by Becky Gallery | Apr 19, 2026 | News
On April 18, 2026, volunteers from Harpswell Invasive Plant Partnership (HIPP) and Harpswell Heritage Land Trust (HHLT) worked together to burn the accumulated wood in the brush pile at Curtis Farm Preserve. With a Harpswell Neck Fire Department (HNFD) truck on...
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 | May 7, 2025 | Events, News
On Saturday May 17 at 10:00 AM, HIPP will participate in the Town of Harpswell’s upcoming program “The Power of Plants”. The program is the third in the “Water Wise” series that the town has conducted and is sponsored by...
by Adrian Colborn | Feb 6, 2025 | News
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of Maine a grant to study the connection between invasive plants and ticks, according to the News Center Maine article UMaine awarded $1.8M to research tick mitigation through invasive plant removal. ...
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...
