Videos
Friends of Bees March 2021 meeting
At the March 31 meeting of Friends of Bees, our guest Alix Bartsch discussed how Lexington became the first Bee City in Massachusetts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvRt58keNII
Articles by Pam Phillips
Past WG Updates
Online Plant Sales for Bee-Safe Flowers
The food we eat depends on bees to pollinate the plants – and bees in turn depend on flowers for their food. Bees are especially threatened by a class of insecticides called neonicotinoids. When these […]
Past Actions
Help Watertown Forward Guide the Charter Review
A NEW SURVEY for WATERTOWN RESIDENTS Watertown is currently reviewing its Charter, which determines how our government works. Watertown Forward is a non-partisan civic action group whose mission is to educate, empower, and engage our community in the current […]
Videos
Joe Gerson discusses Nuclear Disarmament
Joe Gerson, Dr. Brita Lundberg and Sofia Wolman are guests in this episode of On the Sunny Side of the Street. Hosted by Tod Gross, this episode focuses on activities of students and adults working […]
Articles
Recommendations for Pollinator Gardens
As spring is drawing swiftly near, Friends of Bees invites to you plant or enhance your pollinator garden. Pollinators need native flowers that will support a variety of native bees. Pollinators also need habitat to […]
Past Actions
Support No Artificial Turf at Grove Street Site
Please support the following petition, started by Elodia Thomas, asking Buckingham Browne & Nichols School to reconsider the proposal for artificial turf playing fields at Grove Street. Beginning in 2014, the residents of Watertown began […]
Past Actions
Help review how Watertown is governed
Watertown’s Charter Review gives us an opportunity to change our town government in ways that create greater transparency and responsive. This could lead to greater social justice and environmental sustainability. The Watertown Charter Review Commission […]