Events

Griffin Marsh Invasive Plant Workshop

Date: June 21, 2025
Time: 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Ezekiel Way, Griffin Marsh, East Granby

Join us at an invasive plant workshop to get hands-on experience clearing invasive plants. Today we will be will be removing Japanese Barberry from the path along Holcomb Street. Park in the grassy area immediately on the right on Ezekiel Way.

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.

Weekday hike at McLean Game Refuge

Date: June 25, 2025
Time: 10:30 am
Location: 150 Barndoor Hills Road, Granby

We’ll be hiking a circular path around the eastern end of the property on some of the park’s roads and trails. This is a moderate hike, with a few inclines and some areas with rocky footing. The planned route is about 3 miles, and it’s expected to take 2-3 hours, depending on our group’s pace.

Please dress appropriately for the weather, and bring water, as well as bug spray, if you want to. Check Facebook or the website for postings or cancellation.

Co-sponsored by Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy and Simsbury Land Trust.

Pond Meadow Invasive Plant Workshop

Date: July 6, 2025
Time: 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Pond Meadow, East Granby

Round 2 of 3 pulling up Japanese Knotweed. You haven’t lived if you haven’t spent a morning pulling knotweed. We will pull it up and bag it as part of the Nix the Knotweed Protocol.

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.

Parking is across from 19 Pond Lane. Please be sure to not block the driveway.

Evans Family Meadows Invasive Plant Workshop

Date: July 13, 2025
Time: 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Evans Family Meadows, Bloomfield

We will continue to remove winged euonymus (burning bush), multiflora rose, and bittersweet vines from this beautiful preserve. Come walk the loop path through Evans to appreciate why we do what we do. Park between 236 and 240 Tunxis Avenue.

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.

Orchard Preserve Invasive Plant Workshop

Date: July 19, 2025
Time: 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Orchard Preserve, West Hartford

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!

Pond Meadow Invasive Plant Workshop

Date: July 20, 2025
Time: 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Pond Meadow, East Granby

Phase II of Area 2, pulling and bagging knotweed. Pulling up and bagging knotweed is easy and satisfying; you can see the results immediately when you uncover a native Jack-in-the-Pulpit that’s been struggling under the knotweed.

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.

Parking is across from 19 Pond Lane. Please be sure to not block the driveway.

Stout Family Fields Invasive Plant Workshop

Date: July 25, 2025
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Stout Family Fields, Stone Hill Road, Bloomfield

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!

Still Road Preserve Invasive Plant Workshop

Date: July 27, 2025
Time: 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Still Road Preserve, 38 Still Road, West Hartford

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.

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