
Meet the birds who spend the winter in Cold Spring Park
We are blessed with a variety of interesting and colorful birds in Newton. Each fall our resident birds must ready themselves to survive the coming [...]

Newton Harvest Festival & Green Expo
The Harvest Fair brings our community together in one place to share good food, peruse unique hand- crafted goods, learn about local businesses and organizations [...]

Walking Webster Woods
Join Barbara Bates, Newton Conservators Board member, in navigating the more common trails in Webster Woods while admiring fall foliage and learning about how leaves [...]

More than just the buzz: Using ecological data to restore native pollination systems (and why it matters)
Join Dr. Robert J. Gegear to learn what you can do to maximize biodiversity in your own backyard by creating pollination systems that are at [...]

Charles River Pathway Walk
Join the Newton Conservators and Waltham Land Trust for an easy, one-way 2-mile walk on the Charles River Pathway. We’ll discuss historic and natural points [...]

The Lives of Native Owls
Owls are an exciting group of birds for many reasons: their amazing predatory adaptations, their nocturnal habits, the folklore and legends that surround them. Join [...]

Kids' Exploration by the Charles River
Join Barbara Bates, Newton Conservators Board member and teacher naturalist at Mass Audubon, to explore the various habitats around Riverside Park next to the Charles [...]

Monarch & Milkweed Fest
Do you like Monarch Butterflies? Did you know they need milkweed to sustain them in their caterpillar stage? Come learn a little about Monarch butterflies [...]

Newton Conservators Award Presentations
Traditionally, Newton Conservators present awards at its Annual Dinner Meeting, typically held in May. Unfortunately, Covid has stymied our attempts to present these awards in [...]

Houghton Garden Fern Walk
This garden remains from the Houghton Estate and is now part of the Webster Conservation Area complex near Hammond Pond that runs from Route 9 north [...]