Do you want to enjoy the outdoors, live music and crafts – and help keep the forests healthy?  Join the Friends of The Blue Hills and the Appalachian Mountain Club on May 20, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm for Green-Up the Blue Hills Day.  Together, we’ll help protect the local forest environment.

For most visitors to the 7,000 acre Blue Hills reservation many plants look alike.  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. Green-Up day will help restore the balance between the two.

Friends of the Blue Hills Executive Director Judy Jacobs explained that Green-Up Day is a chance to have 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 lot of fun doing it.”

The day will include live jazz music, scavenger hunts, face-painting and hikes guided by naturalists, all interspersed with team efforts to track down and remove invasive species.

The public is welcome to join in all activities.  Events will take place on Sunday May 20^th, from 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm at the Ponkapoag AMC cabins.  To access the site participants will park at Temple Beth David, 1060 Randolph St, Canton and walk in about ¼ mile to the Ponkapoag Cabins.