Connect with nature and your breath in this special outdoor slow flow with meditation led by Anja Mertl. Bring your yoga mat, another mat or sheet/blanket to place underneath, and a bottle of water. Advanced registration is required. Click here to reserve your spot. Enroll online using your existing class package or purchase a single [...]
Join Deirdre O’Connor for a slow and easy walk in Wahaneeta Preserve. Forest Bathing is the pleasant practice of spending time in nature for the purpose of enhancing health and happiness. Evidenced based research confirms that time in nature has profound healing benefits for physical and emotional well – being. The term Forest Bathing comes [...]
South County's salt ponds are one of our most precious resources -- they are not only a unique ecosystem and a fun place to recreate, but also a haven for breeding wildlife and a hotspot for sustainable aquaculture. But the health of our salt ponds is threatened by rising sea levels, warming waters, encroaching development, [...]
PLEASE NOTE: Due to weather, the new date will be Wednesday, June 12. Join us for a Historic Cemetery Tour and discover the history of cemetery picnics. There are nearly 90 historic burial grounds in Westerly, five of which are on Westerly Land Trust properties. The WLT is hosting Michael Carroll, Executive Director of Rediscovering [...]
The Westerly Land Trust is partnering with Second Serve Resale again, this time to refresh your closet just in time for summer. Are you in need of a new-to-you summer dress? Sandals? Shorts and tanks? Join us at Barlow Nature Preserve to sip and snack, learn a bit about Second Serve and the Westerly Land Trust, [...]
We're headed out to Crandall Family Preserve to try to spot the blooming mountain laurel. Come along with us! Then stick around afterwards for snacks in the woods with your fellow hikers. Registration is required for this event. It is free for WLT members and $10 for not-yet-members. Would you like to join the Westerly [...]
Start your adventure with a guided yoga session at WLT's Flora Whiteley Preserve to warm up for a beautiful paddle on the Pawcatuck River. Certified yoga teacher, Janice Fifer, will guide us through sun salutations, focusing on hip and shoulder openers to prepare for a paddle up the Pawcatuck River. We will stop along the [...]
Come to Winnapaug Farm Preserve to celebrate the summer solstice and the longest day of the year with a special outdoor Somatic Yoga Class ending with Yoga Nidra led by Amanda Gray of BarreCoast. . Advanced registration is required. Click here to reserve your spot. Westerly Land Trust members, contact Erika Lebling at [email protected] for [...]
This 6-week series hosted by Westerly Library and Wilcox Park focuses on conservation and the environment. On Monday, July 1st, WLT's Conservation Programs Manager Lauren Barber has been invited to lead a discussion on the Land Trust's conservation efforts. Following the lunch, the group will venture outdoors to Wilcox Park's pollinator garden to catch, ID [...]
