Events Calendar

Join York Land Trust and a special guest from Pierson Nurseries in Biddeford to learn about techniques to support native plants in your garden and the benefits of gardening with these varieties. You will get to see the native plants we will be selling at our Native Plant Sale on Saturday! Registration is required. Sign…

Stock up on native plants for your yard and garden at our 4th Annual Native Plant Sale! We’ll have 35 varieties of native perennials, shrubs, and trees, all provided by Pierson Nurseries in Biddeford. We'll also have a Bake Sale this year so you can enjoy sweet treats as you shop and support YLT! This…

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 Maine Master Naturalist Paul Dest as part of our Naturalist Adventure Series. Paul will lead a guided hike of our Highland Farm Preserve to discover the diverse range of habitats that span this special landscape. From grasslands and wet meadows to shrublands and rocky ledges to mature and young forests, this preserve showcases many…

Join York Land Trust and the York Conservation Commission at Highland Farm Preserve and learn to confidently identify and remove two notoriously aggressive invasive plant species: Japanese Knotweed and Japanese Pachysandra. These two plant species are opportunists who can be seen everywhere from roadsides and backyards to forests and fields. How did they get here…

Join our Stewardship Director, Liz Walworth, for a basic training on trail stewardship skills on one of YLT’s Limited Access Preserves. This hands-on training is for people of all skill levels interested in caring for local trails and is our official kickoff event for Love Maine Trails Month! Sign up here. Training Topics Will Include:   …

Join us for an informative presentation by two of Eldredge Lumber’s organic gardening experts, Susan Engel, a Maine Master Gardener Volunteer, and John Bochert, Eldredge’s Lawn & Garden Specialist. They will discuss gardening techniques for planting, maintaining, and harvesting organic gardens that support local plant and animal habitat. There is a vast array of microorganisms…

Come join York Land Trust Stewardship Staff to help build bridging structures on YLT's Smelt Brook Preserve and make our trails more accessible! All experience levels are welcome. All tools will be provided at the workday, but if you have any favorite tools for digging, cutting roots, power tools or trimming back brush - we…

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 scenic 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.…

Join special guest Michelle Hunt, a biologist formerly with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as she explores our region's native pollinators and discusses methods for supporting them through gardening with native flora. In this workshop, she will discuss some of the challenges monarch butterfly populations have faced recently and demonstrate how you can support…

Join a York Public Library Youth Librarian for a fairy house and gnome home adventure at York Land Trust headquarters! We'll take a walk on the trail to see if we can spy fairies and gnomes along the way. At the end of our walk we'll build some beautiful fairy houses and gnome homes using…

Join Darcy Specker of Cider Hill Yoga for an evening yoga class at York Land Trust headquarters to celebrate the Summer Solstice! Darcy brings more than a decade of yoga teaching experience, with a focus on vinyasa flow and the connection between breath and movement. She seeks to help students connect more deeply to the…