The Hudson Land Trust invites you to join us for three fall workdays to beautify public spaces around town. We’ll be clearing invasive species and planting native plants and shrubs, and we’d love your help. No experience needed, and every pair of hands makes a difference.
Saturday, September 26, 10 a.m. — Tripp’s Pond Join the Tripp’s Pond neighborhood to remove invasive saplings along the pond’s edge. Meet at the corner of River and Maple Streets.
Sunday, September 27, 10 a.m. — Assabet River Nature Trail We’re returning to the Fossile property on the Nature Trail behind the High School to build on our previous restoration work and to prepare the site for native plantings. Meet in the Nature Trail parking lot off Chapin Road.
Sunday, October 4, 10 a.m. — Nature Trail Planting Day The fun part! We’ll be planting native plants and shrubs on the site we prepared the week before. Meet in the Nature Trail parking lot off Chapin Road.
What to bring:
● Protective clothing: long sleeves, long pants, closed-toe shoes, and work or gardening gloves
● A reusable water bottle
● Sunscreen and insect repellent
● Hand tools if you have them (loppers, hand pruners, hand saws, shovels) — please label them clearly
Many thanks to Alexi Dart-Padover and Patrick Thayer for their help and advice.
Come for one workday or all three.
Questions? Email tom@hudsonlandtrust.org
Help us add native plants to public spaces in Town
The Hudson Land Trust invites you to join us for three fall workdays to beautify public spaces around town. We’ll be clearing invasive species and planting native plants and shrubs, and we’d love your help. No experience needed, and every pair of hands makes a difference.
Saturday, September 26, 10 a.m. — Tripp’s Pond Join the Tripp’s Pond neighborhood to remove invasive saplings along the pond’s edge. Meet at the corner of River and Maple Streets.
Sunday, September 27, 10 a.m. — Assabet River Nature Trail We’re returning to the Fossile property on the Nature Trail behind the High School to build on our previous restoration work and to prepare the site for native plantings. Meet in the Nature Trail parking lot off Chapin Road.
Sunday, October 4, 10 a.m. — Nature Trail Planting Day The fun part! We’ll be planting native plants and shrubs on the site we prepared the week before. Meet in the Nature Trail parking lot off Chapin Road.
What to bring:
● Protective clothing: long sleeves, long pants, closed-toe shoes, and work or gardening gloves
● A reusable water bottle
● Sunscreen and insect repellent
● Hand tools if you have them (loppers, hand pruners, hand saws, shovels) — please label them clearly
Many thanks to Alexi Dart-Padover and Patrick Thayer for their help and advice.
Come for one workday or all three.
Questions? Email tom@hudsonlandtrust.org
Announcing the 20-mile challenge
Hudson is home to some really great trails — and we’re daring you to prove it with your feet.
Walk or bike our great rail trails. Wander the paths at Danforth Falls, Tripps Pond, the Assabet River Nature Trail, Gates Pond or the Goodale Forest. Take a hike and read a story with your kids or grandkids at the Old North Road Conservation Area. From riverside stretches to wooded loops, there are miles of trail right in your backyard waiting to be discovered.
Here’s the deal: Log 20 miles on Hudson’s trails, and you’ll earn an exclusive iron-on “20 Mile Challenge” patch — a badge of honor you can slap on your favorite pack, jacket, or hat. Get your miles in however you like — solo morning walks, weekend family hikes, after-work strolls with the dog. Every step counts.
It’s free. It’s fun. And once you start noticing how much trail this town has to offer, 20 miles will just be the beginning. Get all the details here.
Lace up. Log miles. Send us your log and we’ll send you your patch
Thanks for the new signs
Our thanks to Mike Millman from Millman Signs for creating and installing a new kiosk and sign along the paths at the Old North Road Conservation Area which make navigating the Story Walk much easier. And, thanks to Jill Moonheron from the Conservation Commission for creating the maps that are now on both kiosks along the paths.
The Gruffalo is out on the Story Walk
Beware of the Gruffalo on the Story Walk at the Old North Road Conservation Area! Thanks to the Hudson Public Library for adding this new book to make a nice Spring walk a little more exciting.
Go here for directions and information about the trail.