Events

Break up your morning routine and enjoy a nature hike with your friends at the Land Trust. Naturalist Phil Miller will lead the hike featuring the natural history of the […]

There’ll be “a moon out tonight” for our Full Moon Hike at Johnson Farm. The moon will rise at 5:30 PM (before our start) and we’re hoping for a crystal-clear […]

A co-sponsored event with the Essex Garden Club. Jessica Penfield of Wild Birds Unlimited of Old Saybrook will present “Creating a Backyard Refuge for Wild Birds.” Join us for some […]

Join us for some St. Patty’s Day fun with a self-guided family hike where you’ll follow the Leprechaun Trail to find the Pot of Gold. Families may arrive any time […]

Julie Shaw of the DEEP Master Wildlife Conservation group will present: “Connecticut's Changing Landscape.  How is Connecticut's landscape changing? Where? How fast? Join us for an overview of the transitions […]

Bob Russo, ecologist and Ivoryton resident, will lead a hike in the Preserve to help you search for salamanders, frogs and plants emerging from the long winter. He will describe […]

Join us for a Thursday morning guided hike at the Canfield Woods Preserve. We expect to see the signs of spring as we loop through the woodlands past vernal pools […]

Break up your morning routine and enjoy a nature hike with your friends at the Land Trust. Naturalist Phil Miller will lead the hike featuring the natural history of the […]

In honor of National Scavenger Hunt Day, have some Springtime fun with a self-guided family hike where you’ll search for flowers to add to your bouquet bookmark! Families may arrive any […]

This walk invites hikers of all ages, those who are looking for a short hike, and those who may be new to hiking. Join us on a 1.9 mile loop […]

Felicia Millet, a plant diagnostician with the Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, will be onsite at Essex Library to present “Growing Mountain Laurels […]

A great weekend each year in CT to explore some of the best hiking around. Tom Soboleski, one of our Canfield Woods Stewards, will lead this fun, moderate, hike over […]