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 [...]

Rescheduled from July 29! In 2025, Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) is organizing a community science environmental survey to understand baseline conditions along Cheesecake Brook, [...]

Celebrate Nature at the Fifth Annual Newton Monarch Festival! Get ready for a day of family fun and monarch magic! The Fifth Annual Newton Monarch [...]

Come explore the pollinators of late summer and fall at Hammond Woods, Newton’s largest conservation area and improve your insect and plant identification skills. Under [...]

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

The most sensitive biological indicator of climate change is phenology, the timing of events. As a results of a warming climate, plants and animals are [...]

Growing up in Newton Highlands in the 1960s and 70s, Bob Mallard was fascinated with the network of streams within striking distance of his home.  [...]

Join naturalist Dave Small for an introduction to attracting and watching moths in your backyard. Discover the native plants you can introduce to your landscape to [...]

Seasonal ponds, known as vernal pools, are full of life and can be found throughout our area.  Newton has several, including Bare Pond in Webster [...]