Stewardship Workdays

What happens at a NAP Stewardship Workday?

Public workdays are on hold during spring 2025. Thank you for your interest and please check back near the summer for information about any planned public workdays.

Join us to remove invasive species, plant native species, improve trails, and collect and disperse native seeds. In the springtime, workdays focus on hand-pulling of invasive herbaceous plants, like garlic mustard and dame’s rocket, as well as planting of native plants. During the summer months, herbaceous plants are still around for the pulling and plants placed in the spring need tending. As summer turns to fall, the focus shifts to invasive shrubs such as buckthorn and honeysuckle, which go to seed much later than our native shrubs making them easy to identify. We also collect seeds from native plants in the fall and disperse them in cleared areas. No matter what activity we’re doing, we’d love to have you out there with us!