Starting October 1, WLT will receive a $1 donation for every $2.50 reusable Community Bag sold at the 55 Russell Street, Waltham MA, Hannaford store. These bags are the best pick in the patch this October! When you visit the Waltham Hannaford store this month, get your own pretty blue reusable Community Bag for just $2.50. Every bag sold sends a $1…
Celebrate Halloween with a spooktacular day on the trails! The Waltham Land Trust invites you to celebrate Halloween in the best way possible — moving through nature, in costume (if it’s safe to run in), and helping protect Waltham’s beautiful open spaces. Since 2013, our Western Greenway 5K has brought together people of all ages to enjoy 3.1…
Celebrate Waltham’s last operating farm while enjoying fun activities, agricultural demos, games for all ages, and live music.
Help celebrate our successes from the past year by attending our annual meeting. Our guest speakers will be professors from Brandeis University who will talk about their project collecting oral histories about flooding in Waltham.
Learn about the history of the railway on which the Mass Central Rail Trail now sits from Rick Kfoury, President of the Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society. Members of the Waltham Historic Society will also share their knowledge. Highlighted stops will include two former station locations, Waltham North and Waltham Highlands (which still stands).
The Waltham Times Over 35 Waltham Land Trust members, local officials and community members gathered at 170 Lakeview Ave. on Saturday to celebrate WLT’s purchase of a new 0.8 acre Hardy Pond-adjacent parcel for conservation and public recreation. The purchase expands Lakeview Preserve, which was purchased by the Land Trust…
Unwind, relax, and unplug performing gentle and restorative yoga outside at the Land Trust's Lakevew Preserve on the west shore of Hardy Pond. Laura Arena, a popular instructor at the Waltham YMCA, will lead us through a series of stretching, holding poses, and deep breathing while we admire the pond before the sun sets!
June 2026
Waltham RiverBeat will have multicultural music, food, art, activities on/along the river including nature and history walks led by Waltham Land Trust!
Over twenty people celebrated National Trails Day by removing litter with stewards from the Waltham Land Trust from along the Mass Central Rail Trail (MCRT) between Hammond Street and the reNEW apartment complex east of Linden Street. We were thrilled to see nature as well! Many thanks to everyone who helped. Remember, you can park in designated Rail Trail spots along the path in the AutoZone lot on weekends!
BY NEWSROOM ● May 18th, 2026 ● The Waltham Times