Lots of physical activities you can do this weekend!

While I will continue my weekly Friday blog on the local parks I thought I would also mention this is a great weekend to do some stuff in Wilton including the Minks to Sinks Sale (Saturday starting at 9) and the Wilton Go Green Festival (Sunday 11 - 4). The Y will have a booth at the Go Green Festival which will include some information on this very important grant.

This would also be a great weekend to get your kids out in the yard with you getting the garden ready, picking up twigs and branches from the winter, and just generally doing a clean up of the neighborhood - great exercise and you get things done!

This weeks featured park is the Grassi Property. The Grassi Property is a 71-acre parcel extending from Millstone Road to Whipstick Road for the entire length of Tito Lane. The property was preserved by the Town and the Grassi Family in 2001 when the town purchased a below market easement covering some 62 acres of the site. The property to many is known as the "Old Tito Farm", remembering that the property was a dairy farm up until the early 1970’s operated by the family of Vinnie Tito, former First Selectman of Wilton.

The property is situated on a drumlin, providing spectacular views to the southeast of Keeler’s Ridge. On-site, nearly half of the acreage is open fields with old stonewalls and hedgerows delineating their boundaries. The wooded portion is dominated by an expansive and impassable wetland that the trail skirts around. In sharp contrast to the broad flat wetland, the northwestern most portion of the site has striking undulations in the topography providing a clear indication of the glacial origins of our landscape configurations.

A reminder to users of this open space; the property is privately owned with the town having purchased an easement that ensures the site’s preservation and allows only limited access. Please stay on the marked trail. If you wish to use other areas of the property, you must secure permission from the owners.

Directions: From Wilton Center go north on Ridgefield Road (Rte 33). Turn right on to Nod Hill Rd. Follow Nod Hill approximately 2 miles to Whipstick Rd. Continue north on Whipstick for approximately 1/2 mile to Tito Lane. Turn left and head south onto Tito Lane. Trail head is 100 feet on the right.

Acreage: + 71.0

Parking: Along Tito Lane

Access: Northern end of Tito Lane

Trails: One marked trail. Secure permission from owners for use of other areas.

Ownership: Anthony P. & Sally P. Grassi with a conservation easement granted to the Town of Wilton and the Wilton Land Conservation Trust.

For more information on Grassi Property follow this link: http://www.wiltonct.org/PDFs/conservation/grassiproperty.pdf

Go take a hike!