Yellow Springs Earth Day & Community Habitat Celebration

Apr 27, 2025, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Lawn at W.N. College & Livermore Streets, Livermore St, Yellow Springs, OH 45387

Join the community of Yellow Springs at its 5th annual Earth Day & Community Habitat Celebration outdoors at its NEW LOCATION on the lawn owned by the Yellow Springs Senior Center (same location as "Art on the Lawn" adjacent to the Antioch College campus and conveniently located off of Route 68).   

Enjoy native plant sales, environmentally-focused booths, a free "Milkweed for Monarchs" raffle, kids' activities and clothing swap with the Mills Lawn PTO, a household battery recycling collection & live music by the Corndrinkers. 

Local food trucks will be on site: Leerah's Vegan Treats, Salsa Brava & Brother Bear's Coffee.   Bring your own water bottle and shopping bag!  

Join us at the lovely conservation area on King Street, Yellow Springs. It is time for invasive species removal, prairie maintenance and native tree protection.

Bring gloves, tools, water bottle and meet by the King Street entrance.
Questions? Call Michele at 937-767-9490 ext 2 or michele@tecumsehlandtrust.org

Can’t make it on April 26 but still want to help? Contact Michele for information on how you can help keep Glass Farm Conservation Area beautiful!

SOLD OUT! PREREGISTRATION IS CLOSED.

Saturday, April 19, 2025  9:00am
Race will begin promptly at 9am -
Participants are asked to start on time.
No runner admitted to the course after 9:30 am.
Gates and Day of the Race registration(if space is available) opens at 8am.
Bib and tee shirt pick up also begins at 8 am.

Run, jog, or walk through the blooming fruit trees at Peifer Orchards. Of course, its up to Mother Nature if the trees are in bloom on race day.  This is a great way to celebrate Earth Day and support a fantastic conservation organization, Tecumseh Land Trust.
This is a family friendly event and dog friendly if leashed.  
T-shirts are not guaranteed for registrations after April 1, 2025 and will not be held after 9:30 am on race day.

Registration at: https://www.adventuresignup.com/Race/Info/OH/YellowSprings/TecumsehAppleBlossom5K

Cost: $30/adults; $20/children (17 and under)

Location: Peifer Orchards 4590 US 68 N Yellow Springs, OH

All proceeds benefit Tecumseh Land Trust.

Presented by Tecumseh Land Trust and Peifer Orchards

Questions? Call Cathy at 937-767-9490 ext. 1.

From the Madison County OSU Ext the How to Lose Less series

This series focuses on how to better manage your farm finances.

go.osu.edu/loseless

There is no charge for the In-Person at Beck's Hybrids,720 US Highway, London, Ohio 43140  or Virtual Sessions.
All programs are from 9-11
Virtual links will be sent out the day before the session to the email provided.
For questions please contact the Madison County Extension Office at 740-852-0744

Session 5, Feb 18- Organic and Alternative Crops
Hurdles associated with Organic Grain Transition- Eric Richer
Alternatives to Corn and Soybeans- Osler Ortez
Conservation Options

Planning for the Future of Your Farm Feb. 18, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
At Clark County Extension Office, 3130 E Main St, Springfield, OH 45503

OSU CFAES, Clark County Extension, and TLT will offer a day long workshop on farm succession planning. Michele attended this workshop earlier in the year and it covered everything you need to know including how to get started!

This workshop is designed to help farm families learn strategies and tools to successfully create a succession and estate plan that helps you transfer your farm’s ownership, management, and assets to the next generation. Learn how to have the crucial conversations about the future of your farm.

Workshop topics include: Developing Goals for Estate and Succession; Planning for the Transition of Control; Planning for the Unexpected; Communication and Conflict Management during Farm Transfer; Legal Tools and Strategies; Developing Your Team; Getting Your Affairs in Order; and Selecting an Attorney.

The base $80 registration fee allows 2 members from the family to attend and includes lunch, refreshments, and 1 set of course materials. Additional family members can attend for $20 per person.

Register at go.osu.edu/2025ClarkPFF.

Cancelled due to weather & a muddy, muddy parking area.

Always a fun, family event! Learn how Flying Mouse maple syrup is made, start to finish. After the tour, enjoy tasty refreshments compliments of our excellent volunteer bakers!

Tours at 2, 2:20, 2:40 and the last one is at 3 pm.

Maple syrup will be for sale.

Park at the Tecumseh Land Trust Office located at 4633 US RT 68 N, Yellow Springs. Flying Mouse Farm is right next door to the office.

This is a rain or shine event. It takes place entirely outside. Be prepared for the weather and mud.

Save the Date ~ September 20, 2024, 6 - 9 p.m.

Springfield Museum of Art
The Harvest Auction has served us well for over 20 years but it is time for a change. We are taking the best parts of the auction and adding some new twists! Join us on September 20, 2024, for a Night Out with TLT! We are keeping the lively party atmosphere with a new band, delicious food, a variety of beverages - now to be held at the newly renovated Springfield Museum of Art. We will still have great items up for bid in the silent auction. The live auction takes on a new form. Instead of gathering all at once at the end of the evening, one premium item will be auctioned off intermittently throughout the event.
If you have traveled the back way to Columbus lately, you know that unbroken scenic vistas and extremely productive farm fields are disappearing. Your support is vital to our ongoing efforts to preserve some of the finest agricultural soils in the country and protect our clean water sources and natural areas forever. Join us for this exciting evening and help Save Another Acre! 

Invitations will be mailed in August.

The Winds Café in Yellow Springs will once again be hosting the annual Local Foods Dinner for TLT. Last year’s feast was simply wonderful.

