Seven volunteers turned out for work from 9:00 to 11:00 on Saturday, June 18. Some levered the root systems of this potentially overwhelming plant out of the strip along the edge of Blackstone Park Conservation District bordering Paterson Street. Weed diggers and sometimes shovels were the tools of choice.

Other volunteers pruned lower branches on shrubs in order to get at the vines hidden under the shrubbery. They also removed Rosa Multiflora, another invasive species.

The work along the 300 to 400 foot strip is not yet complete. When done, bare soil will be seeded and shrubs will be mulched.

Please watch for an opportunity posted here to join us for another two hour effort. You will learn to identify and control a vine that may be in your neighborhood already. One of our volunteers just did in her own neighborhood!