Granby Land Trust
Godard Preserve trailhead
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The Granby Land Trust’s Godard Preserve trailhead, located off of Donahue Road in North Granby, welcomes visitors to this special property.
Friends of Holcomb Farm
Building for Holcomb Farm’s future begins
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Hold on to your hard hats. Construction renovations have begun at 87 Simsbury Road, the soon-to-be home of the Holcomb Farm CSA and Farm Store.
Granby Land Trust
Schlicht Family Preserve
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This winter’s snow has created terrific conditions for outdoor enthusiasts on Granby Land Trust trails.
Friends of Holcomb Farm
Rooted In Community: Grassroots and Deep Roots host Give Back Days for Fresh Access
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Mark your calendars! Grassroots Ice Cream and Deep Roots Street Food will host three Fresh Access Give Back Days this year: Tuesday, May 19, Tuesday, July 21 and Tuesday, Sept. 15. During each Give Back Day, Grassroots and Deep Roots will donate 10 percent of profits from all three locations—in Granby, Simsbury and New Milford—to Fresh Access.
Granby Land Trust
Granby Land Trust — March 2026
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Support Great Global Cleanup® on Earth Day weekend, Coffee and Cocoa at the Cabin, and Volunteers needed!
Great Outdoors
Growing together: Granby Community Garden
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For about 50 years, the Granby Community Garden has played a quiet but meaningful role in Granby’s community life, offering residents a shared place to grow food, learn from one another, and stay connected to the land.
Great Outdoors
Spring gardening advice
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In northern Connecticut, spring gardening (March through May) focuses on indoor seed starting, cleaning up debris, improving soil and planting cool-weather crops. Start peppers, tomatoes and eggplants indoors six to eight weeks before the last frost date.
Great Outdoors
Divine poppyseed pound cake
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This is simply delicious! A dear friend worked at Rosie’s Bakery in Boston 40+ years ago and always brought it when she visited.
Great Outdoors
Hike, ski or snowshoe the Tree Trail
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Bluebird skies and fresh tracks cutting through a blanket of crisp white snow on the Holcomb Tree Trail. Winter is a great time to enjoy the Tree Trail! Grab your snowshoes or cross-country skis and head on over.
Great Outdoors
Spring is a promise
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Two harbingers of spring are the mourning cloak butterfly and the rising sap of oak and maple trees. The mourning cloak is one of several species that overwinter as adults, dark brown, almost black, with a line of iridescent spots and a border of bright yellow.