HIPP Arts Contest: Creativity at its Best!

by | Oct 3, 2023 | Uncategorized

There are some very talented people in Harpswell. Thanks to all who entered our inaugural arts contest. From photos and video to paintings and poems, here are the entries we received. All entrants will receive a gift card to a nursery, where they may purchase a native...

Battle with Bittersweet at Otter Brook Preserve

by | Sep 22, 2023 | Uncategorized

Our volunteers tackled a part of Otter Brook Preserve we had not previously visited for invasive plant work. A group of five volunteers cut bittersweet growing along Route 123 in the northern-most part of the preserve. What they found was astounding-a bittersweet vine...

Otter Brook Preserve Work Date

by | Sep 17, 2023 | Uncategorized

Our work date scheduled for Monday, Sept 18 has been changed due to a wet forecast. We will meet at the south end of Peabody Road at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept 20. Please be on time, as we will walk as a group to the work area across Route 123. We have tools, or...

Curtis Farm Preserve: Work in Progress

by | Sep 10, 2023 | Uncategorized

More than a dozen volunteers were on site at Curtis Farm Preserve. The goal: clear the old farm foundation for future accessibility of preserve visitors. Mission accomplished! The shrub honeysuckle, multiflora rose and asiatic bittersweet were no match for the...