I would like to introduce you to the Conservancy's newest venture...
The Perkiomen Native Plant Project.
This is a multi-faceted project designed to get more of the community involved in growing and planting native plants at home and throughout the 362 square miles of the Perkiomen Watershed. We have teamed up with Behmerwald Nursery, Peter Wentz Farmstead,and Pennypacker Mills to develop a thrilling schedule of events.
This line-up kicks off on May 13, 2017 with our first ever Native Plant Sale! ThePerkiomen Native Plant Salewill be held at the Peter Wentz Farmstead and will feature over 130 different species of native trees, shrubs, vines and perennials. Come and pick up your spring plants and learn how you can transform your yard into a wildlife paradise.
We're teaming up with your townships and boroughs to host a plant-a-thon this fall. Our goal is to plant THOUSANDS of NATIVE SPECIES throughout the watershed, and we'll need you to make it happen! It's time to step up to the plate... and plant!
The Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy offers wildflower walks from April through October at different locations throughout the area.
Come out and
enjoy a fun Saturday morning learning about your local wildflowers! It is easy to follow along and make notes on the wildflower list supplied to all participants.
Join the Conservancy team on Saturday, June 3 for a relaxing 7-mile paddling adventure down the Perkiomen Creek. Discover the secluded wilderness of the creek as it winds its way through hidden forests. Laze along in tranquil pools. Make some friends and learn about
the natural history of the valley.
Don't have a boat? Rent one from us... we have canoes and kayaks available!
The Conservancy is aiming to gather some information on whether or not you would be interested in enrolling your child in an after-school nature play program.
Nature play is unstructured (but monitored) childhood play in informal outdoor settings.
Our idea is to create a space or spaces where your child can play using the raw material that nature provides. This could include log balance beams, crawling tunnels, sand boxes, fort building areas, challenge games, and nature art centers. It has been proven that unstructured nature play powerfully boost the cognitive, creative, physical, social and emotional development of children. It also engenders deep conservation values - more so than any other factor.
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Spring is in the air and so are the sounds of frogs!
Bull frogs, leopard frogs, green frogs... all find their way into our lesson as we listen to a variety of frog sounds, play frog games and learn about all things...
frog!
Bring your kids to the Schwenksville Community Day on May 6 for this free lesson. You'll have a frog-tastic time!
Thank you to all of our sponsors and hundreds of volunteers who helped to make this year's Stream Clean-up a success! We removed 540 bags of trash, 40 bags of recyclables, 100 tires and 2,820 pounds of scrap metal from 50 sites throughout the entire watershed!