Fall Photojournal

Nov 30, 2012 by

Every season is beautiful in Glen Providence Park– but Fall is just magical!  After our first year of monthly photojournals, we...

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A Year in Pictures

Nov 19, 2012 by

For one year, we kept a monthly photojournal of Glen Providence Park– walking through the park a few times a week looking for...

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Another successful National Public Lands Day!

Oct 12, 2012 by

One year ago, Friends of Glen Providence Park chose National Public Lands Day (NPLD) for our first event: a volunteer day cleaning up...

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July Photojournal

Aug 20, 2012 by

We just passed the first anniversary of Friends of Glen Providence Park, and now we have one year of monthly photojournals!  It was...

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June Photojournal

Jul 11, 2012 by

June brought heat waves, thunderstorms, and a world of insects to observe in Glen Providence Park!  One of my favorites is the Ebony...

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A Playful Pond Walk!

Jul 10, 2012 by

What fun we had on our June 23 Pond Walk!  It was a beautiful morning, and we had our biggest turnout yet- there were at least 19...

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May Photojournal

Jun 7, 2012 by

Just call it our Birding Big Month!  With the expert help of the Birding Club of Delaware County, we added 15 species to our Glen...

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6/23/2012 Pond Walk!

Jun 5, 2012 by

Join us as we explore the plant and animal life at the pond in Glen Providence Park!  The pond was created in 1936, primarily for...

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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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March Photojournal

Apr 9, 2012 by

What a fun month to watch wildlife at the pond in Glen Providence Park!  The unseasonably warm weather continued with the temperature...

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A Lovely Spring Ephemerals Walk

Mar 20, 2012 by

We were lucky on our St. Patrick’s Day Spring Ephemerals Walk in Glen Providence Park… starting with the glorious...

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Delaware County Open Space Plan

Jan 25, 2012 by

We want to make sure you are aware of an exciting opportunity to be involved in the planning for the future of open space in Delaware...

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It’s A Wonderful Life… at Glen Providence Park!

Dec 25, 2011 by

An amazing 1933 account of a girl rescuing her younger sister from icy water at Broomall’s Dam is remarkably similar to that of...

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Annotated Trail Map!

Nov 18, 2011 by

It’s our historically annotated trail map!  These are not official trail and place names- they are whimsical names based on our...

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A History & Nature Hike

Nov 11, 2011 by

What a beautiful morning we had for our History & Nature Hike on Saturday! Fifteen adults and children enjoyed the foliage as we...

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October Wildlife Sightings

Nov 2, 2011 by

From late fall foliage to a rare pre-Halloween snow, it was an odd month! At least we had some days of gorgeous weather after months...

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Upcoming Changes: Pond & Wetlands

Oct 28, 2011 by

In the next few years, there will be some permanent changes to the park’s pond and wetlands.  This is an outline of the...

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September Wildlife Sightings

Sep 30, 2011 by

  Our 2nd month documenting park wildlife and happenings…  In the first few days, we noticed that the Cicadas had ended...

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Students in the park

Sep 23, 2011 by

Since the park’s beginning, school classes have visited the park to study its plants and wildlife. That tradition continues...

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August Wildlife Sightings

Sep 19, 2011 by

Kind of a photo journal of the park… we had fun starting our quest to document the wildlife in the park, camera in hand! We...

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