Explore The Last Green Valley
What Is The Last Green Valley?
The Last Green Valley is green by day and dark by night. We are a National Heritage Corridor with a rich history in a surprisingly rural landscape. With 84% forest and farm, we are the last swath of dark night sky in the coastal sprawl between Boston and Washington DC.
The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) works for you in the National Heritage Corridor. Together, we can care for it, enjoy it and pass it on!
Nature’s First Green is Gold
Join Us For A Summer Solstice Paddle June 20
Summer Solstice Sunset Paddle 7 pm, June 20 East Brimfield Lake and Long Pond. Long Pond Boat Launch, Old Streeter…
Learn How to Be a Letterboxing Detective at our June 8 Acorn Adventure for Families
Do you like being a detective? Join TLGV at 2 pm June 8 at Buffum Lake, Charlton MA, as we…
It’s Time to Plan Walktober!
We may still be Springing Outdoors, but it’s time to plan the 35th Annual Walktober! In 2024 more than 120,000…
Spring Outdoors is March 20 to June 20!
Join TLGV and our partners for a season of adventures all spring long. The Spring Outdoors online calendar will be…
Calling All Photographers!
The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) is searching for 24 photos capturing the unique spirit of the National Heritage Corridor.…
Avian Influenza Resources
Here at The Last Green Valley we are NOT experts on avian influenza. Our efforts here are to collect the…
Promote Your Organization and Support the Heritage Corridor
Here at TLGV our job is to keep this place extraordinary, and one of the ways we do it is…
Rangers Wanted
Join the TLGV volunteer team and become a Ranger. As a Ranger you’ll help inspire others to care for, enjoy…
Keeping The Last Green Valley Clean and Green!
Show your love for The Last Green Valley by organizing an Earth Month or River Cleanup, Pollinator Planting or Invasive…
Pink Lady Slippers are blooming in the woodlands all around us. Also knows as Moccasin Flowers, their scientific name is Cypripedium acaule. They will be around for a few weeks before they begin to die off. Where you find one this year, you may find several next year and more the year after. They enjoy acidic, well drained soils that often can be found in mixed pine and hardwood forests. You might
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We have tons of them on our property usually over 100 between a few patches of them! I get so excited every year. This year I found our first white one.
sooo early!!!!!
I saw one last week!
My favorite 
One of my favorite flowers to see on hikes
Beautiful
Don’t pick! These wild orchids may not recover.
Susan Barter Scott
It's adorable duck season in The Last Green Valley! Bob Lee captured this series of photos of a Mallard Duck hen and her chicks. These chicks were born with yellow downy feathers but are already starting to get the same feathering as their mom. The chicks will stay with their mother for at least two months. It takes about two years for them to get their adult plumage. Interestingly Mallards were
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Amazing pics! Wow!!!
Beautiful photos Bob! We are honored to be part of the Mallards family! Living here is like a slice of Paradise!
Beautiful photos. Love 
them all !
You sure have an eye for wildlife, Bob
Hello your photos are awesome 
to cut the long story short I'm interested in buying some of them if any is available thanks!! If you're interested messages privately 
35 Towns In The Last Green Valley
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Ashford - Brimfield - Brooklyn - Canterbury - Chaplin - Charlton - Coventry - Dudley - East Brookfield - Eastford - Franklin - Griswold - Hampton - Holland - Killingly - Lebanon - Lisbon - Mansfield - Norwich - Oxford - Plainfield - Pomfret - Preston - Putnam - Scotland - Southbridge - Sprague - Sterling - Sturbridge - Thompson - Union - Voluntown - Webster - Windham - Woodstock