Archive of Past Events

This Zoom meeting will focus on providing habitat for pollinators, birds and other essential wildlife! Amy Meltzer will focus on the current biodiversity crisis; the [...]

What holds some 500 species, sequesters 500 pounds of CO2/year, is 10°F cooler than its surroundings, soaks up lots of rainwater, and is created by [...]

Cold Spring Park is being invaded by garlic mustard, knotweed, buckthorn, and other species. We will keep the Cochituate Aqueduct walk under control after previous [...]

A NewtonSERVES project (registration opens March 15 at the NewtonSERVES website) To register with NewtonSERVES click here. Help tackle the garlic mustard and black swallow-wort [...]

NewtonSERVES is a day of community service that brings together hundreds of volunteers of all ages to clean up and improve our parks, school grounds, [...]

A NewtonSERVES project (registration opens March 15 at the NewtonSERVES website).  To register with NewtonSERVES click here. Come help us eradicate this soil-damaging invasive garlic [...]

A NewtonSERVES project (registration opens March 15 at the NewtonSERVES website.) To register with NewtonSERVES click here. Cold Spring Park is being invaded by garlic [...]

Upper Falls Greenway is one of Newton's newer parks;  it is a conversion of a former rail line.  The Greenway is a delightfully green and [...]

On this “noticing” walk, we encourage our senses — when we see, hear, smell, and touch — to guide our exploration of Webster Woods. It’s [...]

We will control garlic mustard, knotweed, and black swallow-wort infestations on the Charles River's Quinobequin trail, which leads to beautiful Hemlock Gorge.. Help keep the [...]