Save Pollinators; Dispose of Black Swallow Wort
Black swallow wort is rampant in Somerville yards. And it is evil. Because of its similarities to milkweed, it tricks monarch butterflies into laying eggs on it and then the caterpillars are killed when they eat its toxic leaves. Green & Open Somerville and the Somerville Community Growing Center have a solution... If you pull up the black swallow wort in your yard or in our parks (i.e., Morse Kelly, along the bike path, etc.), we will give you a packet of native seeds to pla
