How to Speedrun our 5th Annual Tacony Creek Park Music & Arts Festival
Written by Chambs Ruiz This year marked the 5th time we hosted the Tacony Creek Park Music & Arts Festival with Olney Culture Lab. We had many guests and live […]
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Splashed into Summer: A Block Party Retrospective
Written by Gouri J. Nair, Jermikah Parkinson, and Maiya Mangum; Edited by Wendi Wu | June 27, 2025 A Cookout Vibe in the Heart of Juniata Park “The Splash into […]
Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy: 2024 Day of Service
by Malcolm Bundy, Philadelphia Community Organizer Every year, community members celebrate the legacy of Dr. King by giving back to their community for the MLK Day of Service. This year, […]
2023 Tacony Creek Park Block Parties: Bugs, Summer Joy, and a Milksnake!
Our 11th year hosting Block Parties in Tacony Creek Park was filled with colorful chalk on the trails, joy in nature, family, environmental education, edible plants in the park, and […]
Lots of Nature & Wildlife in TTF Watershed: 2023 City Nature Challenge & Spring BioBlitz
Our annual BioBlitz ran from April 22 through May 1. A BioBlitz encourages participants to observe as many species over a set amount of time in a particular geographic area. […]
Mapping Our Watershed: Community Science and Art in Cheltenham Township
We are excited to work once again with Rebecca Schultz as well as Cheltenham Center for the Arts on the vastly creative and community-uniting project, Mapping Our Watershed. Through six […]
Watershed residents learn how to sow native plant seeds
View of riparian buffer at Ethel Jordan Park. As a watershed organization, we recognize the importance of native plants and their connection to healthier watersheds and healthier communities. We hosted […]
TTF Watershed Milestones Award Ceremony at Globe Dye Works: Celebration of Clean Water Community
Honoree Roy Gordon, Philadelphia Water Department, summed it up perfectly when he said: “All of us are here together for a reason!” The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) recognized Roy as […]
2022 Tacony Creek Park Block Parties: Partners & Neighbors
WOW! It’s our 10th year of hosting Block Parties in Tacony Creek Park! This year’s parties were filled with adventure, family, and environmental education. Tacony Creek Park welcomed about 300 attendees […]
Artists gather in Tacony Creek Park for a day of art & community (and to repaint our four HUGE bird murals)!
Last month, the Tacony Creek Park community came together for Birds of a Feather Feltonville, a day of art and unity, as artist Evan Lovett of VURT repainted the beautiful […]
Seventh Annual Tacony Creek Park Maple Sugaring a Success!
TTF hosted its seventh annual Maple Sugaring event in Tacony Creek Park last Saturday, March 26 at the I Street & Ramona Avenue gateway in Juniata Park. A special thanks […]
Celebrating Earth Day: BioBlitz Results in 1500 Observations!
Guest Blog by Trae Jordan, TTF Watershed Partnership Intern We celebrated Earth Day with a BioBlitz that included 82 observers, 457 species, and 1500 observations! Even amidst a global pandemic, […]
Partners Go Online for Clean Water!
By Ryan Neuman, Upstream Conservation Leader In challenging times like these, strong partnerships and creativity are critical to improving the health of our local waterways. We are proud to provide […]
Sharing Service Opportunities with Volunteer Coordinators
On Valentine’s Day, we shared some love by hosting volunteer coordinators and teachers at our Volunteer Coordinator Breakfast at our office at Globe Dye Works. Attendees were brought together for […]
Tacony Creek Park neighbors welcome trees home!
Trees are holders and signifiers of life! By Nagiarry Porcena-Meneus, Community Organizer Trees provide us with quality oxygen production, habitats for our ecosystems, wind control, pollution reduction. Additionally, to counteract […]
Jenkintown Creek Neighbors are Stream Smart
By Ryan Neuman, Upstream Conservation Leader This Spring, we hosted a workshop at Manor College in Jenkintown to unveil the beginning of a new program called Stream Smart. Stream Smart […]
Celebrating Trees through Art!
By Nagiarry Porcena-Meneus, Community Organizer If Trees Could Talk: Art Grows in Tacony Creek Park is an interactive art project, bringing young people together to learn about and appreciate nature […]
Community Cans bring Juniata Park neighbors together
By Nagiarry Porcena-Meneus, Community Organizer Did you ever witness a unifying experience? Saturday, October 19th was a memorable day in Juniata Park when more than 60 community members, led by […]
Together We Explored! ¡Juntos Exploramos!
By Doryán De Angel Our first bilingual English/Spanish wildlife tour and series brought 40 neighbors together to visit and explore three Philadelphia watersheds on three Saturdays this fall. Nuestro primer […]
Learning About Equitable and Inclusive Outreach
By Doryán De Angel & Nagiarry Porcena-Meneus Inviting diverse communities outside to enjoy the bright, warm sun, the singing birds, and the whispering trees is key to our mission at […]
Nature Says: Our Best BioBlitz YET!
To celebrate Earth Day Week, our TTF watershed community came together to participate in our third ever week-long BioBlitz. A BioBlitz is an event during which we document as many […]
MLK Day strengthens our watershed community from Abington to Philadelphia
We had another successful Martin Luther King Day! Temperatures below zero didn’t stop us from working hand in hand with our communities on the 24th Annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King […]
Summer Fun at Block Parties in Tacony Creek Park
Nothing says “summer” more than being out in the park enjoying pretzels and water ice among friends! Thanks for celebrating the start of summer with us at our 6th Annual Summer Block […]
Love Nature? Our Bioblitz is for you!
Blog by TTF’s Upstream Conservation Leader, Frankie Lazauskas Do you know what kind of turtle this is?* Later this month, TTF will host our first ever watershed-wide BioBlitz. What is […]