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 […]
Tag: Native Plants
Meet Kamille, our new intern
Hi, my name is Kamille and I will be an intern at TTF this summer! I studied Environmental Studies in college. I have really enjoyed my coursework that has focused […]
Volunteers to the Rescue: Thank you, WGL Energy and Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Blog by Frankie Lazauskas, Upstream Conservation Leader It’s been a busy past few months here at TTF! We’ve had a couple of groups of volunteers come out to some of […]
Native Plants: help birds, control insects, and beautify your property!
By Sophie Buckingham, TTF Summer Intern, recent graduate of Abington High School, and Environmental Studies major at Tufts University Over 95% of the land in the continental U.S. has been […]
Planting with Saint Basil Academy
Guest blog by Madison Comey, senior, and Chang-Sookyung, teacher, Saint Basil Academy. On November 12, 2015 twenty-one Saint Basil Academy (SBA) students planted a creekside buffer of young trees on the grounds […]
North 5th Street YPN Community Champions = Watershed Heroes
By: Jason Rodriguez, North 5th Street Revitalization Project/Philadelphia Youth Network Intern Did you know there are two types of sewers running through the City of Philadelphia?! And get this: native […]