Calendar of Events

September 2008

Tour Des Farms

Saturday, September 20

Tulmeadow Farm • Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. Ride begins at 9:00 a.m.
$35 per rider before 9/19, $40 per rider day of event

This is a leisure ride designed to highlight several of Connecticut's beautiful orchards and farms in Simsbury and Granby. There will be a single route for this year's ride- approximately 24-mile loop that will visit many farmstands and contains a variety of rolling hills. Registration is limited to those 12 years and older please. Call John Guszkowski with questions at 860-928-7848 or visit www.tourdesfarms.org.

Registration includes a t-shirt and $5.00 in "Farm Bucks," valid for purchase of farm products (produce, baked goods, pumpkins, wine, ice cream, etc.) on the day of the ride. Proceeds to support nonprofit programs designed to promote the viability of Connecticut's farmland.

Gersten Property, Metacomet Trail, James Property

Saturday, September 27

9:30 and 10:30 a.m. • Park at Trinity Episcopal Church, Church Street, Tariffville. Hike starts at end of Church Street Ext.
Co-sponsored by the Town of Simsbury and the Tariffville Village Association

Join us for a 2 hour hike (2.5 miles) starting at Laurel Hill at the end of the Church Street Extension. Hikes begin at 9:30 and 10:30 and are guided by the Tariffville Village Association. Visit the remains of Bartlett Tower and learn about its history. Enjoy views from the Metacomet Trail. Water and portable snack provided.

Please call Simsbury Land Trust Office to register, 651-8773. Raindate October 18

Download a PDF of the event poster.

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October 2008

Walk in the Woods and Breakfast at Tulmeadow Farm

Saturday, October 4

8:30 – 11:00 a.m. (Longer hike at 9:00, the shorter loop trail at 9:15, 10 and 10:45)
This event is co-sponsored by the Town of Simsbury

Take a walk in the woods with the Simsbury Land Trust! See for yourself why the SLT is working to protect this final piece of Tulmeadow Farm. There will be two different hikes: a short loop trail through the 73 acre woodlot and a longer hike to Town Forest and the Ethel Walker Woods (easy-to moderate in difficulty, approximately one to one and one-half hours). Coffee and breakfast will be served.

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November 2008

Loop Year – 365 Days on the Trail John Sheirer

Thursday, November 6

6:30 – 8:30 p.m. • Simsbury Public Library Program Room

John Sheirer, Author of the book, Loop Year; 365 Days on the Trail will discuss his book. Copies of the book will be available for sale and for signing. The program is free of charge and open to the public. RSVP to Amy Zeiner, Simsbury Land Trust at 651-8773 or amyzeiner@aol.com

Late October or Early November

Join us for a geology hike with Jelle deBoer, professor emeritus, Wesleyan University.
Visit the Western Border Fault Valley and learn about its origins. Watch our web site for more details.

Pilfershire Trail Hike

Sunday, November 16

1:00 p.m. • Meet at the Northwest corner of Highridge Road

Our most popular hike returns!

Join Trustee Fred Feibel on a tour of old cellar holes and remnants of what had once been "Pilfershire Village”. Hikers will step back in time to get a feel for how some of our earliest settlers lived. Learn how the houses had looked and get some insights about the people who had once made them their homes. Explore stone walls, streams and examine native plants, many of which Native Americans had shared the uses of with our colonists. Many hikers will return with a new found appreciation for our forefathers on West Mountain and an urge to look even deeper into this beautiful part of Simsbury. Dress appropriately for possible cool and wet weather. Parts of the trail are likely to be wet. This is a hike of moderate difficulty.

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2008 Annual Photography Contest—
Deadline extended to February 1, 2009!

Join our annual Photography Contest!

Grab your camera and take a hike! Join over 50 other SLT members and students and submit an entry (or three) to our annual photography contest. Last year over 75 entries were submitted by Simsbury Land Trust members. The rules are simple, and there is no entry fee. All photos must be taken on an SLT property or at an Simsbury Land Trust sponsored event. The contest is open to all members of the Simsbury Land Trust (students do not need to be members.) Many of the photographs may be used in the annual report, membership and other brochures, and the website. If you would like any additional information, please contact the office at 651-8773.

Photography Contest Guidelines

• Open to all members of the Simsbury Land Trust.
• Enter up to 3 pieces in the following categories:
  1. Close-up
  2. Landscape
  3. Computer enhanced photography
  4. People in Nature – SLT Activities and Events
  5. Student photographers – can be in any of above formats, digital or traditional photography (students are exempt from the membership requirement)
• Work must be in the form of prints 8 x 10 or 5 x 7, b/w or color. Entries will not be returned. All work must be clearly marked with your name, address and phone number, along with the category and location of photo. If you have your photos on disc, a copy on disk as well as printed form would be appreciated.
• All photographs must be taken on Simsbury Land Trust Properties – see our website's Properties & Maps section for a map of properties.
• All winning photographs may be used for promotional purposes by the Simsbury Land Trust. Photographers retain rights to the photograph.
• Winners will be announced at the Simsbury Land Trust Annual Membership Dinner in early spring.

Please submit your entries to:

Simsbury Land Trust
P.O. Box 634
Simsbury, CT 06070

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