Lyme Nix the Knotweed Days

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Date: Sat August 13, 2022
Time: 8-10 am
Place: Reed Landing, Old Hamburg Rd, Joshua Pond, Joshuatown Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

Join our work party for the second year to remove invasive knotweed and learn to control Knotweed on your own property. Better yet, organize your own neighborhood Nix the Knotweed Day! We are in our second year of tackling the knotweed using the “method of 3s”: cut knotweed down to the ground and bag the plant material; 3 chops this growing season (May, mid-July, and mid-August) We will repeat this for 3 years to take care of the knotweed for good without using herbicide. The cuttings will be carefully disposed of since each little piece will regrow into a new plant.

We also will tend the new native plant garden at Reed Landing on Saturday, August 13. The garden was installed on May 14, 2022 under the direction of New England Pollinator Gardens. Come help and Learn about creating a native garden in your own yard. This project is made possible with grant form the Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Coordinating Committee. 

Bring work gloves. For knotweed removal, bring clippers or loppers. Bring your own water bottle. Snacks will be provided. 

Please register:

For Saturday, Aug. 13 at Reed Landing and Old Hamburg Road: Openspace@townlyme.org

For Friday, Aug. 19 at Whalebone Cove: trughouse@comcast.net

Sponsored by the Town of Lyme, Lyme Pollinator Pathway, Friends of Whalebone Cove, and Lyme Land Trust.

Japanese knotweed is an invasive plant which crowds out native plants that pollinators and other wildlife depend upon for survival. For a brochure on Nix the Knotweed Method of 3s.


Join our work party for the second year to remove invasive knotweed and learn to control Knotweed on your own property. Better yet, organize your own neighborhood Nix the Knotweed Day! We are in our second year of tackling the knotweed using the “method of 3s”: cut knotweed down to the ground and bag the plant material; 3 chops this growing season (May, mid-July, and mid-August) We will repeat this for 3 years to take care of the knotweed for good without using herbicide. The cuttings will be carefully disposed of since each little piece will regrow into a new plant.

We also will tend the new native plant garden at Reed Landing on Saturday, August 13. The garden was installed on May 14, 2022 under the direction of New England Pollinator Gardens. Come help and Learn about creating a native garden in your own yard. This project is made possible with grant form the Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Coordinating Committee. 

Bring work gloves. For knotweed removal, bring clippers or loppers. Bring your own water bottle. Snacks will be provided. 

Please register:

For Saturday, Aug. 13 at Reed Landing and Old Hamburg Road: Openspace@townlyme.org

For Friday, Aug. 19 at Whalebone Cove: trughouse@comcast.net

Sponsored by the Town of Lyme, Lyme Pollinator Pathway, Friends of Whalebone Cove, and Lyme Land Trust.

Japanese knotweed is an invasive plant which crowds out native plants that pollinators and other wildlife depend upon for survival. For a brochure on Nix the Knotweed Method of 3s.