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URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/invasives-pulls-july-2025/
SUMMARY:Invasives Pulls July 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Newton Conservators Invasives Team tackles garlic mustard\,
  buckthorn\, black swallow-wort\, bittersweet\, japanese knotweed\, and ot
 her problems in many of Newton's open spaces.  Come join us!  The schedu
 le for this month is listed below (other dates are listed in separate "eve
 nts" by month).  Help keep these invaders out! Wear long pants tucked int
 o socks\, closed shoes\, and garden gloves. Trash bags will be provided\; 
 the City will dispose properly as trash\, not as yard waste.  Volunteers 
 should complete this online Release Form or they can do it on site.\n\nJu
 ly is still ok for getting garlic mustard out - easy and fun to pull and g
 reat for kids too.  Black swallow-wort\, a monarch butterfly killer\, is 
 in its glory around July\, with flowers and pods in production\, and we'll
  dig and where necessary just pull pods off to avoid further spread.\n\nJu
 ly 5 Sat  9:30-12 - Hemlock Gorge Black Swallow-wort.   Meet at the Elli
 s St parking lot at corner Quinobequin and Rte 9.\n\nJuly 6 - Sun 1-3 - H
 emlock Gorge Black Swallow-wort. Meet at the Ellis St parking lot at corne
 r Quinobequin and Rte 9.\n\nFor the remainder of July and August\, we'll t
 ry earlier morning sessions to avoid the heat\, and schedule for Thursdays
 \, Saturdays\, and Sundays.  \n\nJuly 17  Thursday - 8:30am - 10am. Garl
 ic Mustard along aqueduct near Plymouth Rd.  Meet at Plymouth Rd entrance
  to Cold Spring Park (but we'll be working on the aqueduct side of Plymout
 h Rd\, not in the park).\n\nJuly 19 Saturday - 8:30am - 10am.  Hemlock Go
 rge - meet at Ellis St lot corner Rte 9.\n\nJuly 20 Sunday - 8:30am - 10am
 .  Hemlock Gorge - meet at Ellis St lot corner Rte 9.\n\nJuly 24 Thursday
   8:30 - 10am.   Saw Mill Brook conservation area.  Meet at Vine St lot
 .\n\nJuly 26 Saturday - 8:30am - 10am.  SCHEDULE CHANGE:  THIS WILL BE C
 OLD SPRING PARK.  (We'll go to Kesseler in August.)\n\nJuly 27 Sunday - 8
 :30am - 10am.  Heartbreak Hill Park.  at the Waban Hill Reservoir.  Mee
 t at the park entrance near 28 Manet Rd in Chestnut Hill.\n\nJuly 31 Thurs
 day  8:30 - 10am.   SCHEDULE CHANGE:  THIS WILL BE COLD SPRING PARK.. 
  (We'll go back to Hammond Pond in August.).  Meet at Duncklee Rd entran
 ce.\n\nSteady rain will cancel the session.  If in doubt\, contact Kather
 ine Howard at 617 721 2571.  New to our invasives sessions? See our FAQs 
 and complete Volunteer Release form.
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CATEGORIES:Invasive Species Pulls
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