Dennis Conservation Land Trust

StoryWalk® - Am I Small? — Sou Pequena?
2025-06-17 - 2025-07-17 | Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Join us for a StoryWalk® in both English and Portuguese of Am I Small? by Philipp Winterberg. Am I Small? follows Tamia as she asks various animals she finds on her journey if she is small. Eventually, she finds the surprising answer. Philipp Winterberg’s books introduce new perspectives on essential themes like friendship, mindfulness, and happiness.
Please keep in mind the following things:

The trail may be wet and slightly uneven in areas
Please check yourself and your kids for ticks

📍DCLT Headquarters at Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Rd. East Dennis
📆 June 17th – July 17th

Junte-se a nós para uma Caminhada de Histórias (Story Walk®) do livro Sou pequena? de Philipp Winterberg, em inglêss e português. Eu sou pequena? acompanha Tamia enquanto ela pergunta a vários animais que encontra em sua jornada se ela é pequena. Eventualmente, ela encontra a resposta surpreendente.
Por favor tenha em mente que:
A trilha pode estar molhada e ligeiramente irregular em algumas áreas.
Por favor, após a caminhada, verifique se você e seus filhos não possuem carrapatos.
📍Sede da DCLT: Fazenda Not Enough Acres, 107 Sesuit Neck Rd. East Dennis
📆 17 de junho – 17 de julho

Birding with Naturalist M.J. Foti at Not Enough Acres Farm
2025-06-24 08:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Explore bird diversity as we walk through diverse habitats around Not Enough Acres Farm, including meadowland, salt marsh, and forest
📍 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis
📆 Wednesday, June 25th at 5PM
Register here.

Home Grown Tour: Annie's Crannies
2025-06-25 17:00 - 18:30 | Annie’s Crannies, 36 Scarsdale Rd, Dennis, 02638, United States
Join us for another Home Grown Tour at Annie’s Crannies, a family-run cranberry bog rooted in centuries of Cape Cod history. Owned and operated by Annie Walker, this special spot carries on the legacy of her grandfather Ben Walker, a legendary cranberry grower and Dennis fisherman. Guests will get a behind-the-scenes look at the art and tradition of cranberry farming, with stories that stretch back to the Mayflower.
Please keep in mind the following things:
1. No perfume/aftershave because of the bees!
2. The farm only has 12 parking spots available, if you register multiple people, please try carpooling.
📍 36 Scarsdale Rd. Dennis, MA 02638
📆 Wednesday, June 25th at 5PM
Register here. *The event is limited to 20 participants.

Friday Farm Strolls at Not Enough Acres Farm
2025-06-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Join DCLT for a free tour of our headquarters at Not Enough Acres Farm. Learn about the farm’s history, what we’re growing, and how we’re growing our impact in your community. Come learn about what’s happening at the farm:

Cut Flower Plot
Mushroom Growing
Native Perennial Patch
Veggie Plots
Fruit Orchard
And Much More!

REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Email TerraCorps@DennisConservationLandTrust.org
📍 107 Sesuit Neck Rd. East Dennis, 02641
📆 10 AM on Fridays:

June 27
July 11
July 25
August 1
August 29

Friday Farm Strolls at Not Enough Acres Farm
2025-07-11 10:00 - 11:00 | Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Join DCLT for a free tour of our headquarters at Not Enough Acres Farm. Learn about the farm’s history, what we’re growing, and how we’re growing our impact in your community. Come learn about what’s happening at the farm:

Cut Flower Plot
Mushroom Growing
Native Perennial Patch
Veggie Plots
Fruit Orchard
And Much More!

REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Email TerraCorps@DennisConservationLandTrust.org
📍 107 Sesuit Neck Rd. East Dennis, 02641
📆 10 AM on Fridays:

July 11
July 25
August 1
August 29

Friday Farm Strolls at Not Enough Acres Farm
2025-07-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Join DCLT for a free tour of our headquarters at Not Enough Acres Farm. Learn about the farm’s history, what we’re growing, and how we’re growing our impact in your community. Come learn about what’s happening at the farm:

Cut Flower Plot
Mushroom Growing
Native Perennial Patch
Veggie Plots
Fruit Orchard
And Much More!

REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Email TerraCorps@DennisConservationLandTrust.org
📍 107 Sesuit Neck Rd. East Dennis, 02641
📆 10 AM on Fridays:

July 25
August 1
August 29

Storywalk®: The Camping Trip
2025-08-01 - 2025-08-31 | Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Come enjoy a casual nature walk while you read our latest selection, The Camping Trip, a story that follows Ernestine as she experiences the joys (and fears) of camping out in the Great Outdoors!
⏰ August 1st – 31st
📍 DCLT HQ 107 Sesuit Neck Rd. East Dennis
Questions? Email us at info@dennisconservationlandtrust.org

Friday Farm Strolls at Not Enough Acres Farm
2025-08-01 10:00 - 11:00 | Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Join DCLT for a free tour of our headquarters at Not Enough Acres Farm. Learn about the farm’s history, what we’re growing, and how we’re growing our impact in your community. Come learn about what’s happening at the farm:

Cut Flower Plot
Mushroom Growing
Native Perennial Patch
Veggie Plots
Fruit Orchard
And Much More!

REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Email TerraCorps@DennisConservationLandTrust.org
📍 107 Sesuit Neck Rd. East Dennis, 02641
📆 10 AM on Fridays:

August 1
August 29

The Camping Trip Read-A-Long
2025-08-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States

Home Grown Tour: A.R.C. Hatchery
2025-08-13 13:00 - 14:00 | A.R.C. Hatchery, 99 Chapin Beach Road, Dennis, MA, 02675
Join DCLT & Aquacultural Research Corporation as we tour their hatchery and learn how they produce millions of shellfish from spawn to table using environmentally responsible methods.
📍 99 Chapin Beach Rd. Dennis, MA 02638
📆 Wednesday, August 13th at 1 PM
Please register for this event here.

Birding with Naturalist MJ Foti
2025-08-18 08:00 - 09:30 | Flax Pond Conservation Area, 90 Setucket Road, South Dennis, Massachusetts, 02660
Discover the beauty of Flax Pond and its feathered residents on August 18th at 8 AM. Led by expert naturalist MJ Foti, this walk is perfect for bird lovers of all levels. Don’t miss this chance to connect with nature and learn about local bird species!
📍 90 Setucket Rd. South Dennis
📆 8 AM on Monday, August 18th
Register here

Friday Farm Strolls at Not Enough Acres Farm
2025-08-29 10:00 - 11:00 | Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Join DCLT for a free tour of our headquarters at Not Enough Acres Farm. Learn about the farm’s history, what we’re growing, and how we’re growing our impact in your community. Come learn about what’s happening at the farm:

Cut Flower Plot
Mushroom Growing
Native Perennial Patch
Veggie Plots
Fruit Orchard
And Much More!

REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Email TerraCorps@DennisConservationLandTrust.org
📍 107 Sesuit Neck Rd. East Dennis, 02641
📆 10 AM on Friday, August 29th

Birding with Naturalist MJ Foti - Chapin Beach
2025-09-08 08:00 - 09:30 | chapin beach, 90 Chapin Beach Rd, Dennis, MA, 02638, United States
Discover the beauty of Chapin Beach and its feathered residents on September 8th at 8 AM. Led by expert naturalist MJ Foti, this walk is perfect for bird lovers of all levels. Don’t miss this chance to connect with nature and learn about local bird species!
📍 90 Chapin Beach Rd. Dennis 02638
📆 8 AM on Monday, September 8th
Register here

Botanical Bundle Dyeing With Plants, Flowers & Roots
2025-09-13 13:00 - 15:30 | Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Interested in seeing how plants, flowers and roots can make beautiful botanical marks on silk? Then come join natural dyer and local fiber guru Amy DuFault for some exploration! Each participant will get 2 silk scarves and all the color choices one could wish for.
We’ll start with a quick presentation on botanical bundle dyeing for some design inspiration then take a walk to look at all the color around us just on the grounds of the DCLT! After a little foraging, we’ll head back to the barn to create our own fabulous works of art.
The process of bundle dyeing is simple: placing flowers, leaves, roots and more on silk and steaming the color in. Options include choosing a color palette, covering the entire scarf with flowers, being a minimalist or even embracing a rainbow of color. Your choice, your creation.
No experience required, ability to have fun is!

