Past Events
FOW Annual Members Meeting
 Drew Becher, the new President of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), was the featured speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Wissahickon on June 1 at Valley Green Inn. Becher gave an entertaining and informative talk on the PHS Philadelphia Green program, which promotes a comprehensive approach to revitalizing and maintaining the city’s green infrastructure as a key element in urban renewal through partnerships with local residents, community groups, government, and businesses.
FOW members who attended the Annual Meeting received a printed copy of the Annual Report for 2009 in addition to the digital version (pdf) that all members will receive in May. To read the annual report, click here.
Trees of the Wissahickon
Arborist Ken LeRoy gave a lecture on Trees of the Wissahickon Forest to an audience of 50 at Valley Green Inn on May 26. LeRoy of Green Earth Enterprises in Lafayette Hill is a graduate of Temple University and a Horticulturist Emeritus of the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. In this PowerPoint program, he identified and discussed the trees found in the Wissahickon forest and the changing dynamics of our urban forests and management strategies. He is a former board member of FOW and remains active on its committees.
5% Day at Whole Foods Market in Plymouth Meeting
 Thanks to everyone who came out on May 26 at Whole Foods Market in Plymouth Meeting to support FOW on 5% Day. As a result of your generosity, Whole Foods is donating $3,560 to FOW! "Several times a year, our stores hold community giving days (otherwise known as “5% Days”) where five percent of that day’s net sales are donated to a local nonprofit or educational organization,” according to Amy Chidichimo of Whole Foods. “The groups that benefit from these 5% Days are as varied as the communities themselves.”
Whole Foods in Plymouth Meeting is located at 500 N. Germantown Pike. For more information and directions, click here.
Wissahickon Friend Hike May 12
FOW members were invited to bring a friend to the Wissahickon Friend Hike on May 12. Trail Ambassador Scott Quitel and Executive Director Maura McCarthy led a hike on the newly restored trail to Devil's Pool, part of FOW's Sustainable Trails Initiative. Afterward, eveyone met back at the Valley Green Inn for complimentary cocktails and hors d'œuvres.
Creek Clean Up
Over 300 volunteers worked during the morning of April 24 cleaning the Wissahickon Creek from top to bottom as part of the 40th annual Creek Clean-Up. For the first time, the Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW) and the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association (WVWA) joined together in this effort to celebrate Earth Day. Some of the more unusual items found: a wheelchair, television set, sheets of plywood, the roof of a dog house, fencing, and socks. Pictured here are some of the volunteers who worked in Wissahickon Valley Park from the Northwestern Stables to Bells Mill Road with their morning haul.
Stewardship Challenges in the Wissahickon
 Trail Ambassador Sarah West gave the PwerPoint presentation "Stewardship Challenges in the Wissahickon" as an audience of 35 at Cathedral Village on April 21. West discussed flooding and flood damage,
water runoff, pollution and sedimentation, invasive plants, deer over-population, loss of biodiversity, and repairs and restoration.
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