
With hundreds of acres of native meadow seeded from Virginia to Upstate New York, Pennington Marchael has broad understanding of what it takes to build successful meadows from seed. Continue Reading →
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With hundreds of acres of native meadow seeded from Virginia to Upstate New York, Pennington Marchael has broad understanding of what it takes to build successful meadows from seed. Continue Reading →
The acquisition expands the existing Converse Brook Preserve. The acquisition brings the total number of acres of conserved open space by Greenwich Land Trust to 857. Continue Reading →
Though small, the conservation value of Willowmere Parmelee Allen Preserve is mighty. With the amount of development along the coast of Greenwich and Connecticut as a whole, conserving more than a half-acre of intertidal salt marsh habitat is vital to the ecological health of our coastal areas. Continue Reading →
Greenwich Land Trust and Abilis have been working together to grow and harvest a record amount of fresh produce for the Neighbor to Neighbor food pantry. Last year, more than 1,300 pounds of fresh produce was donated thanks to the help of volunteers from the Abilis LEAP program, who spent many hours harvesting
washing, and packaging the produce from Greenwich Land Trust’s gardens each week. Continue Reading →
“This is an example of public-private partnership at work.” – Livvy Floren Continue Reading →
The Conservation Commission is partnering with local conservation groups to Host a Wednesday night environmental lecture series on climate change. Continue Reading →
This newly acquired deep woodland glade abuts Greenwich Land Trust’s existing Mygatt Preserve as well as the 6-acre Chestnut Hill Bird Sanctuary, owned by the City of Stamford, and additional conservation land nearby, creating a sizable greenway and a rich habitat for local wildlife. Continue Reading →
The idea of a pollinator pathway is to connect natural areas by creating pollinator friendly pathways – enhanced with native flowers, shrubs and trees creating the feeding grounds for pollinators – bees, bats, birds, butterflies, moths, and other insects. Continue Reading →
The Greenwich Land Trust and Greenwich Tree Conservancy commemorated Arbor Day on with a tree planting ceremony at the Malkin Preserve where there are 14 varieties of apple trees. That is notable in an era where apple varieties are diminishing due to growers consolidating on mass-market varieties. So when you take a bite out of the apples that grow from those trees, you’re quite literally tasting history. Continue Reading →
Greenwich Land Trust and the Greenwich Tree Conservancy invite the public to celebrate Arbor Day, Thursday, April 26 at 2:00 pm with a tree planting ceremony at the newly established Heirloom Orchard at the Malkin Preserve.
Link to Town’s Agricultural History Continue Reading →