📍 DCLT HQ 107 Sesuit Neck Rd. East Dennis, 02641
📆 Saturday, September 13th 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
This is a free, members-only event. To learn more about becoming a member, click here.
To register, click here.
Bio:
Amy DuFault is the Founder of the Southeastern New England Fibershed, an organization that connects farmer to processor and designer to production, connecting the dots of the supply chain to recreate and reinvigorate, a once-thriving New England textile industry.
She is also a consultant on regenerative textile systems for farmers, designers, scientists, artists, filmmakers and more. She does all this while also being a passionate advocate for Cape Cod’s water as the communications lead for MASSTC, a space for technologists to do cutting edge work in wastewater.

Dennis Fall Festival
2025-09-20 13:30 - 16:30 | West Dennis Graded School House, 67 School Street, West Dennis, MA, 02670
Join us for games, music and family fun at the Dennis Fall Festival!
📅 September 20th, 2025 1:30 – 4:30 PM
📍 West Dennis Graded Schoolhouse

Birding with Naturalist MJ Foti - West Dennis Beach
2025-09-29 08:00 - 10:00 | West Dennis Beach, 1 Davis Beach Road, West Dennis, MA, 02670, United States
Discover the beauty of West Dennis Beach and its feathered residents on September 29th at 8 AM. Led by expert naturalist MJ Foti, this walk is perfect for bird lovers of all levels. Don’t miss this chance to connect with nature and learn about local bird species!
📍 West Dennis Beach
📆 8 AM on Monday, September 29th
Register here

Story Walk® - We Are Water Protectors
2025-10-01 - 2025-10-31 | Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Bring the whole family to experience a seasonal piece of children’s literature as it was meant to be enjoyed — outdoors!
Enjoy a leisurely nature walk while reading our latest selection, We Are Water Protectors, by Carole Lindstrom. This story honors Indigenous-led movements and highlights the rallying cry to safeguard Earth’s waters.
📍 DCLT HQ, Not Enough Acres Farm — 107 Sesuit Neck Rd. East Dennis
📆 October 1 – 31
*The Story Walk is on the trail with the entrance closest to the front meadow/farm plot

Mushroom ID Walk at Crowes Pasture
2025-10-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Crowes Pasture, 500 South Street, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Join Aubrey Carter of Mushroom Monday for a guided mushroom ID walk at Crowes Pasture on Saturday, October 11th from 10 AM to noon. Experience the remarkable mycodiversity found all around us! Please come prepared for walking up to two miles on wet, slippery, uneven terrain.

📍 Crowes Pasture
📆 Saturday, October 11th | 10 AM – 12 PM
Register here
Free to DCLT Members, with a $10 suggested donation for nonmembers.
About Aubrey: Aubrey found mushrooms through an ecological lens. Before a move to the Cape in February, he worked at different ecological institutions in and around the NYC area — most prominently with the Central Park Conservancy in Manhattan and Manitou Point Preserve in Garrison, NY. Nearly five years ago, he started a weekly newsletter at mushroommonday.com that highlights different mushrooms he finds throughout his travels. Additionally, he has cultivated mushrooms both indoors and outdoors, spoken at different mycological conferences, and recently helped reestablish the Cape Cod Mycological Society.

Kids Spooky Stroll
2025-10-15 - 2025-11-01 | Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Join us for some not-so-spooky fun on the trail! Our family-friendly Spooky Stroll is filled with Halloween-themed decorations and educational “spooky stroll characters” — like the ravens, toads, and cats — each sharing fun facts about wildlife.
🕸️ Good for kids aged 5-10
🌲 Self-guided walk through on our trail
🦇 Learn about nature in a fun, festive way
📍 DCLT HQ, Not Enough Acres Farm — 107 Sesuit Neck Rd. East Dennis
📆 October 15 – November 1 | Drop in
*Trail entrance is by the farm stand

Annual Member Meeting
2025-10-22 17:30 - 19:00 | The Dennis Inn, 25 Scarsdale Road, Dennis, MA, 02638, United States
DCLT Members are invited to attend our Annual Member Meeting. Please join us from 5:30-7 PM on Wednesday, October 22nd at the Dennis Inn. Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar while hearing updates from DCLT’s Board and staff. RSVP not required.

