April 1.1 Acre Project: Historical Springs

Jul 12, 2013 by

As we visited the park’s 1.1 Acre construction area for Broomall’s Dam throughout the month of April, it was exciting to...

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7-13-2013 Our 2nd Anniversary Picnic!

Jul 8, 2013 by

Join us as we celebrate the second year of Friends of Glen Providence Park!  It is our 2nd Anniversary Picnic, and this year we will...

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1941 Nature Guide!

Apr 13, 2013 by

We were delighted and amazed to find a copy of the 1941 Nature Guide to Glen Providence Park in the Media Historic Archives, after...

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Eleanor Reed Butler Waterfall

Apr 6, 2013 by

One of the loveliest original features in Glen Providence Park might go unnoticed, if it were not still marked with a dedication...

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4-6-2013 A 1941 Nature Guide & Spring Ephemerals Walk!

Mar 26, 2013 by

See Glen Providence Park through the eyes of a park ranger from 1941!  We were intrigued during our historical research to find this...

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2-23-2013 Naturalist Walk & Talk

Feb 13, 2013 by

Glen Providence Park has been studied by naturalists for many years, dating from T. Chalkley Palmer’s 1889 essay about Scroggie...

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Learning winter tree identification

Feb 11, 2013 by

We had a great introduction to winter tree identification in Glen Providence Park on a cold, beautiful, sunny Saturday morning in...

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The 1.1 Acre Project

Feb 5, 2013 by

It’s our 2013 project to document the plants and wildlife in Glen Providence Park!  We’ll continue our photojournal of...

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2013 Schedule of Events

Jan 15, 2013 by

Mark your calendars!  We have planned our 2013 Friends of Glen Providence Park events for most months, including History...

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American Chestnuts in Glen Providence Park!

Dec 3, 2012 by

This fall, we were delighted to confirm that we found two healthy young American Chestnut trees in Glen Providence Park!  At the...

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Thanksgiving

Nov 22, 2012 by

Following the example of some of our friends, throughout November we have been counting down to Thanksgiving by posting daily thanks...

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A Halloween Birthday for Glen Providence Park!

Oct 31, 2012 by

George and Eleanor Butler donated the land for Glen Providence Park in the summer of 1935, and its final approval was reported in the...

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Ghosts & other park frights

Oct 23, 2012 by

We were in the Halloween spirit at our Nature & Ghost Walk on October 14 with tales of extortion, poison theft, witches, arrests,...

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10-14-2012 Nature & Ghost Walk

Oct 2, 2012 by

It’s a “historical” ghost & nature walk in Glen Providence Park!  We won’t have costumes, makeup, or...

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A Magical Afternoon Concert

Sep 17, 2012 by

We could not have asked for a more lovely concert as our inaugural concert in Glen Providence Park on September 9!  After a stormy...

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Concerts in Glen Providence Park

Aug 24, 2012 by

For decades, summers meant weekly concerts at the stage in Glen Providence Park! The first concert on Tuesday, June 29, 1937 had...

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8/4/2012 Nature Walk with Tom Reeves

Jul 23, 2012 by

As anyone who has been on a bird or nature walk with naturalist Tom Reeves knows, he is a wealth of interesting information about...

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7/28/2012 Picnic in the Park

Jul 19, 2012 by

Join us as we celebrate the first year of Friends of Glen Providence Park… with a picnic!  We can’t think of of a more...

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April Photojournal

May 11, 2012 by

Glen Providence Park burst into color and bird song in April!  At the beginning of the month there were just splashes of color, with...

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The Song of the Wood Thrush

May 8, 2012 by

We are lucky to have the lovely Wood Thrush, with its ethereal song, in Glen Providence Park!  It is a “species of conservation...

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