The running of the fish has begun in Wellesley

April 18, 2018 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

While the people were running the Boston Marathon, the fish have been running Fuller Brook. Here are some Wellesley kids helping one up the fish ladder between Grove St. and Hunnewell elementary school. We’ve been told in the past by Wellesley officials that alewife are the most common fish found in the brook. The water looks nice and high for them unlike in some previous years when low water levels in the brook have led us to wonder if they could really “jump” high enough to make it up and over the ladder.

Good luck on your journey to the Atlantic Ocean, Wellesley alewifes.

Thanks to local artist Chelsea Sebastian for these great pics.

Let there be light as historic Wellesley Village Church celebrates installation of solar panels

April 18, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Date:April 22^nd 2018 (Earth Day!)

Time: 11:15 am

Location: Wellesley Village Church, 2 Central Ave, Wellesley, MA

Wellesley Village Church will celebrate God’s creation with a unveiling ceremony marking the installation of solar panels on our roof. In support of our objective to honor and protect the health of our community and our home, Wellesley Village Church is committed to a net zero impact on the environment. When complete the system should provide about half our current electrical usage.

Lunch will be served.

Opening Day at Wellesley dump’s Give & Take area

April 16, 2018 by bbrown Leave a Comment

The Wellesley Recycling & Disposal Facility opened its reusables area for the season under bright blue skies on Saturday morning.

Wellesley RDF reusables

Volunteers were in fine form in their bright vests, helping patrons lug items from their cars and into the give-and-take area. Bargain hunters plucked discarded Christmas decorations, furniture and you-name-it from reusable riches.

Wellesley RDF reusables

Wellesley Conservation Council presents “Monarch Butterflies – Beauty on the Wing”

April 16, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

The Monarch butterfly’s life story is one of nature’s most incredible examples of adaptation and survival. But the Monarch migration is in great peril. On Tuesday, April 24, 7pm at the Wellesley Free Library, learn how you can help. Through photographs and discussion, Kim Smith, an award-winning nature author, documentary filmmaker, native plant landscape designer, and naturalist, will tell the life story of the Monarch. Her presentation Beauty on the Wing, co-sponsored by the library and the Wellesley Conservation Council, will cover the state of the butterflies’ migration and why they are in sharp decline, and the positive steps we can take as individuals and collectively to help the Monarchs recover from devastating effects of habitat loss, climate change, and pesticides.

In addition to writing and filming, Smith specializes in creating pollinator habitat gardens utilizing primarily North American native wildflowers, trees, shrubs, and vines.

Landscape Planner Cricket Vlass pays a call to Wellesley Gardeners’ Guild

Help Wellesley keep things tidy on Earth Day, April 22

April 15, 2018 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Morses Pond Clean-up

WHEN: Sunday, April 22
TIME: 10am – 2pm
WHERE: Morses Pond Beach

Plant a tree

You can help the earth right here in Wellesley by planting a tree. Just sign up to get a free tree planted in your yard through the Wellesley Natural Resources Commission. Click here for tree planting options for Spring 2018. Contact [email protected]