TTF recognizes 2023 Watershed Milestones Honorees & Accomplishments!
We are only able to achieve the hard work of enriching and maintaining the TTF watershed with the help of our exemplary watershed heroes. This year, for our 12th Annual […]
Tag: Abington Friends School
Eagle Scout leads fencing & invasive plant removal at Abington Friends School (AFS)!
TTF’s very first restoration project broke ground along Jenkintown Creek as part of the groundbreaking Delaware River Watershed Initiative at the creek’s headwaters at Abington Friends School in 2014, nine […]
Upstream Cleanup
Join your neighbors and Streamkeepers for our Second Saturday cleanup. We will meet at Abington Friends School at the back of the lower school by the creek and playground. All […]
Become Immersed in Fall nature at Abington Friends School
Can you believe summer 2021 is almost over? Head into fall at Abington Friends School for Episode 5 of TTF’s Bring Us Along: Virtual Nature Tours! Just because fall is […]
Our Virtual Nature Tours are being enjoyed in English & Spanish!
Getting involved in nature and feeling the magic of Earth’s presence is the best part of being outdoors during spring and summer, along with enjoying the beautiful weather! The TTF […]
Jenkintown Creek Tour: Restoration in your Own Backyard
By Malcolm Bundy, TTF Intern What’s a better way to spend a Saturday then exploring nature in your own backyard? In late June, TTF staff, Streamkeepers, and volunteers joined with […]
Streamside Spruce-Up: Abington Friends School
As we establish more restoration projects to improve our creeks, we need more help to care for them! Our creekside buffers and rain gardens require constant care, including invasive plant […]
Streamside Spruce-Up: Abington Friends School
As we establish more restoration projects to improve our creeks, we need more help to care for them! Our creekside buffers and rain gardens require constant care, including invasive plant […]
Abington Friends School Senior Shares Capstone Experience
We were delighted to host Will for his Capstone project. Here are his thoughts on his time with us. We are so happy that he will continue to spread the […]
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 […]
Jenkintown Creek Project Tour
We want to show you our award-winning Jenkintown Creek Restoration Project! Please join us to visit sites where we have restored streambanks and enhanced wetlands, planted hundreds of native trees, […]
Jenkintown Creek Project Tour
We want to show you our award-winning Jenkintown Creek Restoration Project! Please join us to visit sites where we have restored streambanks and enhanced wetlands, planted hundreds of native trees, […]
Introducing: Our 2019 Milestones Award Winners!
Friend Gaspar Santos Gaspar has become a reliable advocate for Tacony Creek Park, both in his role as Community Initiative Specialist with the Free Library of Philadelphia‘s Northeast neighborhood libraries […]
Rain Gardens Working to Clean Water in Jenkintown Creek
Guest blog originally posted here on June 8, 2018 at 4states1source.org Rain gardens are beautiful, for sure. Filled with native plants and grasses, they attract birds and butterflies while also filtering […]