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Category Archives: Trees
LOVE Your Park Tacony Creek Park Clean-Up A Success!
This past Saturday morning, Tacony Creek Park got some much needed LOVE from dozens of volunteers of all ages. Tacony Creek Park is this year’s signature park for LOVE Your Park Week, which made both TTF and the creek very … Continue reading
Posted in Clean-ups, Events, Plantings, Tacony Creek Park Area, Trash, Trees
Tagged Clean-up, LOVE Your Park Week, Tacony Creek Park
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Tree Planting, Garden Weeding, Street Cleaning Extravaganza!
On April 21 this Earth Day Weekend, TTF led volunteers from City Year, Arcadia University, and the Chew and Belfield Neighbor’s Association in planting seven trees, weeding a nearby community garden and picking up trash in and around the Chew … Continue reading
Arcadia Students Survey Potential Tree Locations
Working with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, TTF and students from Arcadia University’s Social Action and Social Change course recently surveyed streets in West Oak Lane. Students noted conditions along the sidewalks of a residential neighborhood and picked up trash as they … Continue reading
Posted in Partners, Trees, Volunteer Opportunities
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Learning How to Tap Sugar Maple Trees
We have some incredible trees in our watershed. . . including sugar maples! TTF’s Steph Clymer and Earth Force’s Dan Brown joined students and teachers from Bridesburg, Feltonville, Lawncrest, and Roosevelt Recreation Centers for a maple sugaring event at Fox … Continue reading
Posted in Tacony Creek Park Area, Trees, Uncategorized
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TTF Tree Tenders Meet & Greet
TTF recently hosted the first-ever Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watershed area Tree Tenders meet and greet. This event provided an opportunity for tree enthusiasts to meet each other, learn about their watershed, and hear about exciting new programs from PHS. Speakers at the … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Partners, Plantings, Trees
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23 trees, 17 volunteers, and a few hours later…
The Wingohocking Tree Tenders, established by TTF in partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), planted street and yard trees in Germantown on Friday, November 18, 2011. We were thrilled to participate in this citywide tree planting effort as part of … Continue reading
Welcome, New Tree Tenders!
Congratulations to all of the recent graduates of Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Tree Tenders program, including TTF’s Executive Director, Community Liaison, and Earth Force colleague! After nine hours of hands-on tree care training, these graduates are now ready to put their … Continue reading
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Rock Creek Riparian Buffer Planting at Cedarbrook Middle School
TTF joined Cedarbrook Middle School students and teachers, Earth Force, and NAM Planning & Design, LLC three days last week to install a riparian buffer on the school grounds. The work started with removal of Japanese knotweed and Phragmites, two … Continue reading
Posted in Clean-ups, Events, Kids, Partners, Plantings, Trees, Wyncote/Glenside
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