Event category: Wethersfield
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Board Meeting
Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors and Operations Committee of the GMCT. These meetings are typically held during the 4th week of January – May, July, September, October, and in the first or second week of December. Board meetings are open to all GMCT members in good standing who are interested in becoming more […]
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Trails Day Paddle Wethersfield Cove
Join Great Meadows Conservation Trust’s Tim Lewis and Paul Woodworth, and Connecticut River Conservancy’s Rhea Drozdenko for a paddle around Wethersfield Cove. Starting at 10 am we will explore the north side of the cove and Folly Brook. View birdlife and learn about clean water efforts. If we are able, we will also venture out […]
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Trails Day Bike Ride Wethersfield – Rocky Hill – Glastonbury
Join GMCT’s Jim Woodworth, Wethersfield Bike Walk’s Kevin Sullivan and Rob O’Connor for a three-town and ferry bike ride from the Wethersfield Cove, through the Old Wethersfield Village, into the Meadows and down along the River to the Rocky Hill Ferry, over to Glastonbury and up to the Killam Bassett Farm stand – and back! […]
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Trails Day Nature Walk Wood Parcel
Nature hike for little kids at the Wood Parcel. Bring your young naturalists for a short walk over the bridge, through the woods, by the turtle pond (and new beaver dam!), along the marsh and brook, and out to the farm fields where corn is being planted, strawberries ripening and spinach harvested. If we’re lucky […]
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Annual Meeting
Join us at our Annual Meeting to be held on Saturday June 17, 2023 from Noon to 3 PM at the Mill Woods Park Pavilion, 156 Prospect Street, Wethersfield. There will be great food and beverages. The business meeting will include reports on GMCT activities followed by elections of directors and officers. A vote to […]
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Earth Day April 22, 2023
Stewardship Work Session at the Wood parcel Join the Great Meadows Conservation Trust on Saturday April 22 from 9am to noon (or whenever you can) in a morning of Stewardship Activities at the Wood parcel (155 Middletown Avenue). No registration is required. Just show up! We’ll divide into teams to work on these activities (highlighted […]
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Birdwatching for Beginners
Join us for Birdwatching for Beginners in the ballroom of the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center (200 Main Street, Wethersfield). Birdwatching for Beginners is an illustrated presentation by artist and naturalist Robert Braunfield. While actually drawing birds in front of the audience, Braunfield will discuss ways to identify birds with sketches of size, shape, behavior, coloration, migration, and more. It […]
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Garden Seminar Series #4
Edible Invasives and Micro-Farming Co-sponsored by GMCT, Friends of the Kycia Farm, Inc., and Heirloom Market Edible Invasives with Clare Meade. Clare, a Master Gardener, will speak about the foraging, cooking and eating of invasive plants. Intensive No-till Micro-Farming with Paul Bourdon. Join Paul as he explains how to turn your backyard into a sustainable […]
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Garden Seminar Series #3
Pollinator Gardens and Pathways Co-sponsored by GMCT, Friends of the Kycia Farm, Inc., and Heirloom Market Pollinator Gardens with Robert Hart –The long history of The Chas. C. Hart Seed Company began in 1892. The Hart family has been involved in supporting and sustaining the community ever since. Join Robert Hart as he speaks about […]
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Garden Seminar Series #2
Bee Keeping with Kevin Murrihy Co-sponsored by GMCT, Friends of the Kycia Farm, Inc., and Heirloom Market Native bees are essential pollinators. Kevin will explain all the requirements of successful bee keeping and honey production that you need to know to support your own backyard hives.