Earth Day Weekend 2024 — Help Keep Granby Beautiful!
Please join the Granby Land Trust (GLT) in its 3rd Annual Earth Day Roadside Cleanup, April 18-22 – an easy way to make a positive difference for the animals and humans who call Granby home. Last year, GLT members and friends picked up more than 1,500 pounds of trash. Let’s do even better this year.
Gather your friends, invite your book club, organize your youth group, Boy Scout Troop, or soccer team — or just get out there on your own! You pick the street, you pick the friends, and you pick the time; we’ll provide the dumpster so you can easily dispose of it all. The dumpster will be in the back parking lot at Holcomb Farm in West Granby from April 18-22.
Please email us at info@granbylandtrust.org to let us know where you plan to work to prevent doubling up and so we can track our reach. And, if you’re willing, please send us pictures of yourself and your fellow volunteers — and the trash you’ve collected — so we can share them on social media to inspire others.
Once your work is done, reward yourself with a relaxing afternoon at Lost Acres Vineyard. Show a photo of yourself and your trash to our friends at the tasting counter, and they’ll give you a free glass of wine and a 10 percent discount on bottles as a way of saying thank you. Thank you, Lost Acres Vineyard!
To learn more, go to GranbyLandTrust.org and click on events. We have organized this event as part of the Great Global Cleanup®, a worldwide campaign to remove billions of pieces of trash from neighborhoods, beaches, rivers, lakes, trails, and parks — reducing waste and plastic pollution, improving habitats, and preventing harm to wildlife and humans. The Granby Land Trust thanks you in advance for your efforts!
Mother’s Day spring migration bird walks
Join us for a Land Trust tradition: our Mother’s Day weekend spring migration bird walks led by expert birders John Weeks and Christine Chinni on May 11 and 12 on the GLT’s Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve, 253 Loomis Street in North Granby. They start promptly at 7 a.m. You’ll see a variety of birds at this time of year, as they return from a winter away. You don’t have to be a birder to enjoy this quiet morning in the woods.
Please register in advance for this event. Space is limited and priority will go to GLT members. We will offer two walks again this year to accommodate as many guests as possible. Participants should be sure to bring binoculars. Children old enough to handle binoculars are welcome to participate. Please leave your dogs at home.
To register, email John Weeks at aerie.john@cox.net or call 860-844-8965.
