{"id":5430,"date":"2015-04-23T12:46:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T16:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/?p=5430"},"modified":"2015-04-23T13:48:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T17:48:40","slug":"earth-day-celebration-tree-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/2015\/04\/23\/earth-day-celebration-tree-planting\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day Celebration & Tree Planting"},"content":{"rendered":"

What better way to honor and celebrate Earth Day and the 80th\u00a0Anniversary year of Glen Providence Park<\/a> than by planting trees?<\/strong> Yesterday we did just that with Delaware County Parks & Recreation<\/strong>, 2nd and 3rd grade students from Media-Providence Friends School<\/strong> (MPFS), and so many groups who help care for Glen Providence Park!<\/p>\n

Long before the first Earth Day, in 1935 George and Eleanor Butler donated most of the land for Glen Providence Park to Delaware County as the county\u2019s first park. The Butlers dedicated the park as a bird sanctuary and arboretum,<\/strong> and specified in the deed that the land be \u201ckept in as natural a condition as possible.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesterday\u2019s Earth Day Celebration honored that spirit as we planted two native trees: a White Oak<\/strong> by the historical concert stage to replace the 110-year-old White Ash that fell in a storm last year, and a Pagoda Dogwood<\/strong> to add an understory tree. Michael Culp of Delaware County Council presented us with thoughtful a resolution honoring the 80th\u00a0Anniversary of Glen Providence Park,<\/strong> which you can see in the photo gallery below.<\/p>\n

A highlight of the celebration was the poetry read by the 2nd\u00a0and 3rd\u00a0grade science students of MPFS.<\/strong> Their poems written for Earth Day added meaning and inspiration to the event. You can read all of them in our link below – here are just two examples:<\/p>\n

Trees<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>by MPFS 2nd\u00a0grade student<\/em><\/p>\n

The trees we plant thank us by giving oxygen and they also produce food like apples, oranges, tangerines and more!<\/em><\/p>\n

My Evergreen Tree<\/span><\/strong> by MPFS 3rd\u00a0grade student \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Spiky as a porcupine and<\/em>
\n Hard as a turtle shell<\/em>
\n Green as a turtle<\/em>
\n Brown as mud!<\/em><\/p>\n

The MPFS students helped plant the two trees, and their water bucket brigade carried water uphill from Broomall\u2019s Run to the stage to water them!<\/strong>\u00a0After installing deer fencing to protect the trees, we ended it all with a pizza lunch in the picnic area by the stage.<\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone who shared in the celebration, and all that they do to support Glen Providence and the other Delaware County Parks:<\/strong><\/p>\n