Please join with friends and neighbors as we pitch in to make the pond a better place for all of us! Event will be held on 11/6/22 with a raindate on 11/13/22. Please bring your own tools or use the ones provided by DGS.
Events
Tree Talk Town Hall – Tuesday 10/25/22 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Greetings friends of Buckingham Pond Conservancy! We wanted to share the information below about the "Tree Talk Town Hall" this coming Tuesday 10/25/22 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the Albany Jewish Community Center at 340 Whitehall Rd This meeting, hosted by the City of...
2022 Ice Cream Social & Updates on Park Maintenance
Greetings friends of Buckingham Pond Conservancy! As we enter the back-to-school season we have a few updates for you. Everyone’s favorite early autumn event, the Buckingham Pond Ice Cream Social will be Sunday, September 11 from 1-3 pm! The ice cream is on us, and...
2022 Spring Cleanup – Save the Date
2022 Annual Meeting Summary
We had a wonderful annual meeting on Sunday March 27. Thank you to our members who joined us! Welcome Jenny O'Neill. Congratulations on your election to the board - and on your election to treasurer! Congratulations also to our Board Officers re-elected at the March...
2022 Annual Meeting – Save the Date
Dear Friend, Whoever thought that our community would still be affected so deeply by the Covid-19 pandemic, even two years on? Yet despite continued difficulties, the Buckingham Pond Conservancy has continued work to make our pond and park a place all of us can enjoy...
2021 Fall Cleanup – Save the Date
2021 Safe Ice Cream Social – Save the Date
Please join us for our COVID safe ice-cream social featuring pre-packaged ice cream. Sunday 9/12 1:00 - 3:00
Garlic Mustard, Invasive Plant Management
Several patches of garlic mustard, an alien invasive plant, have become established at Buckingham Pond. Fortunately, it's fairly easy to bring garlic mustard under control by pulling the plants up and removing them before they release seeds. This is a great way to get...
2021 Spring Clean Up & Native Species Planting
Join us for general cleanup and garbage collection, garlic mustard removal, cutting back bittersweet, and planting native species. We will have some tools borrowed from the City of Albany. Thank you! If you have them, please bring your own work gloves and tools....
Summer 2020 Updates
Jack Almy Bench on order - Thank you!We successfully completed our fundraising for the Jack Almy memorial bench. We received many generous donations and were able to order the bench. Look for it to be installed this summer. Thank you to all the donors and to those who...
Sad News & May 2020 Updates
As spring begins to emerge, Buckingham Pond Park is teeming with life—plant, animal, and human. During these uncertain times, we would like to remind you to please keep at least six feet apart from other park users and wear a face mask whenever that's not possible....