Touring and reflecting at TTF watershed restoration sites
TTF’s mission is to connect our communities to their creeks and work with them to improve creek health. One of our engagement strategies is to continually connect our communities to […]
Category: Rain Gardens
JOB POSTING: Soak It Up Rain Garden Caretaker
Job Posting: Soak It Up Rain Garden Caretaker Vernon Park, Germantown Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership The Vernon Park Rain Garden Caretaker will work for the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) looking after […]
Collaborative clean water projects in Alverthorpe Park will improve Jenkintown Creek!
Engineering Students from a senior design studio class at Temple University majoring came to Alverthorpe Park to plant native perennials in a new stormwater feature that TTF had just installed. […]
On the move with TTF: rain garden plants find new home!
In 2012, TTF installed a rain garden to capture and clean runoff from the Olney Recreation Center roof in partnership with the Philadelphia Water Department. This feature not only managed […]
2020 Stormwater Grant Recipients Restore more than Waterways
Sites citywide receive funding to manage stormwater + enhance their communities. Written by Grace Maiorano, Philadelphia Water Department. Read the original blog post here. Though the pandemic has impacted some of our […]
Looking Back: Our Top Posts of 2020
We are all glad that 2020 is over. We’ve been through a lot together and we so appreciate our watershed community. This past year pushed us to step out of […]