Mark your calendar for August 5, 2024. There will be four seatings - 5 sold out, 5:30 sold out, 7:30 sold out  and 8 p.m. As of 7-22-2024, there are some seats available at the 8:00 only.

Seating is limited to 40 per seating. Members have priority when making reservations until July 19. The public is now able to make reservations for the 7:30 and 8:00 pm seatings.

Tickets are $95 and reservations must be paid for in advance. 

Washington Mill Park, Bellbrook, Ohio

Enjoy informational booths, activities, food trucks, ice-cream social and entertainment. Free event, family friendly.

A Growing Movement

Tickets $10/per person in advance & $15/per person date of the event

Tecumseh Land Trust is hosting the 2024 Yellow Springs Garden Tour featuring several native plant gardens, Nation Wildlife Certified native habitat gardens, a large vegetable garden in town and 2 tours on public properties.

Tickets will be on sale at Young’s Jersey Dairy and Yellow Springs Hardware from May 15-June 22. You may purchase tickets the day of the event from 12:45 - 3:00 pm at Yellow Springs High School parking lot, 420 East Enon Road, Yellow Springs.

7391 S Pitchin Rd., Springfield
Always the first Sunday in June, our annual meeting is a great time to connect with TLT and learn what we’ve been up to.  The McCulloch family is welcoming us once again to Fen Run Farms – a cozy spot along the Little Miami River in Pitchin. Join us for a walking tour of the farm.

This year’s Native Plant Sale is going to be different from previous years.

We are bring in stock from a grower rather than swapping or donating plants. These will be very healthy plants raised in the tri-state area. We will have native flowers, grasses, trees and shrubs.

Site of the Native Plant Sale is Whitehall Farm.

More details of expected plants available at https://www.tecumsehlandtrust.org/native-plant-sale .

May 14 ~ 9:30 am ~ 1477 South U.S. 68, Xenia 
Join Tecumseh Land Trust and the Finkes family for a tour of Finch Creek Farms to learn about rotational grazing, soil health, and livestock health. This event is rain or shine. Please bring a chair if you wish to sit during the presentation.

Calling all artists…here is your chance to paint or draw on a property protected by TLT with a conservation easement. We supply the location, you supply your materials.

This year’s paint out will be held at Orion Organics, 400 N Enon Rd, Yellow Springs, OH 45387.

This is a free event.

It was so much fun last year, we are bringing back the 5K run/walk through the apple & peach blossoms at Peifer Orchards!

https://runsignup.com/Race/Info/OH/YellowSprings/TecumsehAppleBlossom5K

Thank you to our 5K Sponsors!

Dunphy Real Estate
Anderson Williamson Insurance
Mills Park Hotel

Peifer Orchards
Babb, Anderson, Rowland & Smith LLC ~ Dungeon Bros ~ Flying Mouse Farms
Honeycomb Digital ~ Littleton & Rue Funeral Home ~ YS 4 Seasons Farmers Market
Yellow Springs Chiropractic

Sponsorship opportunities are still available!

Join us for the 12th Annual Solstice Poetry Reading, co-sponsored by Tecumseh Land Trust and Glen Helen

Friday, December 8, 2023 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Vernet Ecological Center Auditorium | 405 Corry Street, Yellow Springs, OH.

The theme this year is “Grounded," poems inspired by natural places similar in geography and spirit to those that ground us are quite welcome, but you may interpret the theme as you see fit.

❄️ Featuring 11 Local Poets ❄️ Wine & Cheese Reception
❄️ Open Mic
❄️ Literary works from our featured poets and Tecumseh Land Trust's Solstice Poetry Anthology, Sun and Shadow, Wood and Stone will be available for purchase.

A suggested donation of $10 will go towards Tecumseh Land Trust & Glen Helen's conservation work.

We hope to see you for an enchanting evening of poetry and community.

At Glen Helen Lodge at Camp Greene

The celebration brings together more than 70 organizations, including Tecumseh Land Trust, from across 18 counties in the Miami Valley region and recognizes outstanding leaders in environmental protection in our community.

Join us for a delicious 5-course meal featuring locally grown foods at the Winds Cafe! Reservations are required and seating is limited.

Come join us for a demonstration by presenters Ryan Moore of Becks Hybrid and New Limits Ag, LLC Erin Stegbauer and Nathan Luke. Come on out and see a demonstration of actual seeding of a field with cover crops by a drone!

Location: Shawnee Farm - 6453 Neer Road, South Vienna, 45369

Rain date is July 12th.

Wright Brothers Memorial, 2380 Memorial Rd, Dayton, OH

Organizations from across the state, including TLT, will be onsite to highlight their work to preserve pollinator populations and their habitats. This family-friendly event is free and open to the public.

Native plants for sale, food trucks, face painting, live bee demos and more! Tecumseh Land Trust will have a table there.

33rd Annual Meeting ~ Sunday, June 4 @ 2 p.m.
Camp Hugh Taylor Birch Scout Camp
4057 Swimming Pool Road
Yellow Springs, OH 45387

The Tecumseh Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Tecumseh Land Trust protected Camp Hugh Taylor Birch with a conservation easement in 2011. Since then, the Scouts have worked to improve the camp and conservation values. After a brief TLT business meeting, we will learn about and tour the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) funded projects.

We will meet at the Turner Building near the entrance of the camp. There is plenty of parking close by. This is a family friendly event. Please bring a chair or blanket to sit on. Wear study shoes for the walk. Light refreshments will be served. Visit tecumsehlandtrust.org or call 937-767-9490 with questions.

Join local artist Libby Rudolf for a paint-out at Flying Mouse Farms, 100 E Fairfield Pk, Yellow Springs. Art supplies not provided—bring anything you’d like!