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  • Avalonia Close-to-Earth-Day 2022 Walk

    photo credit: Bruce Fellman Celebrate Spring, Earth Day, and Clean Water at the Benedict Benson Preserve One of the critical precursors of the passage of the Clean Water Act, the…

  • Treesure Hunt on Moore Woodlands

    CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY 2022 BY WITH A TREESURE HUNT ON MOORE WOODLANDS PRESERVE IN MYSTIC, CT  Jim Luce, retired Connecticut College Supervisor of Grounds, will lead a tree walk on Avalonia’s…

  • Leo Antonino Preserve Family Hike

    Leo Antonino Preserve 0 Antonino Road, Groton, CT, United States

    Date: Sunday, June 5  Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Hike Leaders:  Janet Anderson and Robert Volkmann   Join us for family-friendly hike celebrating CT Trails Day at the Leo Antonino Preserve in Groton.  The trail travels through mature woods, along vernal pools and active brooks, and near erratics and upthrust sections of granite. Parts…

  • Cedar Wood Preserve by Elanah Sherman

    Fledglings: A Nature Experience for Children 2-5 *CANCELLED*

    Cedar Wood Preserve 180 North Wawecus Hill Rd., Norwich, CT, United States

    *THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED* Children ages 2-5 (and their adults) are invited to join naturalist and educator Beth Sullivan and Avalonia Board member Elanah Sherman for a walk through…

    FREE

  • Hike & Seek and Beyond at Preston Nature Preserve

    Preston Nature Preserve Krug Road, Preston, CT, United States

    Enjoy a late September Hike (& Seek) at Preston Nature Preserve, one of Avalonia's 27 Hike & Seek properties. Hike & Seek is a fun, non-competitive outdoor scavenger hunt. Learn…

    FREE

  • Vernal Pool Adventure at Babcock Ridge

    Vernal Pool Adventure at Babcock Ridge – CANCELLED

    Babcock Ridge 113 Babcock Road, North Stonington, CT, United States

    CANCELLED DUE TO WIND AND RAIN. NEW DATE TBD.   There’s no better way to celebrate the arrival of spring than to visit a woodland pond alive with the sights…

    FREE
  • Earth Day Expo 2024

    Groton Earth Day Expo

    Groton Public Library 52 Newtown Road, Groton, CT

    You are invited to join us at the Groton Earth Day Expo at the Groton Public Library on Saturday, April 20, 2024! The mission of this event is to provide…

    FREE
  • Hepatica photographed by Jodi Williams at Benedict Benson Preserve.

    Honoring Earth Day with a Wild Flora Walk at the Benedict Benson Preserve

    Benedict Benson Preserve Swantown Hill Road, North Stonington, CT, United States

      Led by Avalonia naturalist Bruce Fellman, trek through the Benedict Benson Preserve to watch its uplands, centerpiece stream, and wetlands come to life with greening ferns, mosses, and wildflowers,…

    FREE

  • Earthfest CT 2024

    Earthfest CT 2024

    McCook Park Niantic, CT, United States

    The community comes together for an expressive celebration featuring environmental organizations (like us!), live animal exhibits, fun food vendors, and musical guests at McCook Point Park. Come visit and say…

    FREE

  • Wequetequock Cove Clean Water Coalition Festival

    Avalonia will join other organizations and core communities on Sunday July 14 for the Wequetequock Cove Clean Water Coalition  (WCCWC) Festival! Funded in part through a grant from the Long…