Help us take care of the new meadow at Plymouth Meeting Friends School on Monday, July 29 from 7:00-8:00. We will have gloves and popsicles!
You are cordially invited to visit some Journeywork yards, check out the plants, ask questions, and sip lemonade at our upcoming not-a-lawn parties.
Four yard owners will be hosting parties, and Journeywork founder, Paige Menton, will be available at each event to share information about the process, the prep, and the plants.
7/27 from 10:00-11:00 in North Wales
8/17 from 10:00-11:30 in East Norriton
8/17 from 1:00-2:30 in North Wales
8/18 from 3:00-4:30 in Lower Gwynedd
Past events
Sunday, June 9 planting pollinator plants in full sun garden beds in North Wales
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Sunday, June 2 adding native flowers to the shrubs we planted in Lower Gwynedd
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Saturday, June 1 and Wednesday, June 5 planting a meadow at Plymouth Meeting Friends School with a grant from the Xerces Society
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Saturday, May 19 planting a woodland garden at Gwynedd Friends School with a grant from the Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group
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Thursday, May 9 planting a pollinator garden at the Crefeld School
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Tuesday, May 7 Our first plant grant recipients planting a pollinator garden at Fox Chase Farm
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Monday, May 6 planting a pollinator garden in Jamison
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Sunday, April 28 planting irises, blue mistflower, and other native flowers in a yard in East Norriton
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“Get Started This Spring: Tips (and Help!) for Creating Healthy Wildlife Habitat in Your Yard” presentations sponsored by Wyncote Audubon Society at Pennypack Environmental Center on 4/2, the Schuylkill Center on 4/4, Plymouth Meeting Friends on 4/16, and Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust on 5/2.
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Sunday, April 14 planting shrubs in Lower Gwynedd
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Saturday, March 23, 2024 first Journeywork community gathering at Gwynedd Friends Meeting
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Saturday, December 9, 2023 sheet mulching in Lower Gwynedd
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Sunday, November 19 sheet mulching in Lower Gwynedd
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Saturday, September 16 planting a shade garden in Fort Washington
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Monday, August 28 removing invasive species in Lower Gwynedd
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Saturday, June 17 planting at Gwynedd Friends Meeting
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Monday, May 29 planting at Gwynedd Friends Meeting
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Sunday, May 28 not-a-lawn party in Upper Gwynedd
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Saturday, May 27 planting in Upper Gwynedd
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Sunday, May 7 planting in Plymouth Meeting
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Friday, May 5 and Saturday, May 6 planting in East Norriton
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Saturday, April 29 table at Ambler EAC’s EarthFest
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Saturday, April 22 tables at Upper Moreland EAC Earth Day Fair and Hatboro Earth Day Celebration
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Sunday, March 26 from 4-5:30: sheet mulching in Upper Gwynedd to extend an existing garden
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Saturday, March 18 from 9-11:00: sheet mulching in Plymouth Meeting to create new planting beds
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Friday, February 10 from 12-2:00 and Saturday, February 11 from 1:00-3:00: clearing out a woodland understory that is full of invasive amur honeysuckle and multiflora rose so that we can plant native shrubs and flowers in the spring!
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Saturday, November 5 from 10-12:00: sheet mulching in Lower Gwynedd to create a sensory garden with elderberry and currants
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Sunday, October 23 from 12-5: removing wineberry and transplanting golden ragwort and wild ginger in a North Wales backyard
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Sunday, September 18 from 3-4:30: our first not-a-lawn party to highlight great pollinator plants for sun and shade
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Saturday, September 17 from 9-3: planting in our first yard!
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Friday, April 29: planting a pollinator garden with third graders at Penn Charter
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