by Linda Wilkins | Mar 14, 2026 | Events, Information
Choosing Native Plants for Your Home and Garden On March 5, Andrew Tufts of Maine Audubon visited Harpswell to share a wealth of practical planting wisdom. Speaking at a Harpswell Invasive Plant Partnership (HIPP) event at Elijah Kellogg Church, he shared bird and...
by Becky Gallery | Oct 15, 2025 | Information, News
Harpswell Garden Club volunteers worked with volunteers from Harpswell Invasive Plant Partnership (HIPP) to remove a small forest of burning bush plants at Centennial Hall. Many years ago, two Euonymus Alatus (burning bush) were planted on the south side of the lawn....
by Adrian Colborn | Aug 21, 2025 | Information
Understanding the Impact of Invasive Plants Protecting Our Natural Environment The Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) shared a new video mini-documentary on the significance of invasive plant management efforts with a focus on Little Whaleboat Island just off of...
by Becky Gallery | Jan 18, 2025 | Information, News
2024 Year in Review HIPP activities this past year included in-person field workdays, surveys of two Harpswell Heritage Land Trust preserves: Anna Tondreau on Great Island and Helen & Walter Norton on Birch Island, and the re-printing of our updated Invasive...
by Adrian Colborn | Oct 24, 2024 | Information, News, Volunteer Opportunity
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...
by Adrian Colborn | Sep 9, 2024 | Information, News
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...
