Enjoy a guided morning walk at Schlesinger Bird Preserve with Shelley Harms, Executive Director of Salisbury Association and an avid birder. Bring binoculars.
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.
Looking for a fun activity with family or visitors on a summer afternoon? Play the new walking tour game, an exploratory of Salisbury’s Main Street. Pick up for free at the Academy Building. Or download the walking tour questions and answer sheet HERE. Whether you’re new to town or a long-time resident, you’ll discover interesting tidbits about places we pass every day.
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.
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!
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 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 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!
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.
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.
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
The affordable housing crisis has been negatively affecting Salisbury residents, workers, and business owners for decades. Visit the exhibit to learn what affordable housing is, why we need more of it, and the organizations creating housing solutions for Salisbury residents. Preview future affordable housing projects and learn how to get involved.
