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….
We now have a shed! Thanks to an Eagle Scout project the shed is finished and already being put to good use by our student interns. They’re filling it up with all our gardening tools and Summer Camp games. Lots going on!
In 2010, along a quarter-mile stretch of Snyder Road, one of County’s most scenic, designated by the Montgomery County Planning Commission as “aesthetically unique,” contractors had taken down scores of mature hickories, oaks, beeches, dogwoods, and redbuds. What was once beautiful was now a bunch of ugly stumps. The property was privately owned at the time and the owners who had not been contacted were sickened. While many would have been lost in their frustration, the owner, who was already…
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…
Spark the Wave is student run club from Pottsgrove High School. Our mission is to help further the Arboretum Project and to raise environmental awareness in our community. We have helped develop the master plan, participated in a number of service days at the property, and even hosted our own. Our contribution is outlined as follows: We worked with the GreenAllies and the Upper Pottsgrove community to sponsor six volunteer work days, and with experts to plan features for the…