Barrington Land Trust

Learning Series: Thirst for Justice (documentary film)
2025-09-09 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Barrington Public Library, 281 County Rd,, Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
Mary Lyons, an Ojibwe elder and spiritual advisor, at Standing Rock.
Join us for a free screening of Thirst for Justice, an award-winning documentary film about the quest for clean water, directed and produced by Leana Hosea. The event will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 7 pm in the Salem Family Auditorium at the Barrington Public Library. The 58-minute film will be followed by audience response.
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This event is part of the Land Trust Learning Series, a partnership between the Land Trust and the Barrington Public Library and supported by local sponsors.
Armed only with facts and their illnesses, extraordinary citizens take on industry and government, risking arrest to protect clean water. From Flint to the Navajo Nation, via Standing Rock, this is their story.
THIRST FOR JUSTICE follows Janene Yazzie as she searches for the source of contamination in her son’s school’s water in Sanders, Arizona. She suspects drinking uranium-contaminated water from the 1979 Church Rock dam spill caused her ovarian cancer.
Armed with a geiger counter she begins investigating radioactive waste on the Navajo Nation and finds areas hotter than evacuation zones in Chernobyl.
When the epic movement for water justice ignites in Standing Rock, Janene is compelled to join. There she meets Flint water activist Nayyirah Shariff and their struggles converge.
Janene travels to Flint, where she sees first hand the similarities between what’s happening in this inner-city and the Navajo experience.
The sacredness of water flows through the film, with the water ceremonies and teachings from water carriers, like Mary Lyons and other Water Protectors.

Thanks to our 2025 Land Trust Learning Series Sponsors!

Meridian Custom Homes ~ Providence
Charles E. Millard, Inc. General Contractors – Bristol
Tiffany’s Salon & Spa – Barrington
PODS Swimming – East Providence
Rosemary’s School of Dance – Warren, Bristol, Rehoboth
Jaffe Orthodontics – Barrington & Portsmouth

Town Resilience Garden Work Day
2025-09-06 09:00 - 11:00 | Barrington Town Hall, 283 County Road, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for volunteers who have registered to participate in the care of the Town’s Resilience Garden at Town Center. If you haven’t registered yet and would like to participate, you may register here and download the Town’s release of responsibility here.
On Saturday, Sept. 6, we’ll be doing general care and maintenance of the new Resilience Garden at Town Center.
REGISTER FOR THE WORK DAY
Please dress for the weather. Bring work gloves and your favorite weeder (hori hori, trowel, scratcher, cobrahead, etc.). We recommend you bring a water bottle.
Barrington Town Center is located at 283 County Road. Please park in the main lot behind Town Hall (not in Tapin’s lot), and walk down to the garden area, which is next to the entrance to Town Center next to the pond.

Town Resilience Garden Work Day
2025-08-26 09:00 - 11:00 | Barrington Town Hall, 283 County Road, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for volunteers who have registered to participate in the care of the Town’s Resilience Garden at Town Center. If you haven’t registered yet and would like to participate, you may register here and download the Town’s release of responsibility here.
On Tuesday, August 26, we’ll be doing general care and maintenance of the new Resilience Garden at Town Center.
REGISTER FOR THE WORK DAY
Please dress for the weather. Bring work gloves and your favorite weeder (hori hori, trowel, scratcher, cobrahead, etc.). We recommend you bring a water bottle.
Barrington Town Center is located at 283 County Road. Please park in the main lot behind Town Hall (not in Tapin’s lot), and walk down to the garden area, which is next to the entrance to Town Center next to the pond.

Student Stewardship Team - Veterans Memorial Park
2025-08-25 09:00 - 11:00 | Veterans Park, West Street, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Monday, Aug. 25, from 9-11 am, we’ll be doing trail work and picking up litter at Veterans Memorial Park.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy, water-resistant footwear. Bring a water bottle!
We’ll meet at the YMCA parking lot at 70 West St.

Art in Nature: Being [with] Trees with Kendall Reiss
2025-08-23 09:00 - 12:00 | Sowams Woods, South Lake Drive, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
The Barrington Land Conservation Trust’s “Art in Nature” Series presents a community workshop, “Being [with] Trees,” on Saturday, Aug. 23, from 9 am to noon, with artist Kendall Reiss. The workshop will take place at Sowams Woods in Barrington, RI. Participants will learn to produce molds from natural materials and transform them into art objects and wearables.
This free workshop is open to adults and students age 12+. No prior artistic experience is required. Registration is limited to 20 people.
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Sowams Woods, one of the properties protected by the Barrington Land Conservation Trust, is part of the ancestral homelands of the Pokanoket people. The preserve is considered a sacred area by the Pokonoket Tribe, a place of peace that was once set aside for women and for childbirth. In 2006, the Land Trust acquired Sowams Woods with the support of local, state, and federal funding and local philanthropists. The property encompasses 12 acres of forested land with a network of trails bordering Echo Lake.

