Tastes of The Valley Tickets Sold Out!
Thank you to everyone supporting this event! Tastes of the Valley is a unique dining experience only available once a year as part of a major fundraiser for TLGV. This year Tastes of the Valley will be held 4 pm, Aug. 26 at the Publick…
Join Ranger Bill on a Sunset Paddle
Join Chief Ranger Bill Reid and Ernie Benoit of the Webster Lake Association for an enjoyable sunset and full moon paddle at Webster Lake, T 6:30 pm July 27. The sun sets at 8:12 p.m. and the moon rises at 8:13 p.m. making for a…
Fun and Games on Tap for July Acorn Adventure
Step back into history with The Last Green Valley’s next Acorn Adventure, School Day Fun, 10 a.m. July 21. Co-hosted with the Ashbel Woodward Museum, we’ll visit Franklin’s one-room school house on Kahn Road, in Franklin CT. All acorns will have a chance to participate…
TLGV Seeks Part-Time Web Site/Data Entry Help
Part-time, hours flexible between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday thru Thursday. $11 per hour. The Last Green Valley is looking for someone to work part-time helping the organization update its WordPress website. We will provide training on how to use the CMS of the…
Ranger Bill to Lead Woods Walk At Coventry Farmers’ Market
Join Chief Ranger Bill Reid 10 a.m. at the Coventry Farmers’ Market, Nathan Hale Homestead Museum, 2299 South Street, Coventry, CT, for a nature walk in Nathan Hale State Forest. When the walk is over stay and enjoy the Farmers’ Market, which runs from 11 a.m. to…
Summer Solstice Ushers in Farmers Market Season
The longest day of the year, the Summer Solstice will begin at 6:07 a.m. Thursday (probably before most of us rise from our beds) and mark the official astrological beginning of summer for the Northern Hemisphere. I looked up the definition of the Summer Solstice…
Paddle Mansfield Hollow on the Summer Solstice with TLGV
Join Chief Ranger Bill Reid, 5 – 7 p.m., June 21 at Mansfield Hollow State Park, 151 Bassetts Bridge Road, Mansfield, CT for an evening Summer Solstice Paddle. Celebrate the first day of summer and the summer solstice with Ranger Bill Reid for an enjoyable…
Join TLGV and Horizon Wings for June Acorn Adventure!
Join us 11 a.m. to 12:30, June 16, 9 Sand Hill Road, Ashford, CT for our Acorn Adventure with Horizon Wings. Tour the Horizon Wings Raptor Rehabilitation facility and meet the raptors. We’ll meet all the birds and get to know the owls. We’ll talk…
June a Busy Month for Nature and TLGV Rangers
“The big surge of green is past. Now there will be several weeks of urgent growth before the Midsummer lull when that growth will be completed, and energies will go into seed maturing. Trees are more uniform green. Meadows are lush. Farmers begin to cut…