Plan for Perennials

Now is a great time to plan your garden for next year. Pollinators need our help and you can plant pollinator-friendly perennials depending on the conditions in your yard or community garden space. Want to know more? Check out some of our favorite pollinator plants. You can also attend a workshop on planting native perennials from seed as part of the Yale-Peabody Museum programs led by Museum Educator and HLCT Board Member Jim Sirch. ​

Lights Out for Birds

At our 2022 annual meeting, our featured speakers were HLCT Board Members Bob Pattison and Craig Repasz who gave a presentation about Lights Out Connecticut. Across the state, local residents, bird lovers, and conservationists are working together to help birds migrate safely. Most migratory birds fly at night, and nearly 1 billion are killed when artificial lights from cities and towns disorient them, leading to fatal window collisions and other hazards. Find out how to adjust the lighting in your home or business to help give safe passage to migratory birds and other wildlife. 

Preserving Six Lakes

Your land trust is working as part of a coalition of like-minded individuals and groups that have come together to preserve and make the 100-acre wildlife and aquatic resource known as Six Lakes or "Powder Farm" available to the public. For too long, this property, owned by out-of-state Olin Corporation, has remained contaminated and without public access. Recently, the Hamden Legislative Council passed a resolution in support of preserving Six Lakes with the ultimate goal of its becoming a public park. The town document resolves that “the Hamden Legislative Council shall support the environmental remediation and the conversion of the former Olin Powder Farm site to public access and public use as envisioned by the people of Southern Hamden.” The time has come for Hamden to have the opportunity to make the most of this beautiful natural resource. To find out more, please visit 6lakes.org.