Molding a Relationship with Trees
“With their ability to sequester carbon and provide clean water, forests are integral to understand earth’s climate and cultivate sustainable ecosystems,” says artist Kendall Reiss, a Professor at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University.
In this community workshop, participants will work with two different types of alginate to produce molds from trees, rocks, pinecones, and natural materials found at Sowams Woods. From these molds, participants will cast objects and wearables in concrete.
Kendall Reiss has conducted artistic projects among indigenous tree-species reforestation sites in Portugal, in networks of old growth forest in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, in the pine-esker forests of Finland, and with an indigenous tulip tree elder in her hometown of Bristol, R.I. Her work takes many forms: jewelry, objects, conversations, writings, rituals, exhibits, shared understandings, and community workshops.
“My hope is to fuel an ongoing collaboration in which trees are participants in artistic creation and biologic exchange,” she says.
Worksop Handout
Kendall Reiss
About Kendall Reiss
Kendall Reiss is a Professor of the Practice in Metals at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, where she serves as Chair of the 3D & Performance Department. A native of Bristol, she grew up exploring the rocky shoreline of Narragansett Bay. She earned a BS in Geology from Dickinson College, studied at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and received an MFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Kendall will be exhibiting cast glass objects from the Being [with] Trees series in an upcoming exhibition this fall at contemporary art gallery Sala 1 in Rome, Italy. Curated by Dr. Martina Tanga, the show, titled Learning from Trees: Artists & Climate Solutions, opens at the end of September and includes four artists from the Boston region. Her work also has been exhibited at museums in Finland and Portugal, the New York City Jewelry Week, the Baltimore Jewelry Center, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Bristol Art Museum, and Haskell Public Gardens. Kendall recently presented her ongoing research project, BEING [with] TREES at the College Art Association annual conference in the session, Learning from Trees: Artists & Climate Solutions.
Kendall has worked on curatorial projects at Brooklyn Metal Works, The Hotel Wilshire, Velvet da Vinci, and Alloy Gallery. She has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Fuller Craft Museum, and with Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft.
Kendall owns and operates the local arts initiative, Kendall Reiss Gallery & Studio, at 469 Wood Street in Bristol, RI. The business focuses on exhibiting the work of contemporary artists and jewelers, offers private instruction and small group classes in jewelry making and metalworking, in addition to serving as Kendall’s studio.

Student Stewardship Team - Barrington Middle School Garden
2025-08-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Barrington Middle School, 261 Middle Highway, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Thursday, Aug. 21, from 1-3 pm, we’ll be working at the Pollinator Garden behind the Barrington Middle School at 261 Middle Highway.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy, water-resistant footwear. Long pants and socks are recommended so we can spray for ticks. Bring a water bottle!
Thanks for participating!

Town Resilience Garden Work Day
2025-08-12 09:00 - 11:00 | Barrington Town Hall, 283 County Road, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for volunteers who have registered to participate in the care of the Town’s Resilience Garden at Town Center. If you haven’t registered yet and would like to participate, you may register here and download the Town’s release of responsibility here.
On Tuesday, August 12, we’ll be doing general care and maintenance of the new Resilience Garden at Town Center.
REGISTER FOR THE WORK DAY
Please dress for the weather. Bring work gloves and your favorite weeder (hori hori, trowel, scratcher, cobrahead, etc.). We recommend you bring a water bottle.
Barrington Town Center is located at 283 County Road. Please park in the main lot behind Town Hall (not in Tapin’s lot), and walk down to the garden area, which is next to the entrance to Town Center next to the pond.

