Celebrate the Park’s 88th Birthday!
Halloween🎃, October 31, 2023, marks the 88th birthday of Glen Providence Park! Would you help us celebrate Delaware...
read moreGlen Providence Park’s 85th Halloween Birthday!
George and Eleanor Butler donated the land for Glen Providence Park in the summer of 1935, and work started on October 31, 1935...
read more2020 Schedule of Events
All on one page, our 2020 Friends of Glen Providence Park events… including nature walks, volunteer...
read more11-10-2018 History & Nature Walk
Join us for a late fall history and nature walk in Glen Providence Park! We’ll follow part of the self-guided route from the...
read more1941 Trail Plantings!
For our 8th National Public Lands Day on Saturday, October 6, we installed wildlife habitat plantings along the 1941 Trail in Glen...
read morePhoto Tribute to the Grand White Oak
As we prepare for our annual fall tree planting this weekend, we are thinking of the loss this spring of the iconic White Oak on the...
read more3-17-2018 Geology Walk
Join us for a geology tour of Glen Providence Park! We are bringing back one of our most popular walks – Charles Randall will...
read moreEntrance Kiosks for Glen Providence Park!
This fall, the all-volunteer Media Presbyterian Church Senior Craftsmen beautifully built kiosks for all three entrances to Glen...
read moreThanksgiving 2016
Throughout November, we have been counting down to Thanksgiving by posting daily thanks on Facebook. There is some overlap with our...
read more1980’s Halloween Hauntings!
Thirty years ago, werewolves, ghouls, and monsters filled Glen Providence Park on October nights for the annual Halloween...
read more80 Years of Fishing
Since it was created by the WPA in 1936 for fishing and skating, the pond in Glen Providence Park has seen its fair share of fishing,...
read moreOur 5th Anniversary!
Friends of Glen Providence Park first met on July 14, 2011 at Seven Stones Café in Media. We organized in response to the threat to...
read moreJuly 4th Fireworks & Festivities!
Many Media-area residents have memories of the decades of July 4th festivities and fireworks displays in Glen Providence Park! Annual...
read moreA WPA Pond
One of the most beloved features of the Glen Providence Park is the man-made pond at its center – created 80 years ago for...
read moreNature Walks & A History Talk
We have monthly nature walks (or volunteer days) in Glen Providence Park, year-round! We’ve documented our Spring Cleanups in March...
read more1897 Isaac Worrall Tree Inscription
This spring, we learned about an 1897 inscription on an American Beech tree in Glen Providence Park! Research into its author revealed...
read moreAn 80th Anniversary Year
2015 was the 80th Anniversary year for Glen Providence Park! In 1935, prominent Media Borough residents George and Eleanor Reed Butler...
read more2-8-2016 History Presentation
In the 1800’s, the land that is now Glen Providence Park was called Scroggie Valley. Forty-year Delaware County Institute of...
read moreA Spooky Halloween 80th Birthday!
Goblins, ghosts, and witches returned to Glen Providence Park for its Halloween 80th birthday party! Amidst the deepening shadows on...
read more10-31-2015 A Halloween 80th Birthday Celebration!
Join Hedgerow Theatre and Friends of Glen Providence Park for a ghostly Halloween celebration of Glen Providence Park’s...
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