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Spring 2013 (Volume 42)

• Tookany Flood Damage Mitigation Project
• Membership List
• Alumni Profiles: Sara Levin
• Elkins Park Train Station Renovation
• Invaders in the Meadow!

Fall 2012 (Volume 41)

• The Meadow Gets an Edge
• Membership List
• High School Park Provides Monarch Habitat
• Friends Pitch in After Vandals Strike
• Parktoberfest!
• Volunteer Spotlight: Carole Maher
• Second Annual Success: Winter Warmup
• Plant Spotlight: Pawpaw Tree (Asimina triloba)
• IN MEMORY: Stuart Appel

Spring 2012 (Volume 40)

• High School Park and its Tookany Creek Watershed
• Our New Board Members
• Tales from the Trails
• Using Native Plants to Create a Butterfly Garden
• On Becoming a New Neighbor and Devotee of High School Park
• Meet the Intern: Denise Snook
• Second Annual Success: Winter Warmup
• Plant Spotlight: English Ivy is Killing Trees

Fall 2011 (Volume 39)

• State and Town Budgets Cut
• Meadow Progress
• Tales from the Trails
• Thank You for Arts in the Park!
• Plant Spotlight: New England Aster
• Volunteer Profile: Luke Byrne
• Alumni Interview: Beth Jacob
• Tom Steigerwald

Spring 2011 (Volume 38)

• Meadow Makeover
• A Video About High School Park: Precious Places
• Winter WarmUp RoundUp
• Volunteer Profile: Tom Carboni
• A Botanical Superhero: Switchgrass
• Backyard Natives Garden Opens May 15
• Meet the Intern: Douglas Martin

Fall 2010 (Volume 37)

• Native Plant Demonstration Garden
• Alumni Spotlight: Caryl Levin
• Plant of the Season: Red Maple
• Volunteer Profile: Phyllis Borin
• Meet the Intern: Julia Hudson

Spring 2010 (Volume 36)

• Meet our New Board Members
• Tales from the Trails
• PA Grants $125K to Restore Meadow
• Healthy Parks Increase Home Property Values
• IN YOUR BACKYARD: Staghorn Sumac

Fall 2009 (Volume 35)

• Tales from the Trails
• Remembering C.J. Smith
• Meet Our New Park Restoration Manager: Diana K. Weiner!
• Plant Of The Season: Juniperus virginiana – Eastern Redcedar
• Interview With: Amy Steffen

Spring 2009 (Volume 34)

• Garden of Native Delights
• Programs in the Park
• Volunteer Spotlight
• Creekside Coop
• Arts in the Park: 14th Year

Fall 2008 (Volume 33)

• Walk With a Naturalist
• Arts in the Park: 13th Year
• Volunteer Spotlight
• Making Room for Natives
• Leaves of Three

Spring 2008 (Volume 32)

• New Wall Paves Way for Native Plant Showcase
• Book Review: Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants
• Volunteer Spotlight
• Green Tips For Your Garden
• Introducing Two New Board Members

Fall 2007 (Volume 31)

• In Your Backyard
• Volunteer Spotlight
• Amateur Naturalist Finds Treasure
• Native Plants in the Landscape
• Wilder Woodland
• Garden Club Dates

Spring 2007 (Volume 30) Part 1
Spring 2007 (Volume 30) Part 2

• Treasures of the Tookany Watershed Tour
• Volunteers Keep on Tugging In the Battle Against Garlic Mustard
• New Board Members
• New Staff
• Spring Cleaning for the Park
• April Blooms in High School Park

Fall 2006 (Volume 29)

• President’s Report
• Many Thanks to Recent Park Volunteers
• Arts in the Park
• Monarchs in the Meadow
• And Now, From Our Summer Intern...
• Friends Awarded TreeVitalize Grant
• Botanist Surveys HSP for Plant Stewardship Index Assessment

Fall 2005 (Volume 27)

• President’s Report
• From Eyesore to Wildlife Oasis—How High School Park Took Root
• Arts in the Park
• Remembering Joe Burke
• A Park For All Seasons and For All People
• New Pesticide Policy Drafted


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We rely upon individuals, as well as youth, educational, religious and community service groups to tend plants, stabilize hillsides and stream banks, build infrastructure, run committees, raise funds and more.

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Workdays at the Park and assist with native plant restoration work.

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We appreciate our 200 plus members who volunteer and provide core financial support for Park restoration. Members enjoy:

• Two newsletters per year
• Arts in the Park
• Neighborhood friendships and civic pride
• Being the first to receive timely emails about our free classes, workshops, tours and Work Days in the Park

We invite you to join us today.

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