Maybe the only thing better than ice cream on a steamy day in August is free ice cream. If you’re interested—and who wouldn’t be—join Friends of the Wissahickon Wednesday, August 10, from 3 to 5 p.m. at FOW’s 15th Annual Ice Cream Social, on the grounds of partner organization Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Avenue, with…… Continue reading Free Ice Cream, Nature Activities and Art at Friends of the Wissahickon’s 15th Ice Cream Social
Category: Nature
Visiting Wissahickon Valley Park? Leave No Trace
There are two things you can do right now to make the Wissahickon Valley Park a better place: don’t litter and stick to designated trails. It might sound like a little, but, according to Friends of the Wissahickon Executive Director Ruffian Tittmann, it can all add up to quite a lot. Reducing trash and keeping…… Continue reading Visiting Wissahickon Valley Park? Leave No Trace
Celebrating Ups and Downs at Morris Arboretum: The Summer of Swings
Cling, swing, Spring, sing, Swing up into the apple tree. ~ T.S. Eliot Visit Morris Arboretum, the University of Pennsylvania-owned preserve at Stenton and East Northwestern Avenues, and you’ll take in a verdant 92-acre vista of trees of all varieties. Ah … but do you really see them in all their glory? The arboretum’s education…… Continue reading Celebrating Ups and Downs at Morris Arboretum: The Summer of Swings