Join us on Tuesday, March 19 from 10AM-12PM for a walk in Blackstone Gateway Park for a walk led by Joe Johnson, invasive plant specialist and dedicated Worcester Parks volunteer. Joe will show us various plant communities in the park, focusing on identification and control of invasive species. We will discuss which native plant species are being displaced, and why that matters. We will meet in the parking area at the Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center at 3 Paul Clancy Way in Worcester.

About Joe Johnson, MS Joe grew up in Fall River. He graduated from Bridgewater State in 1978 with a BS in Sociology of Urban Affairs, with a concentration in Earth Science. He completed the UMass Amherst Green School program in Arboriculture and the certificate program on Invasive Plant Management. Joe is a Worcester Tree Steward, Volunteer Forest Ranger with the Blackstone Collaborative, and Volunteer Ranger for the Greater Worcester Land Trust. Joe runs the Facebook groups Invasive Plants and Insects of Worcester, Massachusetts and Dodge Park Renaissance.