Events

The Newton Conservators Invasives Team tackles garlic mustard, buckthorn, black swallow-wort, bittersweet, japanese knotweed, and other problems in many of Newton's open spaces.  Come join [...]

Come say hello to us at our green Newton Conservators Booth at the Newton's annual Earth Day Celebration organized by Green Newton! Join us for [...]

The Newton Conservators Invasives Team tackles garlic mustard, buckthorn, bittersweet, japanese knotweed, and other problems in many of Newton's open spaces.  Come join us!  The [...]

Sunday, May 4 is NewtonSERVES,  Newton's annual day of service, administered by the Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture Department.  Volunteer efforts focus on cleaning and improving [...]

Can Farming Save Open Space? A Very Old Debate WHAT: Newton Conservators’ Annual Dinner Meeting WHEN: Thursday May 8, 2025.    REGISTER BY MAY 1! [...]

Join Barbara Bates, Newton Conservators Director and retired Mass Audubon teacher/naturalist, for an easy ramble through Webster Woods. We’ll see what spring ephemeral flowers are [...]

Nahanton Park offers a mix of woodlands, wetlands, edge habitat, and meadows along the Charles River, making it one of the best birding spots in [...]

Join nature enthusiast Katherine Howard of the Newton Conservators and Dr. John Mordes, President of the Friends of Hemlock Gorge, on a tour of this [...]

Cheesecake Brook exemplifies the challenges facing urban streams. Today, the brook drains a watershed that is over 40% impervious. Stormwater runs off roofs, sidewalks, and [...]

Tour Cold Spring Park, a woodland haven in the heart of Newton, and explore some of its natural and unnatural wonders, mysteries, threats, and possibilities [...]