Photographer: Hong Wan
September 2025
Brockway Hawthorne preserve
Trail signs on a half hollowed tree. Tried to capture shape and texture of the tree
Mushroom tree
Photographer: Hong Wan
September 2025
Brockway Hawthorne preserve
Mushroom colony on a tree
Walking tree
Photographer: Hong Wan (Honorable Mention)
September, 2025
Brockway Hawthorne preserve
Photo taken on a Tuesday land trust hike. The unusual look of the tree caught my eyes, the possible reason for this shape could be that the tree was grown initially on a dead tree log, when the log rotten away, you got a tree with “legs”.
Native Bee Balm in the Grassy Hill Preserve
Photographer: Rochelle Davis
August 2025
Grassy Hill Preserve
The Grassy Hill Preserve showcases native plants that mix with the nearby human built environment.
Lady’s Tresses, a CT native orchid
Photographer: Rochelle Davis
July 2025
Grassy Hill Preserve
This orchid is about 12" high and hard to spot but so worth looking for. It is one of dozens of orchids native to Connecticut (Genus Spiranthes).