Community Corner
Hike & Hunt at Phillips Farm Preserve Sunday
Free guided hikes, children's scavenger hunt and more this weekend.
Event: Hike and Scavenger Hunt
Date: April 6, 2014
Rain Date: Heavy rain cancels
Time: 2 p.m.
Admission: Free
Organizers: Southbury Land Trust, 203-264-4441
Location: Phillips Farm Preserve, 450 Sanford Road
Beginning at 2 p.m., activities will include a children’s scavenger hunt, a tree walk, short and long distance hiking, refreshments and prizes for the scavenger hunters.
Starting the program, David Liedlich will give a talk on the American Chestnut Tree restoration that the Southbury Land Trust has participated in for the past 5 years.
Then join a walk led by Deputy Tree Warden Leslie MacLise-Kane through the forest at the preserve. Information about the Emerald Ash Borer and other threats to Southbury’s trees will be shared.
Appropriate footwear suggested.
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