Brodhead Watershed Association will host a workshop in July, part of the Greening Mountainhome Series, on how to control knotweed along creeks - and in your backyard.

Last year, volunteers cut knotweed along Mill Creek in Mountainhome and treated the invasive with herbicide. Uncontrolled, the nonnative plant spreads quickly and chokes out other plants.

The treatment worked. This year, there is hardly a wisp of knotweed to be seen.

That demonstration project covered just a small area. Now, knowing that this process actually works, it’s time to put the process into action.

Register for a live, on-stream workshop led by Robin Anglemyer. Learn the right time to cut knotweed, what tools you need, how low to cut it (hint: ankle height is too low!), and what to do next. The tentative date is Wednesday, July 7, at 4 p.m. - but exact timing of the workshop will depend on weather conditions and knotweed growth. Register now to get detailed updates.

On the day of the event, workers from Strauser Nature’s Helpers will clear knotweed along Mill Creek in Mountainhome from Route 191 to Route 390 to Wieboldt Road - keep an eye out!

Register and find more information at brodheadwatershed.org/events/knotweed-workshop/