Come visit this 7.5-acre preserve and help us to eradicate common buckthorn and border privet. The headwaters of Trout Brook are right across the street from this preserve and run through the property. It’s a hidden gem tucked away in a West Hartford neighborhood.
Park on the apron across from 32 Orchard Street or on the street near 64 Orchard Street.
RSVP to our Conservation Chairs at conservation@trlandconservancy.org if you are interested in helping so that you can be contacted in case of changes or cancellations.
Always dress for the woods – wear long pants, long-sleeved shirt, socks, boots, leather work gloves, bug spray and sunscreen. Bring water to drink and loppers to cut those invasives!
We need help cleaning out the items left from the farmer who had formerly leased some farmland on the preserve to grow food and teach children about organic farming.
All help is greatly appreciated. We could especially use anyone with a trailer so we could load it up with chairs, rain barrels, water pumps, hoses, and other miscellaneous items to haul away.
Please RSVP to our Conservation Chairs at conservation@trlandconservancy.org if you are interested in helping.
Park at the left side of Granbrook Park.
Between 2023 and 2024, TRLC put in more than 100 hours clearing invasives from around the wetland copse (“The island”) in the southern field, and in 2024 we planted native species there to replace them. This year we hired a contractor to remove invasives from the banks of the brook between the two fields, so we are making progress!
At this work party, we will continue to remove common buckthorn and bittersweet vines within and around the island. Park at the end of the cul-de-sac on Stone Hill.
RSVP to our Conservation Chairs at conservation@trlandconservancy.org if you are interested in helping so that you can be contacted in case of changes or cancellations.
Always dress for the woods – wear long pants, long-sleeved shirt, socks, boots, leather work gloves, bug spray and sunscreen. Bring water to drink and loppers to cut those invasives!
Join us for this work party which will include a bit of a trail clearing and cutting invasives. TRLC had cut a loop trail through this property at one time, but it needs to be reclaimed. Park at 38 Still Road.
Always dress for the woods – wear long pants, long-sleeved shirt, socks, boots, leather work gloves, bug spray and sunscreen. Bring water to drink and loppers to cut those invasives!
RSVP to our Conservation Chairs at conservation@trlandconservancy.org if you are interested in helping so that you can be contacted in case of changes or cancellations.
Come hike the trail and check out the waterfall at this 9-acre preserve before we get down to freeing up the trees from bittersweet vines. The beautiful Eastern white pines here are under siege from oriental bittersweet! Park at B’nai Tikvoh Sholom synagogue at 180 Still Road to walk over to the property.
RSVP to our Conservation Chairs at conservation@trlandconservancy.org if you are interested in helping so that you can be contacted in case of changes or cancellations.
Always dress for the woods – wear long pants, long-sleeved shirt, socks, boots, leather work gloves, bug spray and sunscreen. Bring water to drink and loppers to cut those invasives!
We will continue to work on the common buckthorn and border privet growing here. Park along the road apron near 32 Orchard or along the street at 64 Orchard.
Always dress for the woods – wear long pants, long-sleeved shirt, socks, boots, leather work gloves, bug spray and sunscreen. Bring water to drink and loppers to cut those invasives!
RSVP to our Conservation Chairs at conservation@trlandconservancy.org if you are interested in helping so that you can be contacted in case of changes or cancellations.
We will finish reclaiming the trail if it was not completed on July 27 – and there are sure to be more invasives to cut! Park at 38 Still Road.
Always dress for the woods – wear long pants, long-sleeved shirt, socks, boots, leather work gloves, bug spray and sunscreen. Bring water to drink and loppers to cut those invasives!
RSVP to our Conservation Chairs at conservation@trlandconservancy.org if you are interested in helping so that you can be contacted in case of changes or cancellations.
Mark your calendar for the land conservancy’s annual gathering! Connect with others who care about our environment as much as you do and be inspired by their stories of stewarding the land to care for our communities for generations to come. All this while enjoying a cocktail party with delicious food, live music, and views of the land conservancy’s Beacon Hill Preserve and the Town’s Audubon-certified golf course!
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If you are interested in sponsoring a table or volunteering your time, please contact event co-chairs Lucy Eyre and Christopher Shepard at Contact Us.