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  • Avalonia Annual Meeting 2022

    Join us for Avalonia's Annual Meeting on Wednesday, November 30 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm at Woodfellas Pizza at the Velvet Mill. Catch up with your Avalonia friends over…

  • Two Day Bridge Build at Cedar Wood Preserve

    Two Day Bridge Build at Cedar Wood Preserve Dates: Thursday and Friday, December 8th and 9th Time: 9:00 am -12:00 pm Join us at the newly opened Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich for two consecutive mornings of bridge building!  This is an opportunity to exercise your general carpentry skills as we work to finish up…

  • A Vernal Pool Adventure, Babcock Ridge Preserve

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

    There’s no better way to celebrate the arrival of spring than to visit a woodland pond alive with the sounds and sights of newly awakened amphibians and invertebrates—and there’s no…

  • Stewardship Weekend – Saturday April 15 and Sunday April 16, 2023

    Spring has sprung and it's time to clean up the trails!  If you are itching to get outside, we have multiple opportunities to help clear the trails, remove invasives, and more.   Stewardship activities will be on Saturday, April 15 and Sunday, April 16. Times vary by location - see below for preserve locations and details. …

  • Groton Earth Day Expo Fair

    Saturday, April 22, 2023 11 am - 4 pm at the Groton Public Library FREE - rain or shine   Visit Avalonia at the Groton Earth Day Expo Fair this Saturday, April 22 at Groton Public Library.   40+ local and regional vendors, kid-friendly activities, vegan food, and speakers throughout the day!   Let's celebrate…

  • Earthfest 2023

    Earthfest CT

    Avalonia is taking part in this year's Earthfest CT! Join us on Saturday, May 13 from 11 am - 4 pm at McCook Point Park in Niantic. We'll be celebrating…

  • Cedar Wood Bridge

    In Preparation for CT Trails Day: A Stewardship Opportunity at Cedar Wood Preserve

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

    You are invited to join us on the morning of Sunday, May 14th at Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich as we work to connect our improved parking area to the newly constructed vernal pool walkway. This effort will require some digging, moving, and compacting of processed gravel. Tools will be provided, but feel free to…

  • Sheets Family Forest

    Stewardship Opportunity with Avalonia & Reforest the Tropics

    Sheets Family Forest Puttker Road, North Stonington, CT, United States

    Reforest The Tropics and Avalonia are seeking volunteers for a morning of environmental service at Herman E. Sheets Family Forest in North Stonington, Connecticut. Activities include tree planting, trail maintenance, and invasive species removal. Volunteers are asked to bring sturdy gloves and perhaps a tool of choice (loppers, handsaws, pruners). The event will start at…

  • Knotweed Removal from Shunock River Complex

    The recent late-season frost, while not a friend to the Spring gardeners amongst us, has turned out to be an ally in the management of Japanese knotweed. You may have noticed patches of it along the roadsides withered or stressed from the cold snap.  Perfectly timed, as we typically do a Spring cutting and removal…