One of the most anticipated rites of late summer in Southern New England is the visit of the Monarch Butterflies to open fields and roadsides where milkweed thrives — and these magnificently graceful and colorful butterflies stop to breed, lay their eggs, and create a new generation to take its place in a unique odyssey…

Learn all about flint corn – its cultivation, grinding and Native American traditional uses of corn and then taste johnnycakes and succotash. Suggested donation – $5, children free. Please register for this event: email jane.baumann@sklt.org or call 401-789-0962.

POSTPONED until new turbine can be tested. The grist mill will be running again after a significant overhaul and rebuild of the turbine. Come help celebrate its return to active use on Sunday, October 25th at 2pm. Johnnycakes will be served. Please register for this event: email jane.baumann@sklt.org or call 401-789-0962.

Join us before Halloween for a not-so-spooky talk about bats!  University of Rhode Island professor Dr. Peter August will review bat diversity around the world with special emphasis on bats of southern New England. He will discuss the surprisingly complex annual cycle of our most common bat – the little brown bat of southern New…

Please join SKLT and the Contemporary Theater Company (CTC) on Thursday, July 30th for our third annual Farm Dinner – a celebration of local food and local talent combined! Entertainment will be provided by members of the CTC ensemble. So get your tickets early – this event is sure to reach capacity quickly. Dinner will…

2015 Land Trust Days, coordinated by the Rhode Island Land Trust Council, will be held at sites across the state from August 8 through October 14, with a special kick-off “Blue Moon Celebration” at the SKLT’s Weeden Farm on Friday July 31 at7:00 p.m. “Discover Your True Nature” by getting outside to enjoy the state’s…