Join Us for Fall Planting Day

Please join us in the park on Saturday, October 13, form 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM for our Fall planting extravaganza. Meet new friends, learn about native plants, and get some gardening tips you can use to make your own garden more lovely.

Ned Wolf Park Wins City Garden Contest... Again!

We are pleased to announce that Ned Wolf Park has won an award in the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's City Gardens contest for the third year in a row.

In 2012, PHS awarded Ned Wolf Park first prize in the Community Park category. Newsworks ran a story about Ned Wolf Park and the other winners in Northwest Philadelphia.

Thank you to all the volunteers and the park lovers who make this park a delightful place to be.

Ned Wolf Park Plant Sale

Today is the annual Ned Wolf Park Plant Sale! Come to the park for over 1,000 reasonably priced plants for your garden. Native and rare varieties. See you in the park!

Ned Wolf Park Plant Sale: Philadelphia's Best!

Friends, it's time for the biggest horticultural event of the Northwest Philadelphia gardening season: the Friends of Ned Wolf Park Plant Sale!

The plant sale will happen on Saturday, May 21 from 10-1. We're expecting beautiful weather and lots of beautiful plants. Fill your garden! Help your park! We'll see you at the plant sale!

Planning for the Plant Sale

Remember, it’s not too early to pot up your extra divisions, unwanted cuttings or runners for the Friends of NWP to sell at our Plant Sale slated for Saturday, May 21st from 10 am to 1 pm. [rain date: May 22nd].  This annual sale helps raise funds to maintain and improve Ned Wolf Park while it offers neighbors a chance to share both their plants and their knowledge.

In past years, generosity from many Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill gardeners has yielded a fabulous variety of plants for sale to support NWP.  We hope to do the same this year as we ask for plant donations and volunteers from the community.  If you can contribute, please contact Eric (emsternfels@msn.com or 215.248.5533).  Please gear up for our May plant sale as April breathes its magic into Ned Wolf Park and our gardens at home.

April Plans in the Park

Already, some spring bulbs and early perennials are bursting into bloom at Ned Wolf Park and tender foliage is emerging through the mulch. Please enjoy the show in NWP as you shake off the long winter and get some fresh air.

This year, you can “LOVE your park” along with Philadelphians across the city, as NWP participates in a citywide spring clean-up event on Saturday, April 16th, from 9 am to 1 pm.  You can meet some neighbors and burn some calories, all the while examining the early progress of the perennial gardens that merited a first prize (small community park category) in the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s 2010 City Garden Contest. Not a gardener?  Fear not! All hands will be put to good use, as some experienced Friends of NWP gardeners will be on hand with tools to welcome you and to answer your gardening questions (about the park and about your own garden too). For more info about this event contact Janet (viola@indri.org or 215.248.2642).

As we begin tending our yards in earnest this April, it will soon be evident if January’s nitrogen-rich blanket of snow has yielded some bonuses in the garden.  Perhaps it’s time to divide the perennials, as many garden plants are invigorated by some thinning at this time of the year.  Or maybe it’s time to replace plants that are no longer suited to their too-shady or too-sunny location. And perhaps you plan some changes just to keep the garden exciting? That’s OK too!   April is the month to take stock and to take action to ensure glorious years ahead for our gardens.

Save the date! The annual Ned Wolf Park Plant Sale is scheduled for Saturday, May 21. More details coming soon!

Spring Planning Meeting

Dear Friends of Ned Wolf Park : it's time for our first meeting of the 2011 gardening season!

Open to all interested in supporting this lovely neighborhood resource, the meeting will be held on Sunday, March 13 at 2 pm in the third floor community room at Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Lane.  At the meeting, we will plan activities for the spring, including an April clean-up, a May plant sale, and new design and planting opportunities.  A new leadership plan for the Friends group will also be on the agenda.
If you have questions about the meeting, feel free to contact Janet (viola@indri.org or 215.248.2642) or Syd (scarpn@aol.com or 215.844.8745).