The colors are blazing and things are getting real spooky, so it must be FALL PLANTING TIME. Lucky for us, we have a whole bunch of plants to put in the ground, and the date has been set: Join us Saturday, November 15th, as we expand our ecological restoration zone once again, filling in gaps and stabilizing the banks of Cresheim Creek between the boardwalk and Germantown Avenue. This planting is part of the fall Love Your Park festivities hosted by Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and Fairmount Park Conservancy, to whom we are grateful for the plants, tools, and continued support.
This work will build on the plantings we’ve done in the same area over the past four years, and you can see the fruits of our labors — almost literally. The pawpaws are probably one or two seasons from yielding fruit, and there are lots of other happy trees that have more than doubled their cages: red maples, bur oaks, and serviceberries, among other native species.
We’ll meet at 9am at the Germantown Avenue trailhead (next to the old railroad trestle). As it’s a Love Your Park event, we kindly ask that you register HERE.
Our final volunteer workday of 2025 will come on Sunday, December 7th. Details TBA.
