Granby Land Trust
Granby Land Trust celebrates 50th anniversary at its annual meeting
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About 75 members of the Granby Land Trust gathered at the Holcomb Farm North Barn on Oct. 23 for a 50th Anniversary Celebration Potluck Dinner.
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New sugar maple at Mary Edwards Property
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On Oct. 19, the Granby Land Trust planted a young sugar maple near the iconic, old sugar maple in the front field on the GLT’s Mary Edwards Mountain Property.
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Granby Land Trust
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The colors! How many times have we all remarked on the beautiful foliage this year?
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GLT Art Show at Lost Acres Vineyard open through November 27
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Immerse yourself in New England’s natural beauty at the Granby Land Trust’s 15th annual juried art show, open through Sunday, Nov. 27, at Lost Acres Vineyard, 80 Lost Acres Road in North Granby. Gallery hours are Friday and Saturday from 12 to 6 p.m., Sunday from 12 to 5 p.m.
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Granby Land Trust celebrates 50 years
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In the last two years, many nonprofit organizations in town have celebrated anniversary milestones.
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Granby Land Trust
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In its quarterly publication, Connecticut Woodlands, the Connecticut Forest and Park Association recently featured photos of a Granby Land Trust hike led by board member Jen Plourde.
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Signs of spring on the Land Trust’s properties
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“At last came the golden month of the wild folk—honey-sweet May, when the birds come back, and the flowers come out, and the air is full of the sunrise scents and songs of the dawning year.”
— Samuel Scoville Jr.
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Support the Granby Land Trust and preserve our natural heritage
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What’s your favorite thing about living in Granby? If you said, “the rural feel,” “the access to nature,” or “the farms and open space,” then we hope you will consider joining the Granby Land Trust.
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Steve Perry—invaluable asset to the Granby Land Trust
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If you enjoy hiking in the Granby Land Trust’s preserves, you have probably noticed on the kiosks at the entrances to the properties that there is information on how you can download a map of the trails therein. The man behind this technology, who also happens to have made the kiosks, is Steve Perry.
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Granby Land Trust explores Wilhelm Farm woodlands
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Granby Land Trust members Ann Wilhelm and Bill Bentley graciously invited the Granby Land Trust to join them and DEEP forester David Beers for a walk at Wilhelm Farm on Nov. 14. Providing food for the Wilhelm family from 1936 to 1990, the farm has now switched its emphasis to a managed forest that provides timber, songbird, deer, and small mammal habitat, and most important in this time of climate change, carbon sequestration and storage.