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Community Canopy Project We're a non-profit seeking to restore native plants and improve our local environment and ecology.

Thanks to a terrific community effort by local residents, parkgoers, and other volunteers, more planting progress was ma...
10/17/2026

Thanks to a terrific community effort by local residents, parkgoers, and other volunteers, more planting progress was made at Mermaid Park in Springfield Township! In total so far, over 100 native trees and shrubs were planted throughout the park.

We are planning one final planting event at Mermaid Park this fall on Sunday, November 1 from 9:30am to 12pm. You can sign up on our website here - https://communitycanopyproject.org/upcoming-events/

A huge thanks to our friends at J&J and at WSFS Bank for helping us plant native trees and shrubs at Chestnut Hill Colle...
10/05/2026

A huge thanks to our friends at J&J and at WSFS Bank for helping us plant native trees and shrubs at Chestnut Hill College! Here, we're converting ~0.2 acres of unused mowed turf grass near the Wissahickon Creek back to a native woodland. This work is part of a larger grant project aimed at restoring 10 acres of riparian (streamside) buffers in our area!

We planted, mulched, fenced, and watered 34 native trees and shrubs including bitternut hickory, pawpaw, white oak, silky dogwood, and American sycamore! These native plants will provide food and habitat for wildlife, will reduce erosion, soak up stormwater, provide shade, and much more!

WSFS Bank Johnson & Johnson Chestnut Hill College

The Whitemarsh Woods neighborhood is the first place we ever planted as an organization! We're thrilled to see the trees...
09/30/2026

The Whitemarsh Woods neighborhood is the first place we ever planted as an organization! We're thrilled to see the trees we planted in 2020 are thriving and have outgrown their cages. They are well on their way to becoming long-lived trees that will provide shade and beauty to the community for generations to come.🌳

We returned this past Sunday to plant 10 more native trees in the common areas of the neighborhood. We are grateful for the dedicated volunteers who braved the elements to help out. A huge thank you to all who participated, and special thanks to Whitemarsh Woods residents - Craig L., Debbie H., Lisa K. - for helping to organize and make this planting possible. Your efforts will have a lasting impact on the community!

Our riparian buffer planting project at Mermaid Park in Springfield Township is underway! Thank you to all who came out ...
09/28/2026

Our riparian buffer planting project at Mermaid Park in Springfield Township is underway! Thank you to all who came out last Thursday, including a great team from various WSFS bank branches.

We planted 28 native trees and shrubs throughout the park, including on the edge of a path where invasive species were recently removed.

Our next events at Mermaid Park are this upcoming Saturday and Sunday -- October 3rd and 4th. If you're available to join us, you can sign up here! - https://communitycanopyproject.wordpress.com/upcoming-events/

Planting list:
- 1 river birch
- 1 American sycamore
- 1 black cherry
- 1 tulip tree
- 3 hackberry
- 1pin oak
- 1 black gum
- 1 buttonbush
- 1 bur oak
- 1 red maple
- 2 Allegheny serviceberry
- 1 blackhaw viburnum
- 2 pagoda dogwood
- 2 American hornbeam
- 1 witch hazel
- 4 pawpaw
- 2 gray dogwood
- 1 winterberry
- 1 smooth alder

Fort Hill, a historic area of Fort Washington State Park, lost many mature trees in a 2022 tornado. This past weekend, w...
09/25/2026

Fort Hill, a historic area of Fort Washington State Park, lost many mature trees in a 2022 tornado. This past weekend, we did a bit of planting and invasive species removal here to help improve part of the area!

Thanks to all who helped plant two native trees and 3 native shrubs in a mowed area off the main road, and to the volunteers who helped removed burning bush (Euonymus alatus), Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii), and Asiatic bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) from the surrounding woods!

We planted
- 1 white oak (Quercus alba)
- 1 red maple (Acer rubrum)
- 3 blackhaw viburnum (Viburnum prunifolium)
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Thanks to a fun, hardworking crew from CMC Energy Services, we completed some much-needed maintenance at Storehouse Chur...
09/21/2026

Thanks to a fun, hardworking crew from CMC Energy Services, we completed some much-needed maintenance at Storehouse Church, one of our riparian buffer restoration sites in Plymouth Township!

We improved damaged fencing and tubes to better protect from deer pressure, removed weeds from around each tree, and added new mulch. We also planted 7 new trees and shrubs to replace ones that didn't make it.

Planting is the easy part, but maintenance is much more important. Thanks to the CMC team, these native trees and shrubs are well on their way!
CMC Energy Services, Inc.

Our first planting events of the fall season took place this past weekend! Thanks to many awesome volunteers, we planted...
09/14/2026

Our first planting events of the fall season took place this past weekend! Thanks to many awesome volunteers, we planted 64 native trees and shrubs at the Martin Luther School in Whitemarsh Township. These trees and shrubs were planted in bare, mowed areas near their stream to help improve the riparian buffer.

Our next event will be this upcoming Friday September 18, 9:30am – 12pm at Storehouse Church in Plymouth Township, where we'll do some maintenance on our riparian buffer installations there!
Gemma Services

Goldenrod (Solidago) is the newest plant in bloom at the library's pollinator patch. It is easy to grow in full sun and...
09/02/2026

Goldenrod (Solidago) is the newest plant in bloom at the library's pollinator patch. It is easy to grow in full sun and average, dry to medium, well-drained soil. It is a very forgiving plant and tolerates poor, dry soils, clay and drought. Birds eat the plant's seed. This plant supports Wavy-lined Emerald (Synchlora aerata) larvae. It also attracts butterflies, bees, and wasps.

Learn more here -> https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/solidago/

Our spring restoration season is underway! Thanks to all who joined us this past weekend to help us remove various invas...
09/02/2026

Our spring restoration season is underway! Thanks to all who joined us this past weekend to help us remove various invasive plant species from Fort Washington State Park.

We focused on pulling or cutting down Border Privet (Ligustrum obtusifolium), Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii), Dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus davurica), Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), and more! We'll return later this fall to plant some native shrubs, grasses, and wildflowers.

Our next event is on Friday, September 11, 9:30am – 12pm at Storehouse Church in Plymouth Meeting, where we'll continue to plant and maintain the riparian buffer along the stream! Visit our website for more info - https://communitycanopyproject.org/upcoming-events

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

What's blooming in our pollinator patch?"Butterflyweed" (Asclepias tuberosa) - These plants are essential for the lifecy...
08/17/2026

What's blooming in our pollinator patch?

"Butterflyweed" (Asclepias tuberosa) - These plants are essential for the lifecycle of the monarch butterfly. Adult monarchs lay eggs on milkweed because it is the only food their caterpillars will eat! Caterpillars emerge from the eggs, munch on the leaves and grow at an incredible rate before forming in to a chrysalis, where they transition to butterflies. Many other pollinators, like the bee in this picture, enjoy the nectar from this plant as well.

The library lawn is supporting our tiniest wildlife on busy, bustling Fayette Street!
Learn more about the garden on our website here ⬇️ https://conshyfreelibrary.org/our-story/
Friends of the Conshohocken Library

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400 Fayette Street, Suite 200
Conshohocken, PA
19428

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