The Cattail Conservatory is a rising initiative that promotes ecological healing through restoration of indigenous plants while fortifying indigenous ways of life. By engaging our environment with familial intentions, we actively contribute to the reinvestment into all of our relations.  
The presence of cattail is a visible indicator of fresh water resources. As we harvest to permanently remove the invasive phragmites from fresh water sources, we will use them in ways to support ecological innovation. We aim to reinforce the value of caretaking Mother Earth, and the notion that water is life by helping to reestablish the natural growth patterns of cattail and companion plants in historical and developing wetlands.

Areas of Interest

& Developing Partnerships

  • Intensive care to restore the marshland and companion plants through the controlled removal of the non-native phragmites.

  • Within the Boston Nature Center Sanctuary lies the Canterbury Brook wetland where strong cattail colony resides and helps filter the waters that traveling through it. They are now admist two phragmite stands that are a growing concern.

  • An area once filled with cattail and visible water is now filled with phragmites. Only one small cattail stand remains and is being threatened.

    Location: Enneking Pkwy, Smithfield Road, Reservation Road, Smithfield Park.