The Westerly Land Trust

13th Annual Farm Dinner-SOLD OUT
2023-09-09 15:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Winnapaug Farm Preserve, 109-119 Rhode Island 1A, Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
Thanks to the amazing support of our community, the Farm Dinner is now SOLD OUT!
The 13th Annual Westerly Land Trust Farm Dinner will be held at Winnapaug Farm Preserve on Saturday, September 9, 2023, beginning at 3:30 pm. We’ll dine al fresco at the longest table in Westerly to celebrate the important relationship between land conservation and local, sustainable agriculture.
Due to the nature of this event, we are unable to accommodate individual dietary restrictions.
If you have any questions please contact our office at (401) 315-2610, ext. 2 or e-mail us at elebling@westerlylandtrust.org.

For the 13th Annual Farm Dinner, we are bringing back some of our favorite food producers, but also introducing new (to us) farmers and chefs. Here is a sneak peak of the food heroes and culinary masterminds who are working together to dream up this summer’s menu:
2023 Farm Dinner Food Producers & Contributors
Dick’s World of Wines
Dunns Corners Market
Echo Rock Flowers
Ever-Breeze Farm
Frontier Farm
Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island
Long Lane Farm
Narrow Lane Orchard
Quonnie Farms
Seacoast Mushrooms
South County Distillers
Stonyledge Farm
Watch Hill Oysters
Wehpittituck Farm
West Farm Organics

2023 Farm Dinner Chefs
Allyson Mansfield, Vesta Bakery
David Miguel
Andrew Nathan, The Cooked Goose
David Standridge, Shipwright’s Daughter
James Wayman, Nana’s Westerly
Adam Young, ATY Hospitality

Voices of the Land: Walking Rhode Island
2023-09-13 17:30 - 19:00 | Barlow Nature Preserve, 449 Westerly Bradford Road, Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
John Kostrzewa writes the “Walking Rhode Island” column for The Providence Journal and has been hiking across the state for decades.

Join us and discover how John started, where he has hiked and what he has learned. He’ll share his observations about the history, geological features, vegetation and wildlife he has found along the trails.
During his talk, he’ll also explain what makes Rhode Island’s trails unique and outline some of the challenges Rhode Islanders face to maintain the state’s public preserves.
Kostrzewa worked for 45 years in the newspaper industry, including the last 29 at The Providence Journal as a business reporter, columnist, business editor, and assistant managing editor. He retired from the Journal in 2017 and spent the last three years as an adjunct professor at Bryant University.
Since launching “Walking Rhode Island” in 2021, he has written more than 100 columns. He is compiling 40 of the hikes into a book, with pictures, GPS coordinates and trail maps, that is set for release in September, 2023.

This event is located at Barlow Nature Preserve.
Parking is available in the main parking lot, with overflow parking in the field behind the outbuildings to the east (up the farm road).
Registration is required.

Discussion is open to WLT members. Our members donate annually. Not a member and would like to be? Become a member today and click HERE.

Wahaneeta 5K Trail Run- Westerly Track & Athletic Club
2023-09-23 | RI
Start times
8:00am: Registration opens
9:00am: 5K race starts
9:45am: Kids 1K race starts
Course Description
The terrain of the course is entirely dirt trails, with some technical single-track. In order to minimize bunching up at the race start, the course will first run across a short grass field before continuing on double-track for approximately one-half mile. Most of the rest of the course will be on single-track and include challenges such as stream crossings on narrow wooden bridges, hills, and rock gardens. During the course of the race, you will cross streams multiple times, with most but not all having bridge crossings. The course is very spectator friendly, as the start/finish is in the same area, and during the course of the race runners will pass through the start/finish area twice before finishing. Runners and walkers are welcome.
Location
5K course starting and finishing at Wahaneeta Preserve. Purchased by the Westerly Land Trust in 2012, this is a 72-acre conservation property that was run as “Camp Wahaneeta” by the Girl Scouts of RI from 1941 to 1996.
For more information and/or to sign up click HERE.

Fall Equinox Yoga at the Farm- BarreCoast
2023-09-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Winnapaug Farm Preserve, 117 Shore Road, Westerly, RI, 02891, United States, 117 Shore Rd, Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
Join us to celebrate the Fall Equinox, led by Krystal Rose, at Winnapaug Farm Preserve.
HOW TO REGISTER
Enroll Online at barrecoast.com or contact the studio.
WLT MEMBER DISCOUNTS
WLT members please contact Erika Lebling at elebling@westerlylandtrust.org for reduced price registration of $10!
Not-yet a WLT member but would like to be?
To become a member today please CLICK HERE.

