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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260801T090000
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URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/invasives-pulls-august-2026-2/
SUMMARY:Invasives Pulls August 2026
DESCRIPTION:Date Changes as of 8/23/26:  \n\nTuesday 8/25 8:30 - 10:30 wil
 l be Sawmill Brook\n\nSaturday 8/30 at Sawmill Brook is cancelled\n\nThe N
 ewton Conservators Invasives Team tackles garlic mustard\, buckthorn\, bla
 ck swallow-wort\, bittersweet\, japanese knotweed\, and other problems in 
 many of Newton's open spaces.  Come join us!  The schedule for this mont
 h is listed below (other dates are listed in separate "events" by month). 
  Help keep these invaders out! Wear long pants tucked into socks\, closed
  shoes\, and garden gloves. Trash bags will be provided\; the City will di
 spose properly as trash\, not as yard waste.  Volunteers should complete 
 this online Release Form or they can do it on site.\n\nIn August we work 
 on woody plants like buckthorn\, multiflora rose\, and porcelain berry.  
 We also tackle Black swallow-wort\, a monarch butterfly killer\, which is 
 in its glory now\, with flowers and pods in production - we'll dig them ou
 t and where necessary just pull pods off to avoid further spread.\n\nAugus
 t 1 Saturday - we won't have an invasives session because at 10am is a Bio
 blitz at Sawmill Brook Conservation Area.  See the separate event listing
  or click here to register for the Bioblitz.\n\nAug 2 Sunday 8:30am - 11. 
 Webster Woods - Webster Park porcelainberry and woody shrubs\, and we will
  tackle various invasions around the entrances to Webster Woods itself.  
 Meet at the Warren St entrance to Webster Woods.\n\nAug 6 Thursday 8:30-11
  - Heartbreak Hill Park.  at the Waban Hill Reservoir.  Meet at the park
  entrance near 28 Manet Rd in Chestnut Hill.\n\nAug 8 Saturday 8:30-11 - K
 esseler Conservation Area.  Meet at the fence opening that is across Lagr
 ange St from the northernmost intersection with Bryon Rd.  Park on Bryon 
 Rd near 2A Bryon Rd.\n\nAug 13 Thursday 8:30 - 11 - Hemlock Gorge.  Meet 
 at the Ellis St parking lot at the corner Rte 9 and Ellis St.\n\nAug 15 Sa
 turday 8:30 - 11 - Riverside/Pony Truss Trail.  Meet at the Recreation Rd
  parking area on the Weston Sid of the Pony Truss Trail.\n\nAug 16 Sunday 
 8:30-11 - Upper Falls Greenway.  Meet at the kiosk behind the Trader Joe'
 s on Needham St.\n\nAug 22 Saturday 8:30-11. Hammond Woods.  Meet at the 
 kiosk at the entrance to Hammond Woods in the back of The Street parking l
 ot.\n\nAug 23 Sunday 8:30 - 11 - Crystal Lake pocket park.  Meet at the po
 cket park on Centre St just outside Newton Center at the MBTA bridge.  Th
 e closest house address is 1429 Centre St.  Park on Paul St\, Norwood Ave
 \, or Locksley Rd.\n\nNEW. Aug 25 Tuesday 8:30-10:30. Sawmill Brook Conser
 vation Area.  Meet at the Vine St parking lot across from 5 Hollywood Dri
 ve.\n\nAug 27 Thursday 8:30 - 11 - Cold Spring Park.  Meet at the kiosk a
 t the left back end of the parking lot .\n\nAug 29 Saturday 8:30 - 11. Hem
 lock Gorge.  Meet at the parking lot of the intersection of Ellis St and 
 Rte 9\n\nCANCELLED (rescheduled to 8/25).    Aug 30 Sunday 8:30 - 11. Sa
 wmill Brook Conservation Area.\n\nSteady rain will cancel the session.  I
 f in doubt\, contact Katherine Howard at 617 721 2571.  New to our invasi
 ves sessions? See our FAQs and complete Volunteer Release form.
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CATEGORIES:Invasive Species Pulls
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