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 tour the newly upgraded Riverside Park area and learn about the efforts to connect Newton’s walking areas and park lands!  Tod Cochran of the [...]

One of the long walks in Newton Conservators’ newly revised Trail Guide includes the Charles River area in Oak Hill across from Cutler Park, which [...]

Created in 1906 by Martha and Clement Houghton on what was then 26 acres, Newton’s Houghton Garden was designed to take advantage of the natural [...]

Join naturalist Jeff Adams for a guided walk at Edmands Park to learn how to identify the plants that shape our local ecosystem and inform [...]

Nahanton Park offers a mix of woodlands and meadows along the Charles River, as well as the Newton City garden plots, making it one of [...]

Patrick Roden-Reynolds will discuss tick ecology and behavior, with an emphasis on the “Before the Bite” mantra. He will cover the most important prevention tactics [...]

Join Barbara Bates, a Newton Conservators director and retired Mass Audubon teacher/naturalist, for an easy ramble around Cutler Park’s Kendrick Pond, with its waterfowl and [...]

Join Richard Primack, professor of plant ecology at Boston University, to learn about the notable rocks and geological features of Webster Woods, including the Cliffs, [...]

Rusty on what a non-native plant is? Curious about the plants you walk by when you stroll in the woods?  Come to a guided walk [...]