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Annual Meeting
Please join us for an inspiring evening of connection, conservation, and community. Our Annual Meeting is a great opportunity to get to know your Land Trust – learn more about our impact over the past year, our goals for the year ahead, and meet the people who make it all possible.
We’ll share brief updates on our stewardship work and recognize our incoming and retiring board members who help guide our mission to protect Darien’s natural spaces.
We’re also thrilled to welcome Tina Morris, author of Return to the Sky: The Surprising Story of How One Woman and Seven Eaglets Helped Restore the Bald Eagle.
Tina earned her graduate degree in ornithology and wildlife biology at Cornell University, where she helped pioneer techniques for reintroducing Bald Eagles to the wild, a breakthrough that inspired restoration programs in other eastern states. Her work earned her the rare honor of being inducted as an honorary Iroquois into the Confederacy of Six Nations.
Come hear Tina’s remarkable story, celebrate the impact of our community’s support, and connect with the people dedicated to preserving Darien’s open spaces.
Reception to follow. Kindly RSVP here.
Recent Events
Join Us at The Mather Homestead’s Fall Harvest Festival!
Join Us at The Mather Homestead’s Fall Harvest Festival!
Come visit Darien Land Trust at The Mather Homestead’s Fall Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 25, from 11 AM–2 PM. We’ll challenge you and your kiddos with a fun activity — can you spot five native trees on the property?
This beloved family event is packed with fall fun: pony rides, a petting zoo, hay rides, face painting, pumpkin decorating, crafts, games, cider & donuts, and live music!
Get your tickets here.
Documentary Film
Gardening for the Planet is an uplifting film that shows how something as simple as the plants you choose for your garden can be impactful in the struggle to combat climate change. This film highlights how even one person can improve the ecosystem in their tiny part of the planet – their own lawn – by planting native plants instead of invasive ones.
We are proud to partner with the Darien Library, The Garden Club of Darien, Darien Pollinator Pathway, Darien Green Wave, and the Darien Nature Center to bring this inspiring message to our community. Please register here.
Celebrate National Clean Up Month with Us!
September is National Clean Up Month, and there’s no better way to take part than by joining our Community Clean Up at Olson Woods on Sunday, September 21 from 10 AM–12 PM.
Bring the family, enjoy the fresh air, and be part of a nationwide effort to care for our environment, right here in Darien. Together, we’ll get this beautiful property ready for fall.
Please bring a rake, fork, gloves, and a wheelbarrow if you have one. Click here to register.
Celebrate the Land
Join us for Celebrate the Land, an elegant and sustainable evening under the stars at Waterbury Field on Saturday, September 6 at 5:30 PM. Enjoy locally sourced food, live music, and great company as we gather in support of Darien Land Trust’s mission to preserve and protect the natural beauty of our community. Tickets go on sale July 14.
We are deeply grateful to our sponsors for their generous early support of Celebrate the Land. Their commitment helps make this special evening possible and directly supports our mission. Thank you for helping us safeguard the land we all cherish!
To buy tickets and learn more, click here.
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please click here.
Cherry Lawn Community Gardens
Celebrate 50 Years of Cherry Lawn Community Gardens!
Join us on Saturday, June 28th (rain date: June 29th) from 1:00–4:00 PM at Cherry Lawn Park as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Darien’s Cherry Lawn Community Gardens! This free, family-friendly event will feature fun and educational activities for all ages — and Darien Land Trust will be there!
Stop by our table to learn about our local little brown bat, an endangered species vital to our ecosystem. Eagle Scout candidate Kate Johnson has built 6 large bat boxes for Land Trust preserves and will be on hand to share her knowledge and her process for constructing these custom-built homes. Join us for a fun community art project inspired by these fascinating nighttime pollinators.
Location: Cherry Lawn Park, 120 Brookside Road (next to the playground)
Adventure Day
Join us for a day of outdoor fun at Adventure Day!
Walk our beautiful nature trails, soar through the air on the zipline, and test your skills with games in Adventure Land. Explore local ecology at hands-on activity stations featuring live animals, and take a magical stroll through the Gnome and Fairy Village. Don’t miss the I Spy Corner, and cool off with a sweet treat from the Mister Softee ice cream truck!
Register today to join the fun:
We’re also looking for volunteers!
If you’d like to help make Adventure Day a success, sign up to volunteer here.
Lawns for Life
Trail Fix Day
Please join us for our annual trail fix and clean up! We’ll be sprucing up Dunlap and Selleck’s Woods. Please wear gloves and working shoes and bring a rake, fork and wheelbarrow (if possible).
Parking located at the end of Parklands Drive. Register here.
Spring into Nature
Join the Darien Land Trust at Spring into Nature for a fun, hands-on activity all about bats!
Did you know bats are the only mammals that can fly like birds? And they use something called echolocation — sending out sounds and listening for echoes — to find their food in the dark.
Come visit our table to see how bats help us by eating pesky insects (8,000 per night!) and learn cool ways to help protect these amazing nighttime creatures.
Author Talk: Jacqueline Emery and David Lei, Finding Flaco
Did you fall in love with Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle-owl who escaped the Central Park Zoo and captured the hearts of millions?
Join the Darien Land Trust, Darien Library, and Darien Nature Center on Thursday, April 17 at 7 PM at Darien Library for a special author event with wildlife photographers Jacqueline Emery and David Lei.
Their new book, Finding Flaco: Our Year with New York City’s Beloved Owl, chronicles the incredible journey of Flaco — from his escape and first clumsy flights to becoming a symbol of resilience and wonder in the heart of Manhattan. Emery and Lei observed Flaco over 150 times, capturing intimate photos and stories that show how he learned to fly, hunt, and survive in the wild.
To learn more about Flaco’s incredible adventures, register here.
Author Talk with Pamela Lowell: My Summer with Ospreys
The Darien Nature Center, Darien Land Trust and Darien Library invite you to an inspiring talk with author and therapist Pamela Lowell about her new book, My Summer With Ospreys: A Therapist’s Journey Toward Hope, Community, and Healing Our Planet. In this deeply personal narrative, Lowell, a trauma specialist and avid birder, shares her transformative experience accompanying Mass Audubon on their weekly Osprey nest monitoring project on the Westport River.
Register here.
Beyond Zero
Don’t Miss This Eye-Opening Documentary on Business and Sustainability!
Join Darien Land Trust and our partners—Darien Library, Darien Nature Center, Darien Pollinator Pathway, Garden Club of Darien, and Darien Green Wave—for a powerful screening of Beyond Zero. This must-see documentary tells the remarkable true story of Interface, a billion-dollar global carpet company that went from being an environmental offender to a groundbreaking leader in sustainability.
Follow visionary CEO Ray Anderson as he takes an extraordinary leap, challenging corporate norms and risking everything to eliminate his company’s negative environmental impact by 2020. His bold transformation sparks a new industrial revolution—one that proves sustainability and profitability can go hand in hand.
Don’t miss this inspiring film that will leave you rethinking the future of business, industry, and our planet! Register here.
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