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Ned Wolf Park's biggest fundraiser is
our annual plant sale. This year we've scheduled our annual sale of perennials,
shrubs, annuals & miscellaneous garden stuff for Saturday, May 11th from 10 am to 1
pm. Mark your calendar now!
Volunteers are needed both on the day of the sale and during the prior month
when we hope to collect plant divisions from some generous neighbors who've
donated great plants in years past. With enough volunteer support we can
collect even more plants than ever before. Proceeds will go toward annual park
maintenance as well as the Terrace Wall Capital Campaign.
If you
can help by donating plants or volunteering your time (before or during the plant sale), please contact plant sale coordinator Eric Sternfels at emsternfels@msn.com or call him at
215.248.5533.
At
the Winter Meeting of the Friends of Ned Wolf Park held in January 2013, it was
decided to move forward with the Terrace Wall Capital Campaign.
We're working to raise funds to remove all the creosoted landscape ties that
were installed when Ned Wolf Park was created in the 1970's. Now that
those timbers are rotting and becoming more hazardous, we are seeking to
replace them with durable stonework, including local Wissahickon schist and Pennsylvania
bluestone.
We've already amassed the funding to build Phase I, which would replace the
steps with bluestone treads and schist risers. And we're working with the
City of Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department to get that done this
year. But we need to raise funds for the terrace wall, which we've
designed to include a functional bluestone cap which would act as continuous
seating around the central terrace. If you'd like to contribute to our
Terrace Wall Capital Campaign, please contact Friends of Ned Wolf Park treasurer Janet
Novak at janet@indri.org.
