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Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who supported us this past Giving Tuesday, celebrating the places that make Hamden special. With your help, we raised nearly $2,000 to help preserve our town’s open spaces, nature trails, pollinator gardens, and support the free Seed Library.

Thank you for helping to make Hamden a greener, healthier place to live for families today and generations to come.

Shout Out

We call them Work Parties because, although we get work done, we have a lot of fun together. Thank you to our intrepid volunteers from this season who have planted native pollinator perennials at Jepp Brook Meadow along the Farmington Canal Trail and tamed invasive mugwort at the land trust's portion of the Stormwater Retention project (rain garden) at Hamden Town Center this fall.

If you like, join us for a future volunteer Work Party to come. You'll get your hands dirty and meet some super folks who care about our environment. Come for an hour or whatever time you can spare. As always, wear gardening gloves, sturdy shoes, and bring drinking water.

Make a Difference

Sometimes the challenges facing our environment feel too big to tackle — as if one person’s actions couldn’t possibly make a difference. But that’s simply not true. When you support your local land trust, you’re already making an impact right here at home. Every member helps protect the natural spaces, wildlife, and green places that make Hamden a healthier, more vibrant community.
Not yet a member? Join us! You’ll become part of a dedicated, caring group of neighbors working together to keep Hamden green and thriving. When we take action together, we can accomplish so much!

Join Us

December Workshops

Save the Date! Winter Sowing Workshops — Grow Your Own Native Perennials
Discover how to grow your own free native perennial plants at one of our hands-on winter sowing workshops, led by our own HLCT Board Member Jim Sirch. Registration is required and spots fill quickly. To attend, click on the appropriate link below.

Whitneyville Library — Thursday, December 4 | 6–7:45 p.m.
Register Here.

Miller Library — Saturday, December 6 | 2–4 p.m.
Register Here.

Bring a clean, empty, transparent half-gallon milk or water jug if you can — and we’ll provide the rest.
All supplies are free, thanks to the generous support of the Greater New Haven Green Fund, the NewAlliance Foundation, the Friends of the Hamden Library and your land trust.

Six Lakes

Owned by out-of-state Olin Corporation, Six Lakes is a beautiful wooded property in Hamden that could one day be available for the public to enjoy once it has been cleaned up by its owner. Your land trust is part of a coalition working toward that outcome. Learn more about preserving Six Lakes.