Restore Our Roots

Pollinator Garden Care Night: Johnsontown Park
2025-08-07 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | PA
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 interested in being notified of our garden care nights, feel free to let us know via this form and we’ll keep you posted on future weeding nights: https://forms.gle/YUhoQ7hvPMKGZTuS6
What to bring: hand trowel, gardening gloves, small bucket for weeds, knee pad (optional), sense of humor and water!
questions? email us at restoreourroots@gmail.com
Thanks in advance and we’ll see you out there (at the bridge that crosses over the river).

Garden Tour!
2025-08-23 16:00 - 18:00 | PA
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 visit with homeowners and their yards for fun and creative ideas you take back to your neck of the woods. that make not only your yard more enjoyable, but will also benefit water and wildlife. We’ll also review the easy-peasy ways you can get your own yard certified as wildlife-friendly through the National Wildlife Federation’s program.
Cost: A donation of any amount supports our efforts to restore wildlife habitat within the Borough and our initiative to become a National Wildlife Federation Community Habitat. Donations will be collected at the event.
Registration is maxed at 24 participants so register now! The last day to register is August 22nd (5pm ET). Rain date is Sunday August 24th (same time)
To register:

Complete this registration form
Closer to the date you will receive an email with more info!

Questions? Email us at RestoreOurRoots@gmail.com (Please note: we are a volunteer organization and will reply as soon as we can. Thanks for your patience!)

Paw Paw Festival
2025-09-27 11:00 - 14:00 | Bondsville Mille Park, 1647 Bondsville Rd, Downingtown, PA 19335, 1647 Bondsville Rd, Downingtown, PA, 19335, United States

Friends Fall Fest Downingtown + Native Plant Sale!
2025-10-11 09:00 - 16:00 | PA
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).

Volunteer Event: Tree Care Morning at Beaver Creek Elementary
2025-11-01 09:00 - 12:00 | Beaver Creek Elementary: 601 W Pennsylvania Ave, Downingtown, PA 19335, United States, 601 W Pennsylvania Ave, Downingtown, PA, 19335, United States
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 area of the school. Learn more about the history of this site by visiting this page.
Family-friendly event; come for any part of the timeframe that suits you. Lunch provide by BCE PTO!
RSVP here to let us know you’re interested and we will email you closer to the date with more details.
Bring/wear: work gloves, water, clippers to remove vines, string trimmer if you have one, boots (some spots are muddy and they help your feet stay protected from prickly vines), we’ll provide the rest.
Questions? email Tara at restoreourroots@gmail.com

Volunteer Event: Tuck in the pollinator plants for the winter!
2025-12-13 10:00 - 12:00 | 122 viaduct ave, Downingtown, PA 19335
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 need to reach you to cancel)
Bring (if you have it):

Wheelbarrow
Pitch Fork
Rake
Garden gloves
Dress in layers!

We’ll bring the Hot Chocolate!
Meet at Johnsontown Park, out at the garden, which is at the bridge going over the river.
Questions? Email us at Restoreourroots@gmail.com
Weather Plan: if things shift to bitter weather and we need to cancel we will reach out by the prior Friday
