Archive of Past Events

Birding at Cold Spring Park

Birding at Cold Spring Park

Saturday, 10/22/2022    
8:00 am - 11:00 am
Join Pete Gilmore and the Brookline Bird Club for an easy walk on flat woodland and meadow trails, looking for fall migrants including confusing fall [...]
Newton Harvest Fair

Newton Harvest Fair

Sunday, 10/16/2022    
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Look for our Newton Conservators table (under a red tent) at the Newton Harvest Fair.  We will have the latest walks and webinars schedules, our trail [...]
Newton Indigenous Peoples Day Ceremonial Celebration

Newton Indigenous Peoples Day Ceremonial Celebration

Monday, 10/10/2022    
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Indigenous Peoples Day Newton will take place on Monday, October 10, 11AM-5PM at Albemarle Park, celebrating the music, dance, poetry, and the visual art of [...]
Fall Bird Walk at Nahanton Park

Fall Bird Walk at Nahanton Park

Sunday, 10/09/2022    
8:00 am - 10:00 am
The Fall bird migration brings Wood Warblers, Kinglets, and a multitude of Sparrows through Nahanton Park every year. Join long time birder Haynes Miller for [...]
Notable Features of Webster Woods: Rock Walls, Cake Rock, the beautiful Vale, Bare Pond, Black Gum Stands, Gooch’s Cove, etc…

Notable Features of Webster Woods: Rock Walls, Cake Rock, the beautiful Vale, Bare Pond, Black Gum Stands, Gooch’s Cove, etc…

Sunday, 10/02/2022    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Due to the rainy weather, this walk has been postponed to 10/2. The Webster Woods has numerous special geological, botanical, historical and landscape features.  Learn [...]
Update on Marty Sender Greenway Restoration Phase II

Update on Marty Sender Greenway Restoration Phase II

Thursday, 09/29/2022    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture invites you to attend an upcoming virtual community meeting for an update on the Marty Sender Greenway Restoration Phase II [...]
Kids- Nature Adpatation Games

Kids- Nature Adpatation Games

Saturday, 09/24/2022    
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Join Barbara Bates and Sam Corbin, Newton Conservators Board members, in navigating Webster Woods while learning about how its inhabitants survive in this environment! Open [...]
Second Annual Newton Monarch Festival

Second Annual Newton Monarch Festival

Saturday, 09/17/2022    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
There has been a lot of publicity lately about Monarchs with their recent classification as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.  There [...]
Crystal Lake Park and Beach Community Meeting

Crystal Lake Park and Beach Community Meeting

Thursday, 09/15/2022    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture invites you to attend an upcoming Community meeting to discuss the future of Crystal Lake Park and Beach! Register in [...]
Newton’s (Buried) Streams: Now You See Them …Now You Don’t

Newton’s (Buried) Streams: Now You See Them …Now You Don’t

Wednesday, 09/14/2022    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Newton was once dotted with wetlands and criss-crossed by streams flowing to the Charles River. But one doesn’t see many streams, marshes, or wooded wetlands [...]