Calendar of Events

Team GLT (minus Rick) at the Greenway Challenge finish line.

2010 Canoe/Kayak Adventure

2011 - Events

September 24th, Tufts Open House

The Tufts Open House is a great place to tell folks our wonderful story and encourage more to join! This is a great event with fun activities for the whole family.

October 9th, Big Pumpkin Trail Ride

Get yourself dressed up, along with your favorite horse, and enjoy a 10 mile long course. The trail ride centers around Potter Hill and Martha Deering Properties, with the start and finish at the Brigham Hill Community Barn (37 Wheeler Rd). For a registration form, click here.

October 15th, Presidents' Pancake Breakfast and Fall Colors Hike 8:00AM to 10AM

Join us for our Annual Pancake Breakfast and Fall Color Hike at the Community Barn! An amazing breakfast will be catered by the Buggy Whip, featuring delicious pancakes, genuine maple syrup and other breakfast essentials (scrambled eggs, sausage pattties, fruit juice and coffee, tea or milk)! Afterwards, folks can spread out for self-guided tours of our properties. For more details and to register by mail, click here. To register on line, click here.

October 16th, Craig LeClaire/Rich Vacca Scholarship Trail Race

10:00AM at the Grafton Community Barn. An amazing 5k trail run through beautiful Grafton Land Trust property. Proceeds benefit the Craig LeClaire/Rich Vacca Scholarship at Grafton High School, the Grafton Land Trust and the Community Harvest Project. On site registration begins at 8:30. Click here to pre register. Click here for a course map.

November 4th, Annual Dinner
We will bring the year to a close with our Annual Meeting and Dinner at Highfields in Grafton. A silent auction will take place during the evening as well.

 

2011 - Past events, photos & Info

September 11th, "Good Dog Trail Race and Canine Social"

3:00PM at the Grafton Lion's Club. Dogs, bring your humans for a canine social, and a 3 mile trail run/walk in Gummere Woods. For photos of this year's race go to: https://picasaweb.google.com/GraftonLandTrust/GoodDogRun2011#.

May 22nd, Members-Only Island BBQ- We enjoyed burgers, hot dogs and a whole lot of fun on Fletcher Reserve (Silver Lake Island) for an Island BBQ. To see more about this great event, click here.

May 1st, Quinsigamond River Canoe/Kayak Adventure

The GLT took to the water for our Annual Canoe/Kayak Adventure. We really had a blast, and take a look at these photos to see just how perfect a day it was!

April 16th, Community Day & Earth Day Celebration
Thanks to all the volunteers who helped us in our annual celebration of Earth Day! We cleaned up the streets, rivers, lake and trails! Check out these cool pictures ....Riverside Park never looked cleaner!

April 17th, Spring Trail Clean Up

A team of all-start trail builders did a terrific job building and clearing a trail at Old Dawes Pond. Check out these pictures.

March 25th - 27th , Cultural Council Art Show at the Municipal Center- The GLT presented 4 cash prizes for:

• Best Nature Artwork (Any Medium)
• Best Nature Photo (Photography)  
• Best Child's Nature Artwork (5yr -11yr)
• Best Youth Nature Artwork (12yr-18yr)

Go to: Graftonartsfestival.org for more information.

March 6th, New England Animals! 10AM-12PM, at Community Barn
This exciting family friendly program featured animals we can find in our own back yards. We learned about each animal’s impact on their habitats. Featured Animals: Red Fox, Woodchuck, Skunk, Ferret, Snapping Turtle, Milk Snake, Tree frog, and a special guest - a Canadian Lynx!

February 26th, Tracking with Paul Wanta,
The GLT and MassAudobon sponsored this winter tracking program. We discovered some amazing tracks of fox, otter, mink and a host of other amazing wildlife with tracker, teacher and naturalist Paul Wanta of Wendall Depot MA. Photos

January 16th, Matinee Movie at the Barn, 1PM to 3PM
We met at the Barn to watch the AMAZING Discovery/Channel video Life. Good time had by all - check out these photos.

 

2010 - Photos & Info

 

2010 was an amazing year for the Grafton Land Trust programs and events. Read about all the great things we did below...

April 24 9AM-2PM Community Day & Earth Day Celebration
We cleaned up Grafton and celebrated Earth Day! Streets, rivers, lakes, trails were all cleaned up by an army of amazing community members! To find out more, click here.

April 25th, 11 AM, Spring Trail Clean Up

Our annual GLT Spring Trail Clean-up was a big success. We worked on a trail section in Gummere Wood that was cut last year, and had a blast fixing it up. For more info, click here.

May 16, 1PM Canoe/Kayak Adventure, May 16, 1PM

On May 16th, GLT takes to the water for our Annual Canoe/Kayak Adventure. Meet us at Ekblaw Landing at 1PM with your boat where we'll launch and explore the Quinsigamond River. We'll shuttle everyone back to pick up vehicles when we reach the end at Riverview Park. Find our more by clicking here.

June 6 GLT Celebrates National Trails Day, 9AM

Meet at the Brigham Hill Community Barn. Help build a new trail segment on our recently acquired property off of Brigham Hill Rd. Click here for details.

July 1 "Good Dog" Trail Run, 6PM Lion's Club

Dogs, bring your humans for a 3mile trail run/walk in Gummere Woods. Click here for registration and details.

September Tufts Open House
The Tufts Open House was a great place to tell folks our wonderful story and encourage more to join! This is a great event with fun activities for the whole family.

October 17 Craig LeClaire/Rich Vacca Scholarship Trail Race (Results)
This 5k trail race, and 2 mile walk starts at the Community Barn and then through the beautiful Williams and Marster's Preserves. Proceeds benefit the Craig LeClaire/Rich Vacca Scholarship at Grafton High School, the Grafton Land Trust and the Community Harvest Project. To see more info about this great race, click here. For a course map, click here.

October 31 Big Pumpkin Trail Ride
Over 75 riders came to enjoy a 10 mile long course, The trail ride centered around Potter Hill and Martha Deering Properties, with the start and finish at the Brigham Hill Community Barn (37 Wheeler Rd).

November 5 Annual Meeting
Thank you for celebrating a wonderful year with us at the GLT Annual Meeting with Dinner.

2010 - Photos & Info about past events

 

2009 - Photos & Info

And take a look at our 2009 events, an amazing year for us all!

Outdoor Almanac

 

While our calendar of events may be of interest to you, you might also be intrigued by the calendar of events nature has planned for us. Check out the Mass Audubon calendar of events by clicking here: