Join friends and neighbors as we celebrate Earth Month 2024 with a volunteer native tree/shrub planting and invasive plant removal event at Pirone Park in Ayer. This volunteer planting and removal effort will help to improve the ecosystem along the shoreline of Grove Pond. Native trees and shrubs provide habitat for our local pollinators, birds, and other wildlife, as well as helping to stabilize the shoreline and prevent bank erosion.
Volunteers should gather at 8:45am at the Pirone Park parking lot at 35 Bligh Street in Ayer, MA. Some work gloves and tools will be available for use, but if possible, volunteers are asked to bring their own loppers, pruning shears, trowels, small handsaws, and work gloves. Please dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes, and a hat; consider bug repellant and sunscreen. Be sure to bring drinking water.
This event is for ages 10 and up. Any participants under 18 years of age need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
This event is hosted by the Nashua River Watershed Association, with support from the US Department of Agriculture, and in partnership with the Ayer Conservation Commission.
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Thank you!
Celebrate the Earth! Celebrate Ayer! Celebrate Community!
