BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:463@newtonconservators.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230917T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230917T160000 DTSTAMP:20230917T195351Z URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/newton-pollinator-garden-tour/ SUMMARY:Newton Pollinator Garden Tour (postponed from Sunday\, September 1 0) DESCRIPTION:IMPORTANT NOTE:\n\nThe Newton Pollinator Garden Tour was postpo ned from it's original date of September 10 to Sunday\, September 17 due t o rain.   We are in the process of  modifying the booking process so on e can still pre-register for the new event date!  Check back later if the site says "Bookings Closed". \n\nJoin gardening enthusiasts on a FREE to ur of public and private pollinator gardens in Newton “the Garden City ” on Sunday\, September 17 from 1 to 4 pm .  This will be the inaugura l Newton Pollinator Garden Tour which is scheduled in both a North area an d a South area.\n\nThe PDF guide to the Newton Pollinator Garden Tour incl uding maps and plant lists at the gardens on the tour is here:  Newton Po llinator Garden Tour Guide\n\nThe North Area (1-3 pm) will be focused ar ound the garden areas at Wellington Park (Kilburn Road\, West Newton). N earby are a number of additional front yard pollinator-oriented gardens an d a planted traffic island.\n\nThe South Area (2-4 pm) will be cover the areas around the Community Demonstration Pollinator Gardens at Newton Cit y Hall (Homer Street\, Newton Centre) and at nearby Cold Spring Park  (Be acon Street\, Newton)\n\nAttendees can drop in at the gardens during the c orresponding time periods.  There will be  volunteers to answer question s and provide information on the development of the gardens.  Pre-registr ation is encouraged and those who register will receive a map and detailed planting lists of the gardens on the tour.  Pre-register at https://newt onconservators.org/events/newton-pollinator-garden-tour/\n\nA PDF file wit h just the maps of the garden areas on the tour is now available here: New ton Pollinator Garden Tour Maps\n\nWhy pollinator gardens?  Gardens with native plants can be both beautiful and functional at sustaining our poll inators.  Our environment is at risk because of precipitous declines in n ative plants and the insects\, birds\, and other animals that depend on th ose plants.\n\nA PDF file with a number of pollinator plant resources (inc luding the Pollinator Toolkit suggestions\, other plant lists\, and even s ample designs) is now available here:   Newton Pollinator Garden Tour Re sources\n\nThe tour is sponsored by the Newton Community Pollinator Projec t in conjunction with the Newton Conservators\, Newton Parks Recreation and Culture Department\, Green Newton\, Friends of Cold Spring Park\, Frie nds of Wellington Park\, and the Mystic Charles Pollinator Pathways Group. \n\nThe tours are free but please pre-register using the "Bookings" button above and note in the "Comments" field which tour(s) you plan to take so we can notify you of any changes or cancellations.\n\nThere has been treme ndous interest in how to create a pollinator garden and what plants to use there.  Check out the Newton Pollinator Toolkit which is a great guide t o what plants work for various conditions in the Newton area.  If you wan t to see these plants in action\, there have been a number of demonstratio n pollinator gardens planted  - notably at City Hall and more recently at Cold Spring Park - both on the tour.   Newton Conservators has featured many informative and popular webinars on this topic and recordings of the se videos can be found on our YouTube channel.\n\nMaybe you have a great p ollinator garden in Newton that is pesticide free and has a majority of na tive plants that you would like to show off?  Let us know by emailing  u s at ebulletin@newtonconservators.org and perhaps we can feature your gard en in future tour or  Newton Pollinator Garden Map!\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newtonconservators.org/wp-content/upload s/2023/08/Newton-Pollinator-Garden-Tour.jpg CATEGORIES:Green Newton Events,Guided Walks,Guided Walks -- Other Organizations,Parks,Special Events LOCATION:Wellington Park\, Kilburn Road\, Newton\, MA\, United States GEO:42.354499;-71.227462 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kilburn Road\, Newton\, MA\ , United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Wellington Park:geo:42.354499,- 71.227462 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR