This hike has been POSTPONED. Will re-post when new date and daytime start is scheduled. Join the Ledyard Library for an early evening 2-mile hike on the trails of the Great Oak Greenway, and beyond to the Atkinson-Dirlam preserve. Meet at the Nathan Lester House parking lot for 6:00 p.m. Please wear proper hiking attire.…
The Avalonia Land Conservancy’s TriTown Forest Preserve is a 527-acre stretch of rugged and unfragmented woods and wetlands located in North Stonington, Griswold and Preston. As summer gives way to autumn, we’re offering two different guided treks—one geared towards slower-paced nature observation; the other for hard-rock, longer-distance hikers—along TriTown’s magnificent trail system amidst a backdrop…
This event is a great opportunity to see where the Hoffman trees went! Hull Forest Products is celebrating sustainable forestry and National Forest Products week with a free public tour of our sawmill on Saturday October 19th, 2019 from 8am-2pm. Watch us turn locally grown wood into forest products! Free and open to the public,…
Hey kids, grab mom or dad or your favorite grownup and show them all the great things to discover in nature! Avalonia is hosting a Hike & Seek nature treasure-hunt that you get to lead yourselves, like a real explorer. Join us at Knox Preserve in Stonington, where you can explore the shoreline, thickets, and…
Documenting your discoveries on the trail is a skill that needs to be in every naturalist’s toolkit. We’ll have plenty to observe and record as we enjoy the fall colors at Avalonia’s Tefftweald at Birchenturn Preserve on 280 Grindstone Hill Road. Tefftweald, a former Girl Scout camp, is a 77-acre masterpiece of upland forest, meadows,…
Join the Friends of the Preston Library as they welcome Preston resident, Margaret Gibson, Connecticut Poet Laureate. Margaret will be reading a selection of poems from books and new poems that have to do with Nature and the environment. Come and help us celebrate poetry. Tuesday, October 29, 6:30 pm at the Preston Public Library,…
Adore in Downtown Mystic will be raffling off this wine basket at their Beaujolais Nouveau event, with all donations going to Avalonia. Thank you, Adore! Event Details
Black Friday: Skip the shopping, get out and hike! Work off some of those dessert calories; Get some fresh air and activity after being in the kitchen for days; Get the kids out to burn off some steam. Come see the newly re-opened Hoffman Evergreen Preserve. Several of our lead stewards will be available to…
If you like beer, you’ll love Outer Light Brewing Company! And Outer Light Brewing loves Avalonia! Visit their tap room on Friday, December 13 between 5:00 and 9:00 PM and be sure to ask for their newest USDA certified organic Outsider IPA and a portion of your purchase will go to Avalonia Land Conservancy to…