Community Event

Our annual meeting will (finally) be held in person after a 2-year hiatus.  We will meet on Saturday, April 9, from 4-6 p.m. at the Mansfield Eagleville Firehouse Community Center on Rt. 32 in Mansfield.  Lynn Stoddard of Sustainable Connecticut is the speaker.  We will have a short social hour – so come greet your […]

Bring a short (1-2 minutes) reading – poem, essay – that inspires your affection for nature. Robert Thorson, co-coordinator of the Joshua's Trust Book Critters, will lead a short walk through the Knowlton Hill Preserve. At two stops, the overlook of Knowlton Pond and the crest of the drumlin, attendees will be invited to share […]

Dance around the Maypole with us on Sunday, May 1, 2-4 p.m.  The Mansfield Fiddlers will lead us as we twirl our ribbons around the pole at the Atwood Farm.  We’ll make May baskets and windsocks to keep or give away.  Please note that this is weather-dependent

Join George Jacobi on May 14, 1-3 PM at the Gurleyville Grist Mill: Come out this spring and give nature and a notebook your attention for a while. You won’t really be learning to “write” (you may already write) but reminding yourself how to be in the world, engaging purposefully with the living mystery hidden […]

Come and explore the historic Gurleyville Grist Mill.

Come and explore the historic Gurleyville Grist Mill.

Come and explore the historic Gurleyville Grist Mill.

Come and explore the historic Gurleyville Grist Mill.

Come to the Trust’s inaugural Ice Cream Social (from the Dairy Bar)! on Saturday June 11, from 12- 4pm. at the Atwood Farm.  (There will be a small charge for the ice cream.) We will join with other Connecticut museums on Open House Day – including our Gurleyville Grist Mill – to showcase the two […]

Join Connecticut Open House Day and explore the Grist Mill.