📍 Dennis Inn, 25 Scarsdale Rd. Dennis, MA 02638
📆 Wednesday, October 22nd | 5:30 PM – 7 PM

Birding with Naturalist MJ Foti - Crowes Pasture
2025-10-23 08:00 - 10:00 | Crowes Pasture, 500 South Street, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Discover the beauty of Crowes Pasture and its feathered residents on October 23rd at 8 AM. Led by expert naturalist MJ Foti, this walk is perfect for bird lovers of all levels. Don’t miss this chance to connect with nature and learn about local bird species!
📍 Crowes Pasture — See parking here
📆 8 AM on Thursday, October 23
Register here

Children's Mushroom Workshop
2025-10-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Dive into the fascinating world of fungi and learn some of the simplest mushroom cultivation techniques you can practice at home. Kids will learn how to cultivate edible oyster mushrooms with common household supplies and each kid will go home with their own oyster mushroom grow kit. If time allows, we may also take a short trail walk to learn about mushrooms in the wild. Guardian supervision required.

The workshop will be led by Aubrey Carter of Mushroom Monday and is being co-hosted by the Dennis Conservation Land Trust and Barnstable County 4H.
Ages 5+, Guardian supervision required.

📍 Not Enough Acres Farm, 107 Sesuit Neck Rd., East Dennis
📆 Saturday, October 25th | 10 AM – 12 PM
Register here
Cost: Free!
About Aubrey: Aubrey found mushrooms through an ecological lens. Before a move to the Cape in February, he worked at different ecological institutions in and around the NYC area — most prominently with the Central Park Conservancy in Manhattan and Manitou Point Preserve in Garrison, NY. Nearly five years ago, he started a weekly newsletter at mushroommonday.com that highlights different mushrooms he finds throughout his travels. Additionally, he has cultivated mushrooms both indoors and outdoors, spoken at different mycological conferences, and recently helped reestablish the Cape Cod Mycological Society.

Birding with Naturalist MJ Foti - Corporation Beach
2025-10-30 08:00 - 10:00 | Corporation Beach, 250 Corporation Road, Dennis, MA, 02638, United States
Discover the beauty of Corporation Beach and its feathered residents on October 23rd at 8 AM. Led by expert naturalist MJ Foti, this walk is perfect for bird lovers of all levels. Don’t miss this chance to connect with nature and learn about local bird species!
📍 Corporation Beach, East Dennis
📆 8 AM on Thursday, October 30th
Register here

Birding with Naturalist MJ Foti - Crowes Pasture
2025-11-29 08:00 - 10:00 | Crowes Pasture, 500 South Street, East Dennis, MA, 02641, United States
Walk off Thanksgiving dinner while discovering the beauty of Crowes Pasture and its feathered residents on November 29th at 8 AM. Led by expert naturalist MJ Foti, this walk is perfect for bird lovers of all levels. Don’t miss this chance to connect with nature and learn about local bird species!
📍 Crowes Pasture
📆 8 AM on Saturday, November 29th
Register here. Participation is free to members with a suggested $10 donation for non-members

Story Walk® - Winter Sleep by Alex Morss
2025-12-05 - 2026-01-05 | Old Fort Field, 105 New Boston Road, Dennis, MA, 02638, United States
Bring the whole family to experience a seasonal piece of children’s literature as it was meant to be enjoyed — outdoors!
Enjoy a leisurely natural walk while you read our latest selection, Winter Sleep, a story about how creatures big and small prepare for winter.

📅 December 5 – January 5
📍 Old Fort Field – 105 New Boston Rd. Dennis

Plashes Public Information and Community Input Meeting
2025-12-10 18:00 - 19:00 | Dennis Public Library, 5 Hall Street, Dennis Port, MA, 02639
Please join us for an informational and community input meeting about the DCLT’s “Plashes Expansion and Trail Project.” Hear from DCLT’s Executive Director about the vision for the project, with ample opportunity to ask questions and provide early input.
📅 Wednesday, December 10th at 6PM
📍 Dennis Public Library – 5 Hall St. Dennis Port
Special thanks to the Dennis Public Library for hosting us.
