Protecting Land and Preserving Heritage. Forever.
Almost all Trust programs are free of charge; however, we welcome your donation so we can continue bringing you great outdoor and conservation activities and events.
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Mason’s Mill and Freeman Preserve – looking at history through water. Tina Waller and Donna McLaughlin. Weather-dependent. No dogs. Children over 5 welcome. Register at joshuastrust.org/mason-mill-history
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
Saturday, May 7, 10 am – 12 pm, Bernard Church Woods, 385 Bujak Road, Chaplin, coordinates 41.818996, -72.152960
Saturday, May 14, 10 am – 12 pm, Rankin Preserve, Route 89, Ashford, no address, coordinates 41.870848, -72.160584
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.
Tina Waller, local historian, will introduce us to the Old Connecticut Path which forms a part of the Madeline Regan Preserve, and explain the importance of it. Register at Joshuastrust.org/regan-walk-3
Saturday, May 21, 10 am – 12 pm, Hubbard Sanctuary and Agnes’s Pasture, 495 Phoenixville Road, Chaplin, park behind Chaplin Town Hall, coordinates 41.801517, -72.124721
Come and explore the historic Gurleyville Grist Mill.
Saturday, May 28, Dorothy Goodwin Reserve, 447 Browns Road, Mansfield, coordinates 41.763500, -72.237617