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Friends of Spy Pond Park Work Morning
Spy Pond Park, 50 Pond Ln, Arlington, MA | Get Directions »
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Spy Pond Park needs your help to keep it beautiful, clean and ecologically sustainable. Join the Friends of Spy Pond Park for a friendly day of native planting bed and shoreline clean-up, fun and community. Even 20 minutes really helps!
Teens can earn Community Service Credits. Families are encouraged to join in: kids 8+ can help a parent in the gardens.
Please bring gloves and tools if you have them, or borrow from our small supply. Meet at the Spy Pond Park Playground off Pond Lane. All workers must sign a waiver form (parents sign for those under 18), available at www.friendsofspypondpark.org.
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Rain date Sunday, 1-4PM
Event Details
| Where | Spy Pond Park 50 Pond Ln, Arlington, MA 02474 |
| Next on | This event is over. |
| Time | 10:00 am–1:00 pm |
| Who to bring | College Students, Everyone, Kids, Teens, Families |
| Website | http://www.friendsofspypondpark.org |
| Phone | 781-641-2392 |
| info@friendsofspypondpark.org | |
| Price | $0 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
More About Spy Pond Park
Framed by picturesque Spy Pond on one side and the Minuteman Bikeway on the other, this skinny parkway has pretty much everything: picnic benches, small sandy beaches, swans and Canada geese (don't feed them), a boat launch for crew teams and stone steps to the pond for those who want to dip their feet.
In the mid-19th century, Spy Pond was the site of a major ice-harvesting operation, with trains carrying ice from the pond to the harbor and Boston for transport to ports throughout the world. It was also home to powder house of the Arlington militia.
Today, Spy Pond Park is home to the Yood Park playground, which includes swings, slides and a jungle gym on woodchips. Parking is available in a lot off Pond Lane, but the spaces fill up quickly on a nice day. The Arlington Rowing Club keeps its boats on the opposite side of the bikeway and uses the pond for practices.
The park is a short walk from the Spy Pond Playground, which includes several playing fields and tennis courts.
Alcohol, cookouts, swimming and golf are prohibited.
Karen L. Grossman
10:05 am on Friday, July 20, 2012
Participants should bring an adequate supply of water, too. We need extra help this month to assist in the cleanup after the microburst earlier this week.