We hope that you, your family and friends will be able to join us for a day of celebrating conservation and community at our
2025 Tug Hill Community Picnic
Saturday, September 20th
10:00am-2:00pm
at Stone House Preserve
1150 Swartz Road
Camden, NY 13316
We invite you to join one of the optional group outings to learn more about the natural history of Stone House Preserve, or visit the Fun Zone with hands-on activities for the young and young at heart.
We’ll gather over lunch (Pre-order lunch through us or pack your own) to highlight the amazing work that you have made possible in 2025 and take a look ahead at what exciting work the future holds.
Thank you to our 2025 Tug Hill Community Picnic Honorary Ally Committee who helped make this event possible.
Yellow Birch Bob & Carol Keller
Oak Vici & Steve Diehl, Heidi Jones & Jonas Kelly
Hemlock Betty Adler, Jan & Natalie Bogdanowicz, Cary Fassler & Deb Kahkejian, Sue Fassler & Kyle Siegel, Rod & Kathy Kent, Alix Krueger & Rob Spoon, Paul & Diane Miller, Bob & Janet Quinn, Beth & Jim Rush, Zachary & Madalyn Wakeman, Dave & Barb Zembiec
White Pine Laurie Frykholm, Danielle Salisbury
Event Schedule
10:00am Registration & Welcome
10:30am-11:30am Optional Group Outings/ Games, Crafts & Fun
12:00pm Lunch Under the Tent
Preorder lunch with us ($15 per person) or Pack your own lunch
1:00pm 2025 Overview & Awards Ceremony
2:00pm Adjourn
Optional Group Outings
Nature Exploration Walks
We’ll have several leaders ready to guide you on leisurely explorations along marked trails through the various forest and wetland habitats on the Stone House property, starting at and returning to our picnic site. Topics of discussion will likely include birds, trees, fungi, animal signs and more as you make discoveries together along the way.
Stone House Walkabout
Take a gentle tour of the grounds surrounding our picnic site and learn about the Norton family’s connection to the land, what’s in the garden, and the care behind the flourishing blueberry patch. Along the way, you’ll see the historic stone house and barn, solar panels powering the property, a serene pond, trailheads inviting further exploration, and beautifully preserved stone walls.
Games, Crafts and Fun
We’ll have a host of fun, hands-on options for you to try on the grounds close to our picnic that feature and expand on our Tug Hill Explorer backpacks, whose themes are birds, animal tracks, insects and ponds & streams. Achieve correct answers to our Tug Hill trivia quiz here – we’ll enter you in a drawing for a prize! Read a story or two, make some track rubbings, start a nature journal, play a game, do some coloring, or complete some puzzles.
For Event Registration & Lunch Preorder, click on the ticket link.
For More Information Visit:
https://tughilltomorrowlandtrust.org/event/tug-hill-community-picnic-2025/
You may also like the following events from Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust:
- Next Tuesday, 5th August, 10:30 pm, Healthy Habitat Series Webinar: Native Forest Plants in Watertown, New York
- Next Thursday, 7th August, 10:30 pm, Healthy Habitats Series Webinar: Non-Native/Invasive Forest Plants in Watertown, New York
- Next Saturday, 9th August, 10:00 am, Healthy Habitats Series Field Trip! in Copenhagen
Also check out other
Trips & Adventurous Activities in Camden,
Contests in Camden,
Arts events in Camden.
