in the parking area that’s immediately on the left after taking the left fork just after you enter the park.
Co-sponsored by Simsbury Land Trust.
Being in nature is good for us! Based on Japanese Forest Bathing, forest therapy has holistic health benefits: mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual. A walk in the woods in a group with a guide offers inspiration, energy, and a sense of well-being. All are welcome.
The two-hour program begins with an orientation to the area and a brief meditation followed by three short exercises based on suggestions that involve the senses. Such as “walk as far as the bend in the trail ahead, make yourself comfortable, and sense where the wind touches your body.” After each exercise we will have time for conversation and at the end we will share tea. You will feel lighter and more relaxed after our time together.
The walk will be led by the Rev. Dr. Nancy Wright, a certified Forest Therapy guide, trained in the Forest Therapy School, and assisted by Dr. Lawrence Zemel.
Please RSVP – Limit is 15 adult participants
Bring: water, a foldable chair or cushion, and a snack as needed; sorry that pets cannot be accommodated
Park at the end of Stone Hill Road in Bloomfield. We will walk about ½ mile to a picnic and wooded area in Penwood State Park. Participants can stay there and wander into the wooded area close by or walk further afield.
Join us as we cross the ridge from Bloomfield to Simsbury on a tour of protected lands and fall scenery showcasing Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy and Simsbury Land Trust properties. This free 5+/- mile hike – now in its 12th year – provides an opportunity to enjoy the fall colors and experience a different mode of journeying between the two neighboring towns.
We will meet at 9:00 a.m. at the parking lot at the corner of Iron Horse Blvd and Drake Hill Road in Simsbury (Google map). A bus provided by Bloomfield Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Services will shuttle hikers to the starting point at the Oliver Filley House in LaSallette Park. The hike will then proceed to TRLC’s adjoining Hawk Hill Farm, a working farm with passive recreation trails and several notable trees, including a magnificent American elm. We will continue to TRLC’s Stout Family Farm, Bloomfield’s gateway to Penwood State Park.
In Penwood we will visit Lake Louise and The Pinnacle for spectacular fall views of Simsbury and the Farmington Valley. We will then take the yellow trail to access SLT’s Tanager Hill Preserve on our descent into Simsbury and will finish at SLT’s Owen Mortimer Preserve before returning to the Iron Horse parking lot. LT’s Walk Book notes that Tanager Hill is “the most diverse parcel” of preserved land in Simsbury.
RSVP to help us plan ahead. Thank you!
Co-sponsored by the Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy (TRLC), Simsbury Land Trust (SLT), and Bloomfield Parks, Recreation & Leisure Services.
The Poop Museum is the place to come for those who are curious and have questions about poop. At The Poop Museum, everyone learns many fantastic, fabulous and fun facts about human, animal and insect poop.
This program is the perfect combination of fun, and fascinating animal and human facts, so that kids (and parents) never forget what they learned. Aimed at the 5-10 age group, the program engages kids as young as 3 and as old as 12. Grown ups love it too!
Susie Maguire, the presenter, is a poop expert who thinks poop is THE most interesting subject in the world. She has studied poop for years and loves nothing more than sharing her expansive knowledge of poop with the people of the world.
Registration is appreciated but walk-ins are welcome.
Co-sponsored by the East Granby Public Library.
