Events Calendar

Join local artist and Maine Master Naturalist, Allison Donohue, for a Plein Air Painting session at the York Land Trust Headquarters! Draw inspiration from the fields, pond, garden spaces, forest, and marshland and enjoy access to bathroom facilities and water. While there will be no formal lesson, new painters are welcome and Allison will be…

At this farmer's market-style event, enjoy the grounds of Bell Farm Shops while browsing through a variety of goods and services offered by local businesses! Flowers will be sold straight from the garden and pre-dug in buckets from the store. All raffle proceeds and 10% of Bell Farm Shops' sales for the day will be…

Join Maine Master Naturalist Paul Dest for a guided hike at Highland Farm Preserve. This walk will introduce participants to landscape-scale conservation efforts underway in this region, and the importance of regional conservation for protecting wildlife, biodiversity, and public access to nature. Participants will learn about the varied habitats at Highland Farm as well as…

In partnership with White Pine Programs, we offer a monthly bird walk on the 3rd Wednesday of each month! Join us for a walk through Highland Farm Preserve to learn how to ID birds, recognize birdsong, and explore the habitats birds love most. Family friendly and beginner birders welcome. Hike Difficulty: Easy to moderate. Most…

Join us for a guided hike with local author, Sarah Lamagna, at Fuller Forest Preserve! Sarah's new book Hiking with Kids New England: 50 Great Hikes for Families offers great tips for hiking with young people. She'll share some of those tips and answer any questions you might have about hiking with kiddos. As a…

Through September 12th: Enjoy a story about Pete the Cat along the trail at Fuller Forest Preserve .

We are so grateful for our members and as a thank you we are hosting a fun, casual ice cream social at YLT Headquarters. Enjoy the perfect summer treat from ice cream and gelato trucks that will be on site. Then have fun walking along the scenic trails, playing lawn games by our garden, and…

York Land Trust Stewardship Staff will be leading a manual Stilt grass removal effort, leaving volunteers with the skills to identify, report and remove invasive Stilt grass. There are currently only 5 sites in Maine infested with Stilt grass. This activity will both reduce the population of Stilt grass on the Wander Hill area and…

Stewardship Staff and York Land Trust Volunteers will be clearing a new trail and naturalizing woods roads on YLT’s new Lafcadio’s Woods Preserve property near Fuller Forest. This 1.9 Mile figure 8 shaped trail will wander across forested hills and rock formations, and be welcome to hikers, bikers, leashed pets and naturalists. Join us on…

Join York Land Trust and the Old York Garden Club for a workday at the York Middle School greenhouse and atrium. Volunteers will be clearing the greenhouse and atrium of weeds and cleaning up the potting area. This is the first step to getting the greenhouse and the atrium ready for new programing focused on…