80th Anniversary for Glen Providence Park!
In the summer of 1935, George and Eleanor Butler donated the land for Glen Providence Park, the first park established by Delaware...
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Winter 2013-2014 Photojournal
It was a winter wonderland in Glen Providence Park last year! Pennsylvania Woolly bear caterpillars had “predicted” last...
read moreGeology Walk Recap
We had a fantastic turnout on a beautiful morning on November 8 for a fun geology tour of Glen Providence Park! With humor and...
read moreA Pond Walk in Summer
On June 28, a beautiful early summer day, environmental science and biology teacher Aura Lester delighted an audience of 18 children...
read moreNative Plants for National Public Lands Day!
What a wonderful turnout and beautiful morning for our 4th National Public Lands Day! On September 27, three dozen adults, teens,...
read moreFall 2013 Photojournal
Fall is such a beautiful season in Glen Providence Park, and after record rainfall in summer 2013, last autumn was relatively free of...
read more9-27-2014 Plantings for National Public Lands Day!
On National Public Lands Day, the Friends of Glen Providence Park will plant native trees and shrubs along Broomall’s Run and by...
read moreA Year in the 1.1 Acre
In 2013, we kept a photojournal to document the planned construction area in Glen Providence Park for Broomall’s Dam at 3rd...
read moreSummer 2013 Photojournal
Summer is fast approaching, it’s time to catch up with last summer’s photojournal of Glen Providence Park! It’s...
read moreNature Walks in the Park!
We get so busy preparing for our events and other activities in Glen Providence Park, we don’t always find time to write about...
read moreBirds & Spring Ephemerals!
What a beautiful, crisp spring morning in Glen Providence Park on Saturday for our Bird & Spring Ephemerals Walk! We saw 30...
read more4-26-2014 Bird & Spring Ephemerals Walk
Spring is finally arriving in Glen Providence Park – soon flowers will emerge, and bird song will fill the woods! Learn to...
read more2-22-2014 Winter Nature & History Walk
Join us for a winter walk in Glen Providence Park! Learn about winter characteristics of the park’s native shrubs and plants,...
read more1.1 Acre Project – Fall 2013
It’s our Fall installment of our photos of Glen Providence Park’s 1.1 Acre construction area for Broomall’s Dam! Wildlife...
read more10-19-2013 Wicked Plants & Historical Ghost Walk
It’s a “historical” ghost & nature walk in Glen Providence Park! We won’t have costumes or theatrics- but we’ll...
read more1.1 Acre Project – Summer 2013
We continued to visit Glen Providence Park’s 1.1 Acre construction area for Broomall’s Dam during the hot and unusually(!) wet...
read more1.1 Acre Project – May
In May we saw the area really fill out with foliage. If you compare the two vista shots, you can see the subtle differences. Also,...
read moreSpring Photojournal
It was another beautiful Spring in Glen Providence Park, but much later than the unusually hot spring of 2012… plants emerged as...
read moreApril 1.1 Acre Project: Historical Springs
As we visited the park’s 1.1 Acre construction area for Broomall’s Dam throughout the month of April, it was exciting to...
read moreMarch 1.1 Acre Project: Invasive plants
March was all about invasive plants in my mind. Looking at the photographs, you will see how many invasive species gain their...
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