LandHealth Institute

LandHealth's mission is to restore connections between nature and people through immersive experiential education and community-based land revitalization.

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Bathe in the autumnal beauty of a masterfully designed Japanese garden in the heart of Fairmount Park with certified forest therapy guide, Anisa George! #GoOutdoorsPhilly #PhillyEvents #PutNatureBack #NativePlants

RSVP here: https://t.co/VPIsegG7a4

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Join bird-enthusiast and nature guide Anisa George in learning more about this soot-colored world traveler in one of its most phenomenal displays on September 15th from 6-8PM! #GoOutdoorsPhilly #PhillyEvents #PutNatureBack

RSVP here: https://t.co/KO3YkMprZm

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Woodland Workdays are back! We're continuing this series into the fall with 3 new workdays on Sundays from 1-3pm. The first one is just a few weeks away on September 8th!
RSVP here: https://t.co/qM0VKkme6Z
#NativePlants #PutNatureBack

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Join us for a walk led by restoration ecologist, Scott Quitel, tracing the birth of a river from burbling spring to running creek! #GoOutdoorsPhilly #PhillyEvents #PhillyWater #PutNatureBack

RSVP here: https://t.co/CwJR5pCwQB

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Do you want to activate a public space in Cobbs Creek Watershed? Apply for the @cleanaircouncil Cobbs Creek Watershed Community Mini-grant program from now to July 31st to fund a project you are passionate about.
https://t.co/gJo6S0vREb
#ApplyToday #MiniGrant #Philly #Watershed

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Artist and naturalist, Cindy Stockton Moore will be leading an event at our native plant nursery in drawing with plant materials on July 28th from 10am-12pm. Come on out and learn to forage different colors from the wild! #DrawingWithNature

RSVP here: https://t.co/WGlh8rBBGZ

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Salute the sun with live music and s'mores this #SummerSolstice with LandHealth on Friday!☀️

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Join @RiverfrontNorth and @TTFWatershed on June 1st for Fish Fest, a day of family fun, fishing, and all things free at Frankford Boat Launch! There will be music, activities, food and drink, and bike rides, as well as a native plant sale hosted by us. Hope to see you there!

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If you know of any 8th-12th grade students interested, or happen to be one yourself - LandHealth encourages you to apply here! : https://t.co/ora5yJrJpE

We would also like to ask that you share the attached flyer - Thank you so much! 🌿🌿🌿

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Hello everyone!!

LandHealth would like to officially announce that we are recruiting high school students (8th-12th grade) to participate in our ProFESS program this summer of 2024! All students living in Philadelphia area and/or surrounding areas are welcome to apply!

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Program for Future Environmental Scientists and Stewards (ProFESS) is a free of cost, paid, 10-week summer program that seeks to empower students through hands-on lessons in Philly's natural history, urban ecology, environmental justice -- and now kayaking!

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Community & enviro groups are asking @PhillyMayor Parker to consider equity, enviro issues before clearing more of #FDRMeadows for plastic turf fields.
Why: https://t.co/Zv7qz5RbbE
@CleanH2OPA @PennEnvironment @seamaac @CleanAirCouncil @sunrisemvmt @DelRiverkeeper @LandHealthInst

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Plant of the week - Little Bluestem

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Introducing a new series called #birdoftheweek! The first bird, brought to North America by Shakespeare enthusiasts in the nineteenth century, is the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). They are now among the continent’s most numerous songbirds.#europeanstarling #putnatureback

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We are keeping the ball rolling with trees as our #plantoftheweek. This week's native tree is the American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua). This photo is of a Sweetgum in FDR park, conveniently marked with a little plaque.#landhealth #putnatureback #sweetgum #nativeplants

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This week on our WonderWalk we returned to FDR park. For our final WonderWalk in August we will be at our native plant nursery on the west parkside. Click the link on our website to register! #landhealth #putnatureback #fdrpark #savethemeadowsfdr #westparkside

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This is officially the final week of ProFESS 2022! Yesterday, our watershed stewards presented their final projects at the LandHealth native plant nursery for graduation. We are so proud of these students! #landhealth #putnatureback #environmentaleducation #watershed

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The #plantoftheweek is a tree this week! Betula lenta is a species of birch native to eastern North America known commonly as Sweet birch. Sweet birch is named for the sweet sap used by Native Americans for syrup production. #landhealth #putnatureback #sweetbirch #nativeplants

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During last week’s WonderWalk we journeyed into Haddington Woods...this week we're going back to FDR Park! Join us tomorrow at 5:30 and register through the link on our website. #landhealth #putnatureback #fdrpark #savethemeadowsfdr #walkphilly #wonderwalk

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A new blog is posted! Our Mandela Fellow has made it back home to Zimbabwe, but he has done so much for LandHealth during his four week stay. In this blog, Lenin describes his experiences with protecting nature in Philadelphia. Visit our website to read more! #landhealth