The PNC is home base for the Trust's educational programs. These include popular summer sessions for school-age children, field trips and evening programs for the entire family.
The summer program schedule and individual programs are announced through mailings, the KLCT newsletter (Views), and local newspapers. For addition information, call the Nature Center at (860)663-1609, Robert Broach at 663-2360, or Judy Lentz at (860)663-1361.
Located on 344 Roast Meat Hill Road in Killingworth, the Platt Nature Center was formerly an old barn belonging to Marion Platt, who donated the building and nine acres of land to the Trust in 1974. A marked trail makes a circuit around the property, and is always open to the public. The Center's Herbarium was established by Dr. Donald Swan in 1972.
The Platt Nature Center has a new driveway, thanks to the hardworking volunteers*, led by Eric Auer, who gave their time on a rainy December morning. We went with hollow concrete pavers to do our part in reducing impervious surfaces in town.
The article in KillingworthToday says it all - here.
Photos by Dave Gumbart.
*Drew Sodergren (who helped coordinate the project), Cade Murphy, Chris Whalen, Corey Sodergren and Garrett Murphy. Land Trust Board members Dave Gumbart and Jeff Burt also added their assistance.
Fliers for the PNC 2012 Summer Programs have been mailed to every Killingworth household. If you did not receive yours, and are interested in signing up your children, you can download this PDF. Copies can also be found at the Killingworth Library. Questions? Contact Robert Broach or Judy Lentz at the numbers above.
Betsy Himmelman is an art teacher in the H-K School District. She is a long-time naturalist and joins the PNC staff for her seventeenth summer.
Christina Mullally has been in the field of childhood education since 1985. She is currently the center director of a Before and After School Program for children in kindergarten up to age 12. We welcome Chris back for a fourth summer at PNC.
