Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden, Bethlehem, CT

Bellamy-Ferriday House 9 Main Street North, Bethlehem, CT, United States

Private tour of extraordinary 1754 CT landmark house. Formal garden with heirloom roses, lilacs, and peonies added in 20th Century

Annual Bird Walk

Schlesinger Bird Preserve Scoville Ore Mine Road, Salisbury, CT, United States

Enjoy a guided morning walk at Schlesinger Bird Preserve with Shelley Harms, Executive Director of Salisbury Association and an avid birder.   Bring binoculars.

The Land We Protect: Conserving Our Natural Resources

Academy Building 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, United States

Exhibit highlights our local resources—water, forests, critical habitats, and more—and how the Land Trust, in cooperation with conservation partners, is working to conserve them.

Guided Mushroom Walk

Sugar Hill in Amesville, Salisbury

Dave Patton will lead a walk at Sugar Hill to learn about easy-to-identify mushrooms that are edible, toxic, and have medicinal properties. Limited to 20. Rain or shine. Pre-register.

4th of July Celebration at the Grove

Town Grove, 42 Ethan Allen Street, Lakeville

SAVE THE DATE! Be sure to join us for the annual 4th of July Celebration at the Town Grove. Reading of the Declaration of Independence, music by the Salisbury Band, food by Extras...fun time for all!

Bat Program and Count

Scoville Memorial Library and Academy Building 38 Main Street, Salisbury, CT

Learn about the flying mammals that roost in the attics of the Academy Building and Scoville Memorial Library from Devaugh Fraser, a CT DEEP wildlife biologist and a specialist in bats. Then help count the bats on their nightly flight out of the Academy Building.

What’s In a Name?

Academy Building 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, United States

What is the story behind the fascinating names of our streets and places...The Lock-up, Asylum, Ore Hill, Joyceville, Wells Hill? This interesting and fun exhibit tells the origins of street names and places in Salisbury.

What’s In a Name?

Academy Building 24 Main St, Salisbury, CT, United States

What is the story behind the fascinating names of our streets and places...Lock-up, Asylum, Ore Hill, Chapinville, Wells Hill? This interesting and fun exhibit tells the origins of street names and places in Salisbury. Reception on Sunday, July 30 from 4-6. Everyone is invited!

Housatonic Heritage Walk—The Ames Iron Works

Ames Iron Work, Falls Village, CT Falls Village, CT, United States

Lou Bucceri, from the Salisbury Association Historical Society, will share the fascinating history about the Ames Iron Works factory and the people that produced the most powerful cannon of the Civil War.

Housatonic Heritage Walks – Dark Hollow Preserve

Salmon Kill Road in Salisbury Salisbury, CT, United States

Join Tom Key, from the Salisbury Association Land Trust, for a walk on the three major trails which run through mixed hard-woods and pine/hemlock forests, skirt large rock out cropings, and descend along fields and wetlands. 1 hour – 2.5 miles. To view trail maps, visit www.salisburyassociation.org/land-trust/hiking-trails-preserves.

Guided Mushroom Walk

Sugar Hill in Amesville, Salisbury

Dave Patton will lead a walk at Sugar Hill to learn about easy-to-identify mushrooms that are edible, toxic, and have medicinal properties. Limited to 20. Rain or shine. Pre-register. 10 am - 11 am

Salisbury’s Iron Industry

Scoville Memorial Library 38 Main Street, Salisbury, CT

Dick Paddock, a member of the Salisbury Association Historical Society, will give an illustrated talk about the history of the iron industry in Salisbury/Lakeville. The Northwest Corner had vast areas of iron ore, limestone, and wood to make charcoal--the three main ingredients for iron
production. The early blast furnace produced tools and cooking utensils and then cannons for the Revolutionary War. It was replaced with the Holley Manufacturing Company, one of the early producers of pocketknives in the country. 4 pm - 5:30 pm