A Program on Invasive Plants- August 25, 2026 from 6-7:30PM

                                    Topsham’s Energy Committee and Conservation Commission are co-sponsoring a program about invasive plants

How to recognize them, how to control them, and what to plant instead. Andrew Tufts, Maine Audubon’s Manager of the “Bringing Nature Home” program, will be our presenter.

                                                                                                     Don’t miss this informative program!

                                                                                                            Date: Tuesday, August 25th

                                                                                                                        Time: 6pm 

                                                                                    Location: Topsham Municipal Building in the Don Russell Meeting Room and on-line 

Invasive plants have become a serious problem across our area—asiatic bittersweet, Japanese barberry, and burning bush are just three examples of plants originally brought in for the nursery trade, but are now overtaking our woods and fields. These plants are problematic because they replace native species, disrupting food webs and changing ecological conditions