Sorry folks, the weather for Saturday looks no bueno, so we’ve made the decision to cancel our June volunteer workday. We’ll run it back next month — Saturday July 19th is the target date. We’ll definitely have some vegetation to trim by then, and maaaybe some other top tier trail tasks. Stay tuned, stay dry, […]
Cresheim Valley Drive Spring Cleanup – Love Your Park – Sat 5/17
On Saturday, May 17th, Friends of the Cresheim Trail and our friends in Mt Airy and Chestnut Hill will close Cresheim Valley Drive to traffic between Germantown and Stenton Avenues and take to the streets with trash bags and trash pickers and clean the drive as part of Love Your Park spring festivities. We’ll meet […]
Volunteer Workday Sat 3/15
Spring is nigh, and impending warmer temps are all the more reason to look forward to our March volunteer workday. That’s happening Saturday, March 15th at 9am. After last month’s rainout, we’ll turn some extra attention on the quarry area of the Friends Loop. We’ve got our eyes set on some big ecological work there […]
Volunteer Workday Sun 6/9
Our June volunteer workday comes a week early this month: Sunday, June 9th. We’re leaving the following week open for dad, and we’ll resume our third-weekend workdays in July. Our June workday will feature a mishmash of options for all skill sets: We’ll be cutting back invasive vegetation, protecting new plants with metal cages, and […]
Big Volunteer Workday Sat 3/16
Interested in a first look into the future? Join us! On Saturday, March 16th at 9AM, we’ll host a volunteer workday to do early work on the official next phase of the Cresheim Trail: the section between Germantown and Stenton Avenues. This section will follow the alignment of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Fort Washington (AKA Cresheim) […]