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Tree care & pollinator garden site prep in Johnsontown Park We're not quite done yet with site prep for the pollinator garden. Please keep saving that plain brown cardboard! Pollinator garden site prep: Sheet mulching with cardboard and leaf mulch to smother grass near the River Station bridge. This hands-on, family friendly community event will ... Read more
Join the Restore Our Roots group as we plant the first layer of the new community garden at Johnsontown Park! No prior experience needed, and all ages welcome. Please RSVP so we can contact you in case we need to move to the rain date. More details are below! Date: Saturday, May 17th (Rain Date: ... Read more
Join the Restore Our Roots group as we go over the A,B,Cs of how to plant a pollinator garden at Johnsontown Park! This will be a more in depth experience going over how to plan and create your very own pollinator garden at home, neighborhoor, school, or place of workship. No prior experience needed, and ... Read more
Calling all weed warriors! We sure could use help getting the new pollinator gardens established out at Johnsontown park! Enjoy time with the Restore Our Roots crew and give the garden some care and see the pollinators (butterflies, bees, birds, turtles!) We'll be out there around 5:30pm and stay as long as you'd like. If ... Read more
Come join Downingtown’s local native plant group, Restore Our Roots, in partnership with MSE Landscape Associates and Dressler Estates, in this community garden fundraiser! You'll learn about the home landscape and how simple changes can be more pollinator-friendly. Stroll with us through a Downingtown neighborhood (near Marinelli Park) where we’ll highlight majestic street trees and ... Read more
Come see the ROR crew at our table with native plants for sale including paw paws! We'll have some other fun things for sale too + we're happy to chat about anything native plant! We'll also do a few Hershey Tree tours (time still TBD).
Join the Restore Our Roots team to check on the 100s of trees planted in 2022 and get them ready for winter! We'll check on the tree tubes, remove any vines and straighten stakes. We will also remove invasive plants from that back forest edge and move some of the outdoor learning spaces to another ... Read more
Join the ROR team for one more garden event, tucking in the plants at the new Johnsontown Park community native plant garden! We'll be adding another layer of leaf-litter mulch to create a good buffer against winter chill and to provide habitat for wildlife. RSVP here to let us know you're coming (and if we ... Read more
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