Archive of Past Events

Join Barbara Bates, a Newton Conservators director and retired Mass Audubon teacher/naturalist, for an easy ramble around Cutler Park’s Kendrick Pond, with its waterfowl and [...]

Patrick Roden-Reynolds will discuss tick ecology and behavior, with an emphasis on the “Before the Bite” mantra. He will cover the most important prevention tactics [...]

Nahanton Park offers a mix of woodlands and meadows along the Charles River, as well as the Newton City garden plots, making it one of [...]

Join naturalist Jeff Adams for a guided walk at Edmands Park to learn how to identify the plants that shape our local ecosystem and inform [...]

Created in 1906 by Martha and Clement Houghton on what was then 26 acres, Newton’s Houghton Garden was designed to take advantage of the natural [...]

One of the long walks in Newton Conservators’ newly revised Trail Guide includes the Charles River area in Oak Hill across from Cutler Park, which [...]

Come tour the newly upgraded Riverside Park area and learn about the efforts to connect Newton’s walking areas and park lands!  Tod Cochran of the [...]

Explore a mix of beautiful and functional private and public landscapes during the Fourth Annual Newton Pollinator Garden Tour taking place on Saturday, September 19, 2026, [...]

Get ready for a day of family fun and monarch magic! The Sixth Annual Newton Monarch Festival is fluttering into Wellington Park, West Newton on Saturday, September 19th, 2026, from [...]

Newton has over 14 miles of streams and brooks, including those that flow freely in the daylight and those that are confined underground. Since 2019, [...]