Planting Native Plants – East River/White Birch Drive

Last autumn, Eversource clear-cut their transmission right-of-way all across the town, and the small property the Land Trust owns on the East River was completely cleared of tall vegetation. Eversource has provided us with low-growing native plants we can replant with, and this work party will get these young plants into the ground. The plants are small: either plugs or 1 gallon containers, but we have about 60 of them to get established. If you’d like to help us, please bring a shovel and trowel, along with work gloves and good boots, and meet us at the southern end of White Birch Drive. We’ll be on the southern side of the stone bridge over the East River, about 800ft from the intersection of White Birch and Nut Plains Road. [est 2 – 3 hours]

Heavy rain will usually cancel any of these work parties, so if you have questions about the schedule, please feel free to contact me stewardship@guilfordlandtrust.org or Paul Proulx pauljproulx@comcast.net on the morning of each event. We’ll also announce cancellations or schedule changes by email, so it’s a good idea to check your mail before you leave the house. Paul also carries his cell phone (203-687-7756) on these events, so if you’re late and want people to wait, give him a call.