Community invited to Green Up the Blue Hills

All are invited to join the Friends of the Blue Hills for a spring festival of stewardship and fun. The annual Green Up Day will be held on Sunday, June 2, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Ponkapoag AMC Cabins. Volunteers will enjoy music, face painting, crafts and a scavenger hunt while helping with an essential task: pulling up invasive weeds that threaten the Blue Hills.

Friends of the Blue Hills President Hilary Blocker of Canton and Greg Woolf of Easton pitch in during last year’s ‘Green Up’ event.

Many plants look alike for most of the visitors to the 7,000-acre Blue Hills reservation, yet many of the plants that have expanded in recent years are not native to the park and threaten to crowd out naturally occurring species. Vigorous weeding during the warmer months helps maintain a healthy balance in the forest.

Friends of the Blue Hills Executive Director Judy Jacobs explained that Green Up Day is a chance to have a positive environmental impact right here in our backyard while also having some fun. “This is important work and needs to be done,” she noted, “but we are going to have a good time doing it.”

Volunteers should park at Temple Beth David, 1060 Randolph Street in Canton, and walk the half mile to the cabins. The event is rain or shine, and while some gloves will be available for weeding, volunteers are encouraged to bring their own gardening gloves if they have them. Please RSVP to Greenup@FriendsoftheBlueHills.org or 617-696-8248.

Friends of the Blue Hills is a non-profit organization working to protect the Blue Hills Reservation’s beauty, natural habitats, and recreational opportunities. For more information, please visit www.friendsofthebluehills.org.

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