Archive of Past Events

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 [...]
The Bogs, Marshes, and Vernal Pools of Cutler Park

The Bogs, Marshes, and Vernal Pools of Cutler Park

Sunday, 09/11/2022    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Did you know that one of the largest freshwater marshes in greater Boston is found at Cutler Park? The glacial deposits in the park have [...]
Quinobequin/Hemlock Gorge Invasives Pull

Quinobequin/Hemlock Gorge Invasives Pull

Sunday, 07/17/2022    
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
We will control garlic mustard, knotweed, and black swallow-wort infestations inside beautiful Hemlock Gorge, and the adjoining walking trail along the Charles River at Quinobequin [...]
Quinobequin/Hemlock Gorge Invasives Pull

Quinobequin/Hemlock Gorge Invasives Pull

Saturday, 07/16/2022    
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
We will control garlic mustard, knotweed, and black swallow-wort infestations inside beautiful Hemlock Gorge, and the adjoining walking trail along the Charles River at Quinobequin [...]
Crystal Lake/Centre Street Invasives Pull

Crystal Lake/Centre Street Invasives Pull

Sunday, 07/10/2022    
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
We will work at the city's small pocket park along Centre St just outside of Newton Center, next to the house at 1429 Centre St. [...]
Cold Spring Park Invasives Pull

Cold Spring Park Invasives Pull

Saturday, 07/09/2022    
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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 [...]
26 Jun Sunday

Go Carless! Explore Newton's Aqueduct

Sunday, 06/26/2022    
1:00 pm
Join Green Newton and Newton Conservators on a walk lead by Henry Finch at 1pm in Newton Centre at the intersection of Centre St and [...]