Philadelphia Cares about Fairmount Park Day 2009

On May 16th, Greater Philadelphia Cares, the Fairmount Park Commission, and The Friends of Schuylkill River Park sponsored a cleanup in our park. Volunteers from the Charter HIgh School For Architecture and Design (CHAD) and Drexel University helped us maintain and beautify the park. The city sent tools, bags, and flowers. The Friends supplied the donuts and water.

In the picture on the left, the Lauren Garden at 25th and Spruce was weeded, planted, and watered. At right, after the work was done, two surveyers inspected the job.

In the pictures above, volunteers from Drexel did an excellent job of returning the Belgium block to the tree pit in front of the dog run. The blocks had been removed when the new cherry tree was planted last week. These blocks weigh 20-30 pounds each, so this was not easy work.

All the tree gator bags for the recently planted trees were filled.

The first 5 people to identify the kind of tree being watered above will win an adult T-shirt. Please email us at fsrporg@gmail.com with your answer, the size of T-shirt you want, and how we can reach you.

Students from CHAD showed their expertise with the weed wacker. They went around the paths, wacked the weeds from the cracks, and then painstakingly swept up all the debris.

Without the help of our dedicated volunteers, our park certainly would not look so beautiful!

Thank you!

At the end of the day, these men took away all the trash

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