Dedham Greenspace Coalition

🌿💦 Spring Lawn Care That Protects Waterways

Your lawn can be green AND eco-friendly! Small steps make a big difference:
✅ Test soil before fertilizing
✅ Use slow-release or organic fertilizers
✅ Leave grass clippings & grow clover
✅ Never fertilize before rain

Protect fish, plants, and your favorite swimming spots!

💡 Learn more about sustainable lawn care: yourcleanwater.org/lawn

Town of Dedham, MA City of Quincy Town of Foxborough, MA Town of Norwood MA Town of Stoughton Town of Canton Canton Conservation Commission

Help get Protect Water and Nature on the November ballot!

Stop by TLC Studios (390 Washington St., Dedham) on Monday, June 8, from 9 AM–12 PM to sign the petition. Help protect clean drinking water, rivers, forests, farms, and open spaces across Massachusetts.

Every signature counts—and we only have a few days left!

Here's another article on this same amazing new Boston Boundless trail (it runs through Dedham!). Congrats and thanks to Walking City Trails and its founder Miles Howard.

A new 80-mile circuit runs through Boston and 13 other communities. Here’s what to know about the urban trail loop. - The Boston Globe Official maps and guides for the Boston Boundless Trail will launch online on June 6, which is National Trails Day.

“You can’t really step off the trail if you’re hiking Mount Katahdin and have some really good empanadas.” https://trib.al/HGCjg6U

Look who stopped by to sign the Protect Water and Nature ballot initiative!

A big thank you to Rep. Paul McMurtry for his support of this effort to create a permanent state fund for parks, trails, land conservation, and clean water across Massachusetts.

This needs your support. The signature drive ends Friday, June 12, at 4:00 PM. We need one final push to get this measure onto the November ballot.

Contact Carol Hills at [email protected]. Carol and Sister Barbara Lavin are out and about in Dedham with clipboards and petition sheets, gathering signatures right up to the deadline! We'll make it easy for you, Thanks!!

Information about the ballot initiative: https://www.natureforma.org/about-ballot-initiative?utm_source=chatgpt.com

🌿 Last Push for Signatures!

There's a little over a week left to collect enough signatures to place the Protect Water and Nature Initiative on the November 2026 ballot. We need your help!

If approved, the measure would create a permanent Nature for All Fund to support parks, trails, land conservation, clean water, wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreation across the Commonwealth. The fund would be financed through a portion of the existing sales tax on sporting goods purchases—without creating a new tax.

Every signature counts. If you'd like to help collect signatures, volunteer, or learn more, contact Carol Hills at [email protected]. She's got the clipboard, the signup sheets and whole dang deal.

To learn more, click here: https://www.natureforma.org/volunteer-portal

🏗️ Last-Minute Notice: Campus at 128 Virtual Site Tour

We just learned about this and wanted to pass it along. The public is invited to a virtual tour of the proposed Campus at 128 development tomorrow, June 3, at 10:30 a.m. To receive the Zoom link, RSVP to [email protected] asap.

What's being proposed is a large multi-use development on 50-plus largely wooded acres in Dedham consisting of residential and senior housing and several life science labs on 50+ largely wooded acres. The area is bordered by Route 128, West Street (Route 135), Burgess Lane, and Schoolmasters.

https://www.campus128.com/

Thanks!