The enhanced parking area and new barn trail are now open at our Letort Spring Garden Preserve! 1110 S. Spring Garden Road, Carlisle, PA 17013
We are celebrating two major milestones at the Letort Spring Garden Preserve.
2025 marks the 10-year anniversary of the protection of the Letort Spring Garden Preserve. This 40+ acre property is home to critical species in south-central Pennsylvania habitat and holds a rich cultural and natural history. We are grateful to steward a unique property that the public can enjoy.
In 2024, we completed a multi-year accessibility project that includes a new ADA-compliant parking lot and paved trail, which runs past the Nationally Registered Melester Barn. Accessible bird feeders, an ADA-compliant picnic table, and benches have been installed near the Barn and along the improved path. Former farm infrastructure has been repurposed into two new observation platforms that were installed along the trail, offering an accessible view to the meadows and wetlands.
For several years, our Land Stewardship Specialist Jesse Price has been conducting ecological restoration at the Letort Spring Garden Preserve which included native plant restoration & planting, invasive plant management and wildlife habitat improvements. Additional enhancements to the Preserve will continue throughout 2025 and include more native plantings, trail maps, picnic tables and benches, bird feeders and viewing amenities, and educational and interpretive signage.
In April we hosted a “Celebration of the Letort” Weekend where we offered free educational events to the public to commemorate these milestones. As part of this event, we commissioned Paige Setchell to create a piece of artwork that captured the Letort.
To help fund our land protection and stewardship efforts, we are selling prints of this commission artwork.
We are offering prints in three sizes:
All proceeds will go towards our mission to acquire, preserve, and protect land in south-central Pennsylvania.
In the comment section, please add “Letort Artwork”.
Prints can be picked up at the office on Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00am – 2:00pm. Prints can be mailed upon request for an additional fee.*
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