The City of Newton is delivering several loads of fresh wood chips, which will be dropped right by the gate. The Friends of Wellington Park are hosting a volunteer work session to spread them out, and we need your help to get the job done! (Note: This is the same time as volunteers will be working on the gardens at Wellington Park.)
Date: Saturday, September 5, 2026 9 am - 12 pm
Location: Wellington Park Tot Lot
What to Bring: Work gloves, steel garden rakes, garden hoes and wheelbarrows (if you have them!)
Wellington Parkfest 2026 is Here - FREE!
Sunday October 4th, 2026 1pm-4pm
Saturday, September 19, 2026, 9:30 - 11:30
More info and registration HERE
Newton Pollinator/Native Plant Garden Tour - FREE!
Saturday, September 19, 2026, 12:00 - 4:00
Includes Wellington Park’s Pollinator Garden
More information and registration HERE
The gardens in Wellington Park are in full bloom, come visit and enjoy and see for yourself!
In our picture carousel above:
Trumpet honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens Eastern US NATIVE
Japanese spiraea Spiraea japonica
Snow-on-the-mountain Euphorbia marginata Southern US NATIVE Annual
Joe Pye Weed Eutronchium maculatum Eastern US NATIVE
Joe Pye Weed, Snow-on-the-mountain, spirea, black eyed susan
Seedpods of Shrubby St. John’s wort Hypericum prolificum Eastern US NATIVE
Autumn Joy Sedum Hylotelephium spectabile
Butterfly Weed Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa Eastern US NATIVE
Birdbath with Butterfly weed and Nepeta -
New York Aster Symphyotrichum novi-belgii East coast NATIVE
Bicolored striped sweat bee Halictidae NATIVE
Pokeweed Phytolacca americana Eastern US NATIVE
Faassen’s Catmint Nepeta faassenii
Rose
Blue vervain Verbena hastata US NATIVE
Red chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia Eastern US NATIVE
Black-eyed susan Rudbeckia hirta US NATIVE
New York Aster Symphyotrichum novi-belgii East coast NATIVE
Tarnished plant bug Miridae NATIVE
Wild Senna Senna hebecarpa East coast NATIVE
Jerusalem artichoke Helianthus tuberosus US NATIVE
Garlic chives Allium tuberosum
Jerusalem artichoke Helianthus tuberosus US NATIVE
Email us anytime at info@wellingtonpark.org.
Wellington Park is located a few blocks north of West Newton Square, with entrances on Kilburn Road and Princess Road (near Princess & Lindbergh Ave.)
Parking permitted only on the southbound side of Kilburn Road.
Additional parking available on nearby streets: Henshaw Street, Henshaw Place, Henshaw Terrace, Lindbergh Avenue, Southgate Park, Northgate Park, and Byrd Avenue.
Please be courteous to neighbors and park on the same side as other cars.