The Power of a Name: Cheltenham’s Creeks Gain Names
By Jo Freedman What’s in a name? This past Autumn, fifteen Cheltenham creeks gained official names that were recorded into the United States Geological Survey (USGS) mapping system. The process […]
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Watershed Ecology & Climate Resilience
Interactive workshop with TTF and Artist Rebecca Schultz The Tookany/Tacony Frankford Watershed Partnership is partnering with local artist Rebecca Schultz for a multi-part educational program using arts and community science […]
ASSESSING WATERSHED HEALTH
Interactive workshop with TTF and Artist Rebecca Schultz The Tookany/Tacony Frankford Watershed Partnership is partnering with local artist Rebecca Schultz for a multi-part educational program using arts and community science […]
What is a Watershed? Interactive Workshop with Artist Rebecca Schultz
The Tookany/Tacony Frankford Watershed is partnering with local artist Rebecca Schultz for a multi-part educational program using arts and community science to learn about our watershed! During this first workshop, […]
Friends of Curtis Arboretum 2025 Garden Party
2025 Garden Party! Join Friends of Curtis Arboretum for a spring evening party at Curtis Hall to help support our ongoing efforts to restore Curtis Arboretum, maintaining and improving this […]
Kudos to Cheltenham Township for the Monarch Pledge and Pollinator Corner
This guest blog is a repost from Cheltenham Township’s Pollinator Corner blog. Find the original post here. Way to go, Cheltenham! We are so pleased that you took the Mayors’ […]
Abington & Cheltenham: Watershed Communities Say No to Plastic
By Julie Slavet, Executive Director Whatever is on the land is in the water. We remove lots of plastic bags from our streets, trees, and creeks. Plastics production adds to […]
Mapping Our Watershed Community Celebration
UPDATE: The event is being moved inside to the Elkins Park train station due to the rain. Mapping Our Watershed, a participatory art and community science project taking place in […]
Learn About the Tookany Creek Trail with the Circuit Trails Coalition
Join members of the Circuit Trails Coalition for an informative overview of the Tookany Creek Trail in your neighborhood and how you can get involved to accelerate the development of […]
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 […]
Mapping our Watershed: Printing with Plants
A free hands-on workshop where we’ll make prints with plants! The stems, leaves, and flowers of plants are essential to their functions: making their own food and providing it to […]
Mapping our Watershed: Plants in Our Watershed
Learn about the plants that make our watershed healthy with science educators from the Academy of Natural Sciences-and make a tree rubbing! Plants and trees are not just beautiful to […]
Mapping our Watershed: The Art of Soil
A hands-on workshop where we’ll make and use paint from soil! Prehistoric humans made their paint from rocks and soil. We are still making art with these rich colors today. […]
New Date: Mapping our Watershed – Life Beneath our Feet: Learning About Soil
Original date: June 18. New Date: Saturday, July 15 A hands-on workshop where we’ll learn all about the beauty and function of soil in watershed health! Soil is the skin […]
Mapping our Watershed: Capturing Water
A hands-on workshop making art inspired by water! We’ll make photo collages and prints using the Japanese marbling technique of suminagashi. Water is essential to life on Earth; it is […]
Mapping our Watershed: The Qualities of Water
A hands-on workshop where we’ll learn how to assess watershed health and document the visual power of water! The way water moves and behaves tells us a lot about the […]
Tookany Creek Trail Fest
On Earth Day weekend Sunday, April 23, Cheltenham EAC will host the second FREE Tookany Creek Trail Fest! There will be a trail cleanup event beforehand (9 am), bird walks, self-guided […]
Tookany Creek Trail Fest
On Earth Day weekend Sunday, April 24, Sustainable Cheltenham & Friends of Tookany Creek Trail will be hosting the first Tookany Creek Trail Fest! There will be a trail cleanup […]
Why were they digging big holes in the lawn at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel?
We are excited to share this article as a guest blog, reposted from Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel. You can find the original here. We are honored to work together with Reform […]
Let’s Talk About Equity in Green Infrastructure, by a Friend of the TTF Watershed
Guest Blog by John Raisch TTF recently recognized John for his work with an annual Friend of the TTF Watershed Milestones award. You can read more about John here and […]
Bird Town Bird Walk: Tookany Creek Park
Our partners Wyncote Audubon Society are hosting a bird walk in Tookany Creek Park! All are welcome– this walk is for beginning birders and experienced birders as well. Wear comfortable […]
Bird Town Bird Walk: Tookany Creek Park
Our partners Wyncote Audubon Society are hosting a bird walk in Tookany Creek Park! All are welcome– this walk is for beginning birders and experienced birders as well. Wear comfortable […]
TTF Watershed Group Meets with Municipalities and Stakeholders
Originally posted here on Patch – Abington by Nicole, Patch Contributor PHILADELPHIA, PA — On February 11, 2019, The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) hosted a meeting of its Municipal and […]