Saturday, September 21 Invasives Pull
Cold Spring Park 1094 Beacon St, Newton, MA, United StatesCome work with us to help protect native plants and animals in the park by pulling invasive plants--oriental bittersweet, black swallow-wort, trees of heaven, and others. This experience will also help you identify and manage invasives in your own back yard. Wear long sleeves and pants. Meet by the exercise stations at the back of the Beacon Street parking lot. Rain date: September 22
Boston Corgi Meetup
Cold Spring Park 1094 Beacon St, Newton, MA, United StatesMonthly Boston Corgi Meetup event. Register on the Boston Corgi Meetup site.
Friends of Cold Spring Park Monthly Meeting
Come discuss the questions and issues of the month in our mission to protect and improve Cold Spring Park. Generally the 2nd Wednesday of each month. October meeting changed to avoid Yom Kippur conflict. Location TBD, depending on number of people expected. Please let us know if you'd like to come, and we'll let you know the location for the month.
Fall Bird Walk
Cold Spring Park 1094 Beacon St, Newton, MA, United StatesFall is an excellent time to look for birds. Take an easy walk on fairly fat woodland trails to look for fall migrants like warblers and vireos as well as early winter birds such as White-throated Sparrows and our resident birds such as Northern Cardinals. Park at the Beacon St. parking lot and meet at the circle. Bring binoculars if you have them. Beginners as well as experienced birders are welcome. Boots are recommended. If in doubt about the weather, please call. This walk is cosponsored by the Brookline Bird Club, Trip Leader is Newton Conservators board member and frquent newsletter contributor Pete Gilmore (617-610-2477). Sponsored by the Newton Conservators and Brookline Bird Club
Newton Aqueducts Hike
Join a fve-mile hike through woods, meadows, and felds along the Newton sections of the Sudbury and Cochituate aqueducts. This is a steady but not fast hike. Participants should be in sufciently good shape to keep up with the group (there are cutofs for those who wish to shorten the hike). Meet in front of the Starbucks cofee shop near the Waban MBTA station. Trip Leader: Henry Finch (617-964-4488)
Newton Conservators’ Webster Woods Walk
Autumn is time for fall foliage in New England. Learn why leaves change color and drop off in October, and how climate change is altering the season. We might even see beautiful witch hazel flowers, the last plant to flower. We will also discuss past land use, and current efforts to protect Webster Woods. Tour leader is Richard Primack, Botany Professor at BU, Cell phone: 857-636-8378. Meet at the end of Warren Street. Please park up Warren a few houses (in the address range 40 to 56 Warren), so as not to clog the end of this small dead end street. Visit the Conservators' Webster Woods page for more on what you can do to save the woods.
Boston Corgi Meetup Annual Halloween Dress-up
Cold Spring Park 1094 Beacon St, Newton, MA, United StatesAnnual Corgi costume party. Yes, really. Register at the Boston Corgi Meetup site. (There's always a skunk or two at the Corgi party. Click read more for pics.)
Invasives pull
Cold Spring Park 1094 Beacon St, Newton, MA, United StatesCome join us this Saturday morning (Nov 2) 9:30-11:30 at Cold Spring Park (back of Beacon St. parking lot) and we'll work on removing more Tree of Heaven in the meadow, knotweed (so that it will be easier to scythe next year), bittersweet, and maybe also multiflora rose and barberry, for a change! We have scattered thousands of native plant seeds in the area cleared last time. It will be exciting to see what comes up in the spring. If anyone would like to join us it would be great to have your company and your help.
Invasive buckthorn seedling pull
This Sunday morning, we will remove small buckthorns seedlings in the Buckthorn demonstration plots. Buckthorn is the invasive plant that is threatening the Cold Spring Park Red Maple Forest. You would be most welcome to join, if you can make it! It is forecasted to be in the mid 40's so hopefully if we dress warmly it will be comfortable enough. Thank you, Katherine 617-721-2571 cell
Green Newton program on Cold Spring Park
Newton Free LibraryBrandeis Biologist and environmental leader Eric Olson will discuss: "Can the Red Maple Forest Be Saved?," and his demonstration project removing invasive glossy buckthorn from the park wetlands, to try to allow red maples to germinate and thrive again. Friends of Cold Spring Park founder and President Alan Nogee will talk about the many faces of Cold Spring Park. He’ll discuss a little of the park's history and problems, what we've accomplished in our first year, and plans for the future.