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Tour Guide of Philadelphian Greenspaces

Wei Jiang Penn GSE, Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Program (UTAP) Woodrow Wilson/Citizens & Scholars Fellowship As a First Generation, Low...

Nursery Fall 2021 Highlights

Students from Belmont Charter High School, just around the corner from our nursery, have been helping LandHealth with site development...

What's in a Healthy River Ecosystem?

What factors determine the health of a river or creek? Do you know if your home has a healthy river ecosystem? There are more to look at...

Waste in Our Waters

Earlier this summer, ProFESS Northeast Philly Watershed Stewards explored Pennypack on the Delaware and came across some washed up trash...

Watershed Citizenship: Exploring my Backyard Watershed

One of my last memories with my dad involves a small tadpole. There is a pond, hidden from the bustle of suburbia through a winding...

Life at the Nursery

What's Happening at the LandHealth Native Plant Nursery? At the nursery, we have 4 different spaces for our plants. We have a garden for...

Future Stewards at the Nursery

LandHealth Institute's Native Plant Nursery isn't just a destination for native flora. This Spring, 8th and 9th grade students from...

Making a difference: Steward led clean-up at Cobbs Creek

We love connecting students to nature. Spending time in nature has a host of benefits, and it leads to life-long change and growth....

Stewardship in Action: A Monarch Habitat building school project

Our last post mentioned the plight of the Monarch butterfly, and how Philadelphia, as an urban area, is uniquely positioned to help...

Throwback Thursday: PWS and Camden RiverGuides Program exchange Summer 2019

LandHealth’s Philadelphia Watershed Steward (PWS) program and Urban Promise from Camden’s RiverGuides ran a program exchange. Students...