Trail Blazers: SES (Grades 2-4)
2023-10-03 15:45 - 17:15 | Grills Preserve, 198 Bowling Lane, Westerly, RI, 02808, United States
Living Laboratories for Springbrook Elementary School Grades 2-4

Strap on your hiking boots and hit the trails and put your observation and identification skills to the test as you explore the career of a park ranger. Grade 2-4 will have the opportunity to explore using more advanced technology.
Program is FREE thanks to a partnership with WPS.
B﻿us transportation available to and from program.

Trail Blazers: DCS (Grades 2-4)
2023-10-04 15:45 - 17:15 | Grills Preserve, 198 Bowling Lane, Westerly, RI, 02808, United States
Living Laboratories for Dunn’s Corners School Grades 2-4

Strap on your hiking boots and hit the trails and put your observation and identification skills to the test as you explore the career of a park ranger. Grade 2-4 will have the opportunity to explore using more advanced technology.
Program is FREE thanks to a partnership with WPS.
B﻿us transportation available to and from program.

Thursday Hike: Grills Preserve
2023-10-05 10:00 - 12:30 | Grills Preserve, 198 Bowling Lane, Westerly, RI, 02808, United States
This walk on WLT’s 500-acre preserve is over primarily flat terrain often along the Pawcatuck River on clear, wide trails. We will be able to see some newly discovered foundations. There
is a gorgeous scenic view from the top of aptly named, Big Hill, which requires a bit of steep climbing. Meet at the parking lot at the cul-de-sac end off Bowling Lane in Bradford Village.
To sign up, contact the hike leader: David Prigmore, # (401)348-2855, and email:
d.bprigmore@gmail.com
PLEASE NOTE:
o Ending times are estimated as it difficult to ascertain when it will finish due to number of people, how fast/slow the hikers walk, etc.
o Please sign up with leader so that person will know how many are coming. If no one signs up the leader may not show up.
o If you would like to lead a hike for November through December just let Sally know the date and give her a blurb if she doesn’t have it.
o Inclement weather cancels and if in doubt, contact leader.
o If you wish to bring a dog please contact the leader as some properties do not allow them. However, if a dog is present they must be leashed at all times.
FLUORESCENT ORANGE REQUIREMENTS:
In State Management areas everyone is required to wear 200 square inches of solid daylight fluorescent orange from the second Saturday in September to the last day of February and the third Saturday in April to the last day in May, annually.

Trail Blazers: SSS (Grades 2-4)
2023-10-05 14:30 - 16:00 | Grills Preserve, 198 Bowling Lane, Westerly, RI, 02808, United States
Living Laboratories for State Street School Grades 2-4

Strap on your hiking boots and hit the trails and put your observation and identification skills to the test as you explore the career of a park ranger. Grade 2-4 will have the opportunity to explore using more advanced technology.
Program is FREE thanks to a partnership with WPS.
B﻿us transportation available to and from program.

Fungal Foray w/ RI Mycological Society
2023-10-07 11:00 - 14:00 | Wahaneeta Preserve, 118 Moorehouse Road, Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
Explore the rich, mesic forest of Wahaneeta with WLT and the RI Mycological Society and discover the fungal biodiversity in our woods.

Fungal Foray w/ RI Mycological Society
Join us for a fascinating Fungal Foray with the RI Mycological Society! This event will take place on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 11:00 AM (EDT). We will gather at Wahaneeta Preserve (118 Moorhouse Road, Westerly, RI 02891), where we’ll hit the woods and uncover the local fungal biodiversity.
Come and learn from experienced mycologists, meet fellow fungal freaks or spark new curiosity as we learn about different species, their ecological roles and significance. After we’ve spent some time exploring the woods, an expert from the RI Mycological Society will lead us through a table talk, sharing some of the discoveries and sharing some fungal knowledge.
This event is sure to bring in a great tribe of people, so be sure to join us! Come prepared to walk in the woods. Carpool if you can and be sure to bring your reuseable water bottle. There are outhouses, so no worries there!
See you there!

Click here to register!

Trail Blazers: SES (Grades K-1)
2023-10-10 15:45 - 17:15 | Grills Preserve, 198 Bowling Lane, Westerly, RI, 02808, United States
Living Laboratories for Springbrook Elementary School Grades K-1

Strap on your hiking boots and hit the trails and put your observation and identification skills to the test as you explore the career of a park ranger. Grade 2-4 will have the opportunity to explore using more advanced technology.
Program is FREE thanks to a partnership with WPS.
B﻿us transportation available to and from program.
