Programs

Connecticut College Arboretum Assistant Director, Scott D'Agostino, leads a walk through campus to identify trees and shrubs that you can use to add a splash of fall color to your home landscape. During the walk, we will also discuss the physiological reasons why leaves turn color in the fall.

Registration is required as space is limited. Please register HERE.  

Explore the cultural and natural history of Mamacoke Island and the surrounding landscape.  The rocky, wooded, 40 acre island is actually a peninsula that juts out into the Thames River.  It is connected to the mainland by a 4 acre tidal salt marsh.  The shoreline area is known to have been a settlement site by indigenous people going back 5,000 years and the salt marsh was farmed during the first years of colonial times in New London.  Now a natural area within the Connecticut College Arboretum, the tidal and upland areas are designated as an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society.

Hosted by the CT Sea Grant and led by Maggie Redfern, Director of Connecticut College Arboretum

Please note:  This will be a rugged 2 mile walk along a trail on uneven terrain;  participants shoudl dress in long pants and wear appropriate shoes.  No facilities at site.

Cost is $25, register at https://www.thamesriverheritagepark.org/.

The Connecticut College Arboretum, in partnership with Connecticut College faculty and GreenVest, invites the public to a meeting about the Mamacoke Island Aquatic Habitat Resilience (MIAHR) Project — a multi-phase effort to stabilize and enhance Mamacoke Marsh along the lower Thames River in Quaker Hill, CT. As sea levels rise and high energy coastal storms become more frequent, the project aims to strengthen the long-term resiliency of this tidal marsh ecosystem and the surrounding shoreline. The meeting will share progress on site surveys, environmental data analysis, the project's updated design, and offer an opportunity for community members to ask questions and provide input prior to the final design phase.