So it’s early on a dreary January, Saturday morning, the weather is predicted to be in the low 20’s with snow AND you’re a teenager, who’s just had a full week of school. What do you do? Get up to the Arboretum and unload Christmas Trees of course! At least that is what a very special group of local teens does each year. From 9 am to 4 pm our dedicated group of student volunteers unloaded cars, trucks and trailers….
The Sprogel’s Run Trail connects the eastern end of the Arboretum to Sussel Park with its two ponds. On the western end it connects to Prout Farm Park and its field ecosystem. Sprogel’s Run a small creek run through both Sussel Park and Prout Farm Park. The Althouse Arboretum part of the trail runs along Snyder Road and is through the Penn’s Woods Trail which is being developed to remove invasives and leave native flora nad fauna that would have…
Forest Easter Egg Hunt a great success! Over 150 people attended including our own Easter Bunny! Pottsgrove High School’s Spark the Wave volunteers planned, organized and carried out a fun event for everyone. Thanks to Kimberton Whole Foods Douglassville for the healthy snacks! They were a hit! Heard someone leaving say, “See, this is what we used to do for Easter at Grandma’s” – ah, family memories and good times in the making! Save Save
The first-ever indoor ‘Friends’ meeting was held this week. More than a dozen friends and neighbors showed up to learn what the Arboretum was about and share ideas of what was possible. There was delight at what had already been accomplished as well as for what was to come. The group broke into small groups to brainstorm even more ideas and resources. We had fun and came up with lots of winners that will be explored or implemented in the…
8:30am Saturday morning. 10 degrees. Althouse Arboretum, student volunteers arrived. 9am cars and trucks with trees began arriving. Spark the Wave students from Upper Pottsgrove high school and students from Boyertown high school spent from 9am to 3pm unloading Christmas trees and kept moving to stay as warm as they could. Community residents showed up continuously throughout the day, delighted to not even need to leave the warmth of their vehicle to unload their trees. Many expressed their gratitude with…