HIPP Conducts Fall Workdays
Invasive Plant Cleanup Marathon at Multiple HHLT Preserves From September 4 through October 14, 2024, teams of dedicated HIPP volunteers conducted a Fall marathon of invasive plant cleanup workdays at multiple Harpswell Heritage Land Trust (HHLT) preserves. Fall is a...
Bowdoin Students Join HIPP Volunteers to Make Lighter Work of Invasive Plant Removal
Bowdoin Students Join HIPP Volunteers to Make Lighter Work of Invasive Plant Removal On Wednesday August 28 a team of eight Bowdoin students and six HIPP volunteers came together at the Giant’s Stairs & McIntosh Lot Preserve on Bailey Island to remove invasive...
HIPP Supporter Donates $1,000
This season a member of the Harpswell community generously donated $1,000 to HIPP. This benefactor, who has given to HIPP previously, demonstrates commitment to the HIPP's mission of combating invasive plant species on Harpswell Heritage Land Trust (HHLT) preserves...
Tackling Invasive Plants: Cut, Dig, Pull, Repeat!
A frequently heard question in discussions about invasive plants is “How do we get rid of them?” The answer is simple, but not easy: cut, dig, pull, repeat. Monitor the area for re-growth, then cut, dig, pull and repeat! Plants from away become invasive because they...
Lovely Loosestrife: a Purple Problem
What is Loosestrife? Standing tall along streams, roadsides and marshes, purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is easily spotted in the summer months with its erect, purple spikes. The square stem, like all mint family plants, is sturdy, growing 3’ to 10’ in height....
Invasives out => Natives in!
The Harpswell Invasive Plant Partnership (HIPP) has made significant progress in reducing invasive plants at Johnson Field Preserve on Bailey Island. Thanks to the annual efforts of HIPP’s many volunteers, large swaths of non-native wisteria have been removed from the...
Spring Work Plans for HIPP
Our season gets underway on Saturday, May 4 at the Curtis Farm Preserve (1554 Harpswell Neck Road, Harpswell). Work begins at 8:30 a.m. near the parking area off Route 123. We plan to work until 11:30 a.m. cutting back the dead invasive shrubs that were treated last...
Spring is Here, it’s time to get to work on invasive plants!
As plants begin to leaf out, the earliest to show green are usually invasive plants. Shrub honeysuckle and Japanese barberry are two of the earliest to bud out. Japanese knotweed begins to show reddish-green sprouts in late April and early May, and soon the garlic...
Doug Tallamy to speak on Zoom January 24
Maine Audubon and the Garden Club Federation of Maine are partnering to bring Doug Tallamy to Maine in a Zoom presentation on January 24 at 6:00 p.m. HIPP is offering a Zoom watch party at the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust office, 153 Harpswell Neck Road. Doors open...
We encourage you to contact HIPP with your questions about invasive plants and your observations of invasive plants in Harpswell. You can reach HIPP at [email protected] or by filling out the form below.