Learning winter tree identification
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
It’s our 2013 project to document the plants and wildlife in Glen Providence Park! We’ll continue our photojournal of...
read more1-19-2013 Winter Tree Identification
Winter is a wonderful time to appreciate the landscape and trees of Glen Providence Park. With the leaves down, we have a clearer view...
read moreAmerican Chestnuts in Glen Providence Park!
This fall, we were delighted to confirm that we found two healthy young American Chestnut trees in Glen Providence Park! At the...
read moreFall Photojournal
Every season is beautiful in Glen Providence Park– but Fall is just magical! After our first year of monthly photojournals, we...
read moreA Year in Pictures
For one year, we kept a monthly photojournal of Glen Providence Park– walking through the park a few times a week looking for...
read moreFrOG Supports Council Compromise
What follows is the letter that we sent to Media Borough Council and local news organizations. We later learned that Broomalls Lake...
read moreVision for 3rd Street, Part 2
Friends of Glen Providence Park presented a fuller vision of the 3rd Street bridge to Borough Council on September 6th. It was the...
read moreJuly Photojournal
We just passed the first anniversary of Friends of Glen Providence Park, and now we have one year of monthly photojournals! It was...
read moreAn Illuminating Nature Walk!
It was such a hot and humid morning for our Nature Walk led by naturalist Tom Reeves on August 4, even the wildlife seemed to protest...
read moreApril Photojournal
Glen Providence Park burst into color and bird song in April! At the beginning of the month there were just splashes of color, with...
read moreWhat does dam removal look like?
Friends of Glen Providence Park, after carefully doing research and weighing the evidence, has decided to fully support dam removal...
read moreStreamside Buffer Plantings for Earth Day!
We did it! On April 28, the Friends of Glen Providence Park planted elegant native trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses, and perennials...
read moreMarch Photojournal
What a fun month to watch wildlife at the pond in Glen Providence Park! The unseasonably warm weather continued with the temperature...
read moreA Lovely Spring Ephemerals Walk
We were lucky on our St. Patrick’s Day Spring Ephemerals Walk in Glen Providence Park… starting with the glorious...
read moreFebruary Photojournal
Well, at least we had a little taste of winter in Glen Providence Park! Just a few days before Valentine’s Day, we had this...
read moreGlen Providence Park Tree List!
Here is a list of tree species in Glen Providence Park that we have identified while mapping trees on PhillyTreeMap. We are just...
read moreTree Mapping
Our latest citizen science project is an exciting one- we are tree mapping the park! Glen Providence Park was dedicated as a...
read moreA Wonderful Winter Tree Walk!
What a fun and informative hike this was! It was well worth braving the bitter cold to take a walk through Glen Providence Park on...
read moreDecember Photojournal
December was relatively dry and warm- it was 55 degrees on the first day of winter! While we did not get snow (sigh), Glen...
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