Archive of Past Events

Newton’s rocks are like ancient scrolls for those who can interpret them, telling fascinating stories of continental collisions, high mountains forming, explosive volcanic eruptions, and [...]

Join Barbara Bates and Sam Corbin, Newton Conservators Board members, to explore how early spring affects Cold Spring Park, we will let what catches participants’ [...]

Join a fve-mile hike through woods, meadows, and felds along the Newton sections of the Sudbury and Cochituate aqueducts. This is a steady but not [...]

Join Lindsay Miller Barranco from the vanEnglesdorp Bee Lab at the University of Maryland for a talk on the importance of bees, native bees and [...]

Sunday, January 29 10:00 am-11:00 am Cold Spring Park, 1200 Beacon St, Newton, MA Join in a special FREE Guided Winter Walk with the Newton Conservators [...]

Many animals are secretive, avoiding people and finding food at night.  Snow and mud provide a canvas for these animals' tracks and enable us to [...]

This year’s annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) in Newton takes place Sunday, December 18 starting around 8 am.  After all, the early birder gets the [...]

Renée Scott and David Falk, both founders of Green & Open Somerville in 2014, will walk you through why native plants are important and how [...]

Join Barbara Bates and Sam Corbin, Newton Conservators Board members, as they explore how Webster Woods is preparing for winter! Open to children 5 and [...]

Light pollution, simply put, is any unnecessary or excessive outdoor illumination. Sadly, it’s become a pervasive and ugly consequence of modern 24/7 society. Light pollution [...]