red columbine
On Thursday July 18, 2024, from 10 am to noon, join Marc Doherty, Westerly Land Trust’s Land Stewardship manager, for a walk at WLT’s Grills Preserve. Located along the Pawcatuck River in Bradford, Grills has a wide variety of habitats and soil types, including a diversity of wetlands, rocky outcrops, pitch pine uplands and floodplain forest.
Plants of note include Nantucket shadbush (Amelanchier nantucketensis), pink lady slipper (Cypripedium acaule), red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), and the funky hackberry (Celtis occidentalis). Learn more about Grills Preserve, including its history and trail maps, here. Pictures on flickr taken at Grills Preserve by Doug McGrady in April. Click here
Note: A composting toilet is available at the trailhead.
This walk is free and open to the public. Donations are appreciated. DONATE
Registration Below. We will email the meet up location and directions to those who register a few days before the walk using either office@riwps.org or communications@riwps.org. (Be sure to check your spam/junk folder if you do not get this email.)
Cancellations. We always have more people who want to attend a walk than can be accommodated. Please if you find that you cannot attend, notify the office@riwps.org as soon as possible.
This walk is a part of our First Thursday Botanizing Walk Series which is free and open to the public. See our Botanizing Walks home page for important details you should know about the walks in this series.
As with all our walks, sturdy footwear, clothing appropriate for the weather and for protection against sun exposure, ticks and other insects, briers, tree root etc. as well as a sufficient supply of water and nourishment are essential. Dogs are not permitted.