Join the Charles River Watershed Association’s Senior Stormwater Program Manager Max Rome and Luis Perez Demorizi, Newton’s Director of Parks & Open Space, on May 19, 10AM-12PM for Crystal Lake Restoration Walk — a guided tour of the recently completed bank restoration and public access improvements along Crystal Lake. Meet…
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Newton Conservators will host a webinar, Rediscovering and Revitalizing Cheesecake Brook, where participants can learn about Cheesecake Brook and how it exemplifies the challenges facing urban streams. They can also learn about how to reduce aquatic pollution, promote healthier flow patterns, and create an attractive shaded wetland corridor for the…
The Newton Conservators will host A Stroll Through Cold Spring Park. Participants can tour this woodland haven in the heart of Newton and explore some of its natural and unnatural wonders, mysteries, threats, and possibilities with Friends of Cold Spring Park founder and President Alan Nogee. The event will take place on…
The Newton Tree Conservancy will host a Fall Tree Planting for Newton residents with space on their berm. However, there’s a social twist. One person must step forward as the neighborhood leader, assembling a team of five or more neighbors within a few blocks to identify places between the sidewalk…
The Newton Conservators will host a Edmands Park Pollinator Bioblitz on Saturday, June 7, 10:30AM-12:30PM, to help people of all ages to explore the plants and wildlife of Edmands Park (63 Blake Street, Newtonville) and improve plant identification skills. Registration is free. Come explore the pollinators of Edmands Park and improve insect identi…
National Pollinator Week (June 16-22) is an international celebration of pollinators—the bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, beetles, and more—that 85 percent of plants rely on to reproduce. This year, the Newton Community Pollinator Project is sponsoring its annual native plant pop-up sale on June 17 — coinciding with the first day…
Newton’s 3rd Annual Pollinator Garden Tour will be held on June 21 (rain date, June 28), 12PM-4PM. Celebrate the solstice with a visit public and private native plant gardens all across Newton to have fun, enjoy beautiful gardens, celebrate the arrival of summer, and get ideas for your own yard.…
Newton’s Parks, Recreation & Culture department has gathered 29 opportunities to volunteer on NewtonSERVES day, May 4. Each opportunity is hosted by a Newton community group. Anyone 18 years or older may register here to volunteer. Volunteers under the age of 18 are welcome and need not register, but they…
A sure sign of spring: On April 14, Mass Wildlife delivered about 400 rainbow trout to their new home in Crystal Lake. With only about a half-hour notice of the event, City Councilors Martha Bixby and Alan Lobovits were on hand to welcome the new residents. Newton Recreation Manager Carol…
While Earth Day is on Tuesday, April 22 this year, Newton’s Earth Day celebration will be on Sunday April 27, noon to 4PM in the Newton North High School parking lot. The Newton EV Task Force will be there, exhibiting electric vehicles and answering questions about them. The EV Task Force is…