Student Stewardship Team - Pokanoket Community Garden
2025-08-11 09:00 - 11:00 | Pokanoket Community Garden, Prospect Street, Seekonk, MA, 02771
This event is for registered members of the Land Trust’s Student Stewardship Team ONLY.
If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Monday, Aug. 11, from 9 to 11 am, we’ll be helping out at the Pokanoket community garden in Seekonk. This is a special outreach project and a wonderful opportunity to meet members of our local Pokanoket Tribe.
Wear sturdy shoes, shorts or lightweight long pants, a t-shirt or workshirt, and your Land Trust hat. Bring a water bottle!
REGISTER FOR THE STEWARDSHIP EVENT

Student Stewardship Team - PIC-WIL Nature Preserve
2025-08-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Pic-Wil Nature Preserve, Washington Rd., Barrington, RI, United States
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Sunday, Aug. 10, from 10 am to noon, we’ll be working at PIC-WIL Nature Preserve, removing debris and doing trail maintenance. We’ll meet at the PIC-WIL parking area on Washington Road, across from Tallwood Drive.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Wear long pants, knee-high waterproof boots, and your land trust hat and t-shirt. Bring a water bottle!
Thanks for participating!

Guided Walk: Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve
2025-08-09 09:00 - 10:30 | Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve
Experience one of Barrington’s rarely seen wilderness areas with the Barrington Land Conservation Trust.
On Saturday, Aug. 9, at 5 9 am, join a guided walk through the Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve, a 32-acre expanse of field, forest and wetland between Sowams Road and the Palmer River. The walk will be led by Property Steward Bill Kirkpatrick.
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Dogs are not allowed because of the birds and animals that make this wildlife preserve their home.
Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve is located on Sowams Road, 0.7 miles north of Sowams Elementary School.
The walk takes approximately one and a half hours over moderate terrain, which may be wet in places. We recommend you wear lightweight long pants, sturdy shoes and socks, and a lightweight long-sleeved shirt to protect against mosquitos and ticks. Bug spray will be available. Parking is available on site.
Be aware that the primary bridge which connected the two sides of the property was washed out during a king high tide storm. You will be able to walk both sides of the property, but you won’t be able to walk it as a loop trail. A new bridge is in the works.
Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve was acquired by the Land Trust in 1991 through a combination of Rhode Island and Barrington Open Space bonds and charitable donations to the Barrington Land Conservation Trust. Due to the sensitive native plants and animals on the property, it is not generally open to the public. The Land Trust hosts several guided walks each year to enable the public to experience the property, which has been preserved as a wilderness reserve in perpetuity.

Student Stewardship Team - Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve
2025-08-08 09:00 - 11:00 | Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve
This event is for registered members of the Land Trust’s Student Stewardship Team ONLY.
If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Friday, Aug. 8, from 9 to 11 am, the Student Stewardship Team will be doing trail maintenance Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve.
Wear lightweight long pants, socks, shoes, and your Land Trust hat if you have one. Bring a water bottle!
REGISTER FOR THE STEWARDSHIP EVENT
Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve is located on Sowams Road in Barrington. The entrance lies between 461 Sowams Road and 475 Sowams Road. You can park in the grassy area indicated on the map. If you get lost or will be late, call/text me at 508-733-2443.

Student Stewardship Team - Osamequin Nature Preserve
2025-08-04 09:00 - 11:00 | Osamequin Nature Preserve, 1580 Rte. 114 North, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
This event is for registered members of the Land Trust’s Student Stewardship Team ONLY.
If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Monday, Aug. 4, from 9 – 11 am, we’ll be doing trail and footbridge maintenance at Osamequin Nature Preserve and cutting back invasive plants, time permitting.
Wear lightweight long pants, socks, shoes, and your Land Trust hat if you have one. Bring a water bottle!
REGISTER FOR THE STEWARDSHIP EVENT
Osamequin Nature Preserve is located on the northbound side of Rte. 114, approximately one mile north of the intersection of County Road and Massassoit Ave, in Barrington, RI, shortly after you pass Walker Farm on your right. The preserve’s parking lot is marked with a sign.

Town Resilience Garden Work Day
2025-08-02 09:00 - 11:00 | Barrington Town Hall, 283 County Road, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for volunteers who have registered to participate in the care of the Town’s Resilience Garden at Town Center. If you haven’t registered yet and would like to participate, you may register here and download the Town’s release of responsibility here.
On Saturday, August 2, we’ll be doing general care and maintenance of the new Resilience Garden at Town Center.
REGISTER FOR THE WORK DAY
Please dress for the weather. Bring work gloves and your favorite weeder (hori hori, trowel, scratcher, cobrahead, etc.). We recommend you bring a water bottle.
Barrington Town Center is located at 283 County Road. Please park in the main lot behind Town Hall (not in Tapin’s lot), and walk down to the garden area, which is next to the entrance to Town Center next to the pond.

Student Stewardship Team - Lombardi Park & Andreozzi Nature Preserve
2025-07-31 13:00 - 15:00 | Andreozzi Nature Preserve, Lee Ann Drive, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for registered members of the Land Trust’s Student Stewardship Team ONLY.
If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Friday, July 31, from 1-3 pm, we’ll be removing graffiti from a sign and doing trail maintenance at Lombardi Park and Andreozzi Nature Preserve.
Wear lightweight long pants, socks, shoes, and your Land Trust hat if you have one. Bring a water bottle!
REGISTER FOR THE STEWARDSHIP EVENT
We’ll meet in the big dirt parking area on North Lake Drive at the junction of South Lake Drive. This junction is on the Middle Highway end of North Lake Drive, not the Washington Road end – where the red dot is on the map below.

Thanks for participating!

Guided Walk ~ PIC-WIL Nature Preserve
2025-07-24 09:00 - 22:30 | Pic-Wil Nature Preserve, Washington Rd., Barrington, RI, United States
Join us for a free guided walk to PIC-WIL Nature Preserve, a 24-acre preserve of forest, field, salt marsh and coastal dunes on the east shore of the Providence River in Barrington. For this summer walk, a path has been mowed through the high grasses to reduce the risk of exposure to ticks and poison ivy.
The terrain is gentle but may be wet in places. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy footwear.
The walk will last about an hour. All ages are welcome. Advance registration is required. Parking is available on Tallwood Drive, off Washington Road in Barrington. The trailhead is directly across from the intersection of Tallwood Drive and Washington Road.
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Once home to a bottling facility owned by Deep Rock Bottling Company, the property was donated to the Nature Conservancy by Catherine Picerelli in December of 1986 and deeded to the Barrington Land Conservation Trust in 1987, to be preserved in perpetuity as a nature preserve.
The donation was made in memory of the families of Peter J. Picerelli and Clifford M. Wilson: thus the name “PIC-WIL.”
The forest includes a wide variety of deciduous trees. The property is home to deer, coyote, fox, weasels, squirrels, chipmunks and rabbits.
Purple Martins nest here in late spring and summer. Common birds of the marsh and tidal creeks include Mallards, American Black Ducks, Snowy and Great Egrets, Green-backed Herons, Great Blue Herons, and Osprey. Sharp-tailed Sparrows, Belted Kingfishers and various shorebirds are other likely visitors of the wetland.
Nesting birds of the forest and its shrub border include Song Sparrow, Carolina Wren, Blue Jay, Flicker, Cardinal, Goldfinch, Robin, Red-eyed Vireo, Mockingbird, Catbird, Brown Thrasher and others.
Three plants at PIC-WIL have “special interest” status in the state of Rhode Island: Creeping Spikerush (Eleocharis rostellata), Maritime Seablite (Suaeda maritima) and Robust Bulrush (Scirpus robustus).

Student Stewardship Team - Barrington Middle School Pollinator Garden
2025-07-22 09:00 - 11:00 | Barrington Middle School, 261 Middle Highway, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Tuesday, July 22, from 9-11 am, we’ll be working at the Pollinator Garden behind the Barrington Middle School at 261 Middle Highway.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy, water-resistant footwear. Long pants and socks are recommended so we can spray for ticks. Bring a water bottle!
Thanks for participating!

Town Resilience Garden Work Day
2025-07-22 09:00 - 11:00 | Barrington Town Hall, 283 County Road, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for volunteers who have registered to participate in the care of the Town’s Resilience Garden at Town Center. If you haven’t registered yet and would like to participate, you may register here and download the Town’s release of responsibility here.
On Tuesday, July 22, we’ll be doing general care and maintenance of the new Resilience Garden at Town Center.
REGISTER FOR THE WORK DAY
Please dress for the weather. Bring work gloves and your favorite weeder (hori hori, trowel, scratcher, cobrahead, etc.). We recommend you bring a water bottle.
Barrington Town Center is located at 283 County Road. Please park in the main lot behind Town Hall (not in Tapin’s lot), and walk down to the garden area, which is next to the entrance to Town Center next to the pond.

Town Resilience Garden Work Day
2025-07-12 09:00 - 11:00 | Barrington Town Hall, 283 County Road, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for volunteers who have registered to participate in the care of the Town’s Resilience Garden at Town Center. If you haven’t registered yet and would like to participate, you may register here and download the Town’s release of responsibility here.
On Saturday, July 12, we’ll be doing general care and maintenance of the new Resilience Garden at Town Center.
REGISTER FOR THE WORK DAY
Please dress for the weather. Bring work gloves and your favorite weeder (hori hori, trowel, scratcher, cobrahead, etc.). We recommend you bring a water bottle.
Barrington Town Center is located at 283 County Road. Please park in the main lot behind Town Hall (not in Tapin’s lot), and walk down to the garden area, which is next to the entrance to Town Center next to the pond.

