Events

Explore Cold Spring Park with Alan Nogee

Explore Cold Spring Park with Alan Nogee

Saturday, 05/16/2026    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$0.00
Tour Cold Spring Park, a woodland haven in the heart of Newton, with Alan Nogee, a Newton Conservators Director and president of Friends of Cold [...]
Hike Newton’s Sudbury and Cochituate Aqueducts

Hike Newton’s Sudbury and Cochituate Aqueducts

Sunday, 05/17/2026    
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
$0.00
Henry Finch, a Newton Conservators director and avid hiker, will lead a 4.9-mile trek through Newton’s sections of the Sudbury and Cochituate aqueducts. Henry plans [...]
Learn About Ferns in Hammond Woods

Learn About Ferns in Hammond Woods

Sunday, 05/24/2026    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$0.00
Ferns are everywhere, and they are beautiful, interesting, and varied. Ellen and Jim Meadors, plant enthusiasts with a special interest in ferns, will take fellow [...]
Invasives Pulls June 2026

Invasives Pulls June 2026

Monday, 06/01/2026 - 06/30/2026    
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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 [...]
Webinar: Nature for Newton: Learnings from initial restoration efforts in Newton’s central and largest park

Webinar: Nature for Newton: Learnings from initial restoration efforts in Newton’s central and largest park

Thursday, 06/04/2026    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Climate change can already feel overwhelming, and now we have a biodiversity crisis too? Can local conservation in our own parks and yards make a [...]
Tour Hemlock Gorge

Tour Hemlock Gorge

Sunday, 06/07/2026    
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
$0.00
Hemlock Gorge, a national historic landmark with wooded paths and a spectacular view of the Charles River, is a hidden gem straddling Newton and Needham. [...]
Invasives Pulls July 2026

Invasives Pulls July 2026

Wednesday, 07/01/2026 - 07/31/2026    
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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 [...]
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