Friends of the Cresheim Trail are happy to announce our volunteer workdays for 2025. As with last year, we’ve added several Sunday options for the folks who can’t make Saturdays. All dates are in the graphic at right, so plug us into your preferred calendar and we’ll catch you on the trail. With the rail […]
Cresheim Trail: A rewarding 2024, a promising 2025
What a year! Friends of the Cresheim Trail extends our sincere gratitude to all our partners, supporters, and most especially you, for helping make 2024 a milestone in the trail’s growth. In the past 12 months, we’ve added nearly a mile of new trail, we’ve planted over 170 trees and shrubs, and in spite of three weather […]
Cresheim Valley Drive Fall Cleanup – Sat 12/7
Join Friends of the Cresheim Trail for our final volunteer workday on Saturday, December 7th: the fall cleanup of Cresheim Valley Drive. Our friends at the Philadelphia Streets Department will help us close the Drive between Germantown Avenue and Allens Lane AND remove the trash that we bag up that day. We’re happy to once […]
CT Fall Planting Sat 11/16
Friends of the Cresheim Trail’s November volunteer workday is always a good one: our annual fall planting! This year’s arrives Saturday, November 16th. SIGN UP HERE. Each May and November, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and Fairmount Park Conservancy team up to present Love Your Park, a week of stewardship activities across the city. Through this […]
Volunteer Workday Sun 10/20
Changing leaves, a nip in the air, and long handled tools are all planned for our monthly volunteer workday, on Sunday, October 20th. We’ll meet at 9am on Cresheim Road where Cresheim Trail crosses. We’ve got a variety of tasks, including some trail improvements (grade reversals and tread work), the usual vegetation stuff (sight line […]