Student Stewardship Team - Sowams Woods
2025-07-10 08:00 - 17:00 | Sowams Woods, South Lake Drive, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Thursday, July 10, from 9-11 am, we’ll be clearing trails and removing invasive plants at Sowams Woods.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy, water-resistant footwear. Long pants and socks are recommended so we can spray for ticks and protect ourselves from poison ivy. Wear your Land Trust t-shirt and hat if you have one. Bring a water bottle!
We’ll meet at the trailhead of Sowams Woods off Washington Road (on South Lake Drive, a dirt road bordering the golf course), across from Lighthouse Lane.
Thanks for participating!

Student Stewardship Team - Barrington Middle School Pollinator Garden
2025-07-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Barrington Middle School, 261 Middle Highway, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Wednesday, July 9, from 1 -3 pm, we’ll be working at the Barrington Middle School pollinator garden, located behind the school, 261 Middle Highway, Barrington.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy, water-resistant footwear. Long pants and socks are recommended so we can spray for ticks. Bring a water bottle!
We’ll meet in the parking area in the back of the Barrington Middle School, 261 Middle Highway.
Thanks for participating!

Student Stewardship Team - Sowams Woods
2025-07-08 09:00 - 11:00 | Sowams Woods, South Lake Drive, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Tuesday, July 8, from 9-11 am, we’ll be clearing trails and removing invasive plants at Sowams Woods.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy, water-resistant footwear. Long pants and socks are recommended so we can spray for ticks and protect ourselves from poison ivy. Wear your Land Trust t-shirt and hat if you have one. Bring a water bottle!
We’ll meet at the trailhead of Sowams Woods off Washington Road (on South Lake Drive, a dirt road bordering the golf course), across from Lighthouse Lane.
Thanks for participating!

Student Stewardship Team - Sowams Woods
2025-07-07 09:00 - 11:00 | Sowams Woods, South Lake Drive, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Monday, July 7, from 9-11 am, we’ll be clearing trails at Sowams Woods.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy, water-resistant footwear. Long pants and socks are recommended so we can spray for ticks and protect ourselves from poison ivy. Wear your Land Trust t-shirt and hat if you have one. Bring a water bottle!
We’ll meet at the trailhead of Sowams Woods off Washington Road (on South Lake Drive, a dirt road bordering the golf course), across from Lighthouse Lane.
Thanks for participating!

Town Resilience Garden Work Day
2025-07-01 09:00 - 11:00 | Barrington Town Hall, 283 County Road, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for volunteers who have registered to participate in the care of the Town’s Resilience Garden at Town Center. If you haven’t registered yet and would like to participate, you may register here and download the Town’s release of responsibility here.
On Tuesday, July 1, we’ll be doing general care and maintenance of the new Resilience Garden at Town Center.
REGISTER FOR THE WORK DAY
Please dress for the weather. Bring work gloves and your favorite weeder (hori hori, trowel, scratcher, cobrahead, etc.). We recommend you bring a water bottle.
Barrington Town Center is located at 283 County Road. Please park in the main lot behind Town Hall (not in Tapin’s lot), and walk down to the garden area, which is next to the entrance to Town Center next to the pond.

Student Stewardship Team - Sowams Woods
2025-06-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Sowams Woods, South Lake Drive, Barrington, Rhode Island, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Sunday, June 29, from 1-3 pm, we’ll be doing trail maintenance at Sowams Woods.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy, water-resistant footwear. Long pants and socks are recommended so we can spray for ticks. Wear your Land Trust t-shirt and hat if you have one. Bring a water bottle!
We’ll meet in the parking area in front of PIC-WIL Nature Preserve on Washington Road, directly across from Tallwood Drive.
Thanks for participating!

Student Stewardship Team - Barrington Middle School Pollinator Garden
2025-06-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Barrington Middle School, 261 Middle Highway, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Thursday, June 26, from 1 – 3 pm, we’ll be doing general maintenance and planting at the Barrington Middle School pollinator garden we built last year.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy, water-resistant footwear. Long pants and socks are recommended so we can spray for ticks. Bring a water bottle!
We’ll meet in the parking area in the back of the Barrington Middle School, 261 Middle Highway.
Thanks for participating!

