Monthly Nature Walks in 2015
We have monthly nature walks (or volunteer days) in Glen Providence Park, year-round! We’ve documented our Winter Bird Walk in...
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6-7-2015 Tree Walk
Join us for a tree walk in Glen Providence Park, in the 80th anniversary year for this Bird Sanctuary and Arboretum! We will be led by...
read moreScouts in Glen Providence Park!
Since Glen Providence Park was established as a bird sanctuary and arboretum in 1935, Girl and Boy Scouts have been a part of its...
read moreTree Mapping
Today, we began our 2015 citizen science project, Tree Mapping! After some logistical planning and test runs, seven volunteers started...
read moreEarth Day Celebration & Tree Planting
What better way to honor and celebrate Earth Day and the 80th Anniversary year of Glen Providence Park than by planting trees?...
read more4-22-2015 Earth Day Event in Glen Providence Park
Join us as we celebrate Earth Day this year together with Delaware County Parks & Recreation and Media Providence Friends School!...
read more80th 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...
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 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 more1-26-2014 Winter Tree Walk
Winter is a wonderful time to explore Glen Providence Park! With the leaves down, we have a clearer view of this steep valley’s...
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 moreA Fun Stream Cleanup!
At the 16th Annual Chester-Ridley-Crum Watersheds Streams Cleanup, at least 18 adults and 15 children removed 8 bags of trash and 15...
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...
read more1941 Nature Guide!
We were delighted and amazed to find a copy of the 1941 Nature Guide to Glen Providence Park in the Media Historic Archives, after...
read moreA Rainy Walk in the Woods
It was drizzling last Saturday morning for our Naturalist Walk & Talk in Glen Providence Park, but that didn’t scare us off- and...
read moreWinter Photojournal
We didn’t get any substantial snowfall in Glen Providence Park this winter, but we did get several dustings and light coverings-...
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