May 9 - Southwick Spiff Up

Part of the Great Global Cleanup® 

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Join the 3rd annual clean up of Southwick’s road sides

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Starts at Daily Grind Cafe, 568 College Highway. 

Please arrive anytime between 9 to 11 am to say hi ☺, enjoy some free pastries from Mrs. Murphy's, Blossoming Acres, Pasticceria Italia and free coffee from the Daily Grind Café, then get clean up supplies and sign up for an area of town you'd like to clean up before we set out to clean Southwick’s roads.

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All are welcome, including from different communities!

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Native plants from the Native Plant Trust will be for sale,

cash or card, to raise funds for SLT. We will be posting a plant list closer to the date noting the specific varieties and pricing.

 

 

 

 May 20 -Morticulture​

lecture with Margery Winters of the Roaring Brook Nature Center

at Southwick Public Library, 95 Feeding Hills Road, Southwick, MA

6:30 to 8 pm

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Morticulture is the practice of intentionally leaving dead trees and downed woody debris in forests to enhance biodiversity, soil health, and habitat. 

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The Southwick Land Trust is bringing an informative talk from Margery Winters on the importance of declining and dead trees. Once considered a wasted resource and a hazard in forest landscapes, dead trees and logs are now known to be valuable and essential parts of a healthy forest ecosystem.  

 

Join Margery Winters from the Roaring Brook Nature Center in Canton, CT (and president of the Simsbury Land Trust!) to learn about morticulture and how dead and dying trees provide habitat and food for many terrestrial and aquatic species, act as seedbeds for new trees, and serve as a source of water, energy, carbon, and nutrients for the entire forest.

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FREE, REGISTRATION REQUIRED, VISIT
www.tinyurl.com/deadtrees2026  
 

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