Guided Walk: The Hampden Meadows Greenbelt
2025-06-25 09:00 - 10:00 | Hampden Meadows Greenbelt, Kent Street, Barrington, RI, 02806
Discover one of Barrington’s natural gems, the Hampden Meadows Greenbelt, on Wednesday, June 25 at 9 am. All ages are welcome. You may bring dogs on leashes.
REGISTER FOR THE WALK
Our walk will begin at the trailhead on Kent Street in Barrington, across from the tennis courts. Kent Street is a short road that runs between New Meadow Road and Sowams Road.
We’ll walk the main trail through the forest as far as Linden Road and return the same way. The entire walk is approximately 2 miles.
You may park at the tennis courts on Kent St. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy footwear.
We’ll keep moving at a moderate pace and be finished in about an hour.

Student Stewardship Team - Pokanoket Community Garden
2025-06-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Pokanoket Community Garden, Prospect Street, Seekonk, MA, 02771
This event is for registered members of the Land Trust’s Student Stewardship Team ONLY.
If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Saturday, June 21, from 10 am to noon, we’ll be helping out at the Pokanoket community garden in Seekonk. This is a special outreach project and a wonderful opportunity to meet members of our local Pokanoket Tribe.
Wear sturdy shoes, shorts or lightweight long pants, a t-shirt or workshirt, and your Land Trust hat. Bring a water bottle!
REGISTER FOR THE STEWARDSHIP EVENT

Student Stewardship Team - Barrington Middle School Pollinator Garden
2025-06-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Barrington Middle School, 261 Middle Highway, Barrington, RI, 02806
This event is for members of our Student Stewardship Team for high school students ages 14 to 18. If you are not a registered member and would like to join, visit our Student Stewardship page for more information.
On Thursday, June 19, from 1 – 3 pm, we’ll be doing general maintenance and planting at the Barrington Middle School pollinator garden we built last year.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy, water-resistant footwear. Long pants and socks are recommended so we can spray for ticks. Bring a water bottle!
We’ll meet in the parking area in the back of the Barrington Middle School, 261 Middle Highway.
Thanks for participating!

Art in Nature Series: Nature Journaling with Allison Wilbur
2025-06-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Doug Rayner Wildlife Refuge, 111 George St., Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
Join artist Allison Wilbur for our next monthly walk and Nature Journaling session. This session will take place on Monday, June 16, from 10 to Noon at the Doug Rayner Wildlife Refuge.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Each month we will explore a different Land Trust property to improve our powers of observation and keep a record of the changing seasons.
You’ll be invited to share ideas on what to enter into your journal and encourage each other as you explore and document the natural world.
Each participant should bring their own journal and pens, pencils, watercolors or whatever supplies fit your practice. This group is focused on sharing of ideas and approaches (not artistic instruction).
This event is open to all ages (as long as children are accompanied by an adult).
About Allison Wilbur
Allison Wilbur is a quilt artist who focuses on the natural world and women’s empowerment. Living on the edge of one of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust properties, she enjoys daily walks in the field and often records the passing of the seasons in her journal. Allison has recently shared her work at the Audubon Society and the Blithewold Gallery in Bristol. You can learn more about Allison and her work at AllisonWilburQuilts.com.

Art in Nature: Meditating with the Four Directions
2025-06-08 13:00 - 15:30 | Doug Rayner Wildlife Refuge, 111 George St., Barrington, RI, 02806, United States
Join artist Beth Adoette at the Doug Rayner Wildlife Refuge on Sunday, June 8, from 1 to 3:30 pm for a free Art in Nature event, “Meditating With The Four Directions.” This workshop starts with a mindful meditation, as we turn and consider the gifts and guidance of the four directions appearing in this special landscape.
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Participants will consider their connection to place, the other inhabitants, and the people with whom they are connected, near and far. We’ll create individual mandalas with objects from the ground to be left in the landscape. The experience will conclude with a group discussion, reflecting on this beautiful and unique practice.
The workshop is open to adults ages 18 and up. Registration is limited to 15 people. The rain date is Sunday, June 22.
About the Artist
Beth grew up in the Appalachian Mountains with hemlocks, streams, and chickadees in her hands. Once an editorial illustrator, Beth has returned to her love of nature and now concentrates on illustrating, photographing, and writing about nature and nature mandalas.
After completing her certification in eco-art therapy, Beth began designing and facilitating a variety of public and private art wellness mandala workshops for organizations, schools, private groups. Beth holds a BFA in Fine Arts and has received her certification in Eco-Art Therapy through Portland State University (OR), and Project Nature Connect.
