Start your weekend off right by helping BEAT eradicate destructive, invasive Hardy Kiwi at Burbank Park! Gloves and tools will be provided, but we encourage you to bring your own if you have them (loppers, pruning shears, and pruning saws). Please RSVP to team@thebeatnews.org for information on where to meet.

Hardy Kiwi is an exotic invasive ornamental vine that threatens forests in western Massachusetts through complete domination of mature trees. Once it germinates, it will climb surrounding vegetation and eventually kill its support. Hardy kiwi can grow over 20 feet in a year. It has become a major problem in places such as Kennedy Park, Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, and Burbank Park.

DATE: Friday, February 16

TIME: 10:00 – 11:30 AM

LOCATION: Burbank Park in Pittsfield — Meet at the Onota Lake Boat Launch, 309 Lakeway Drive, Pittsfield, MA

The 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival is a winter arts festival located in Pittsfield’s Upstreet Cultural District in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, organized by the City of Pittsfield and Barrington Stage Company.