Neshaminy State Park Reforestation (Locust Lane)
We have ongoing volunteer opportunities planting, watering and tending this 40 acre area in Neshaminy State Park overrun with the invasive plant Phragmite.
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Dates of volunteer events:
(Spring/Fall 2024 Tree Tending) First Saturdays of each month 9am - 12 noon (March through November)
- 3-2-24 Saturday (9 am - 12)
- 5-4-24 Saturday (9 am - 12)
- 6-1-24 Saturday (9 am - 12)
- 7-6-24 Saturday (9 am - 12)
- 8-3-24 Saturday (9 am - 12)
- 9-7-24 Saturday (9 am - 12)
- 10-5-24 Saturday (9 am - 12)
- 11-2-24 Saturday (9 am - 12)
To signup for volunteering, please click "Select A Date"
50 Native Trees and 25 Shrubs were planted in Neshaminy State Park starting 2023 by volunteers for Nonprofit Excel Events funded in partnership with Partnership with Keystone 10 Million Trees.
This is a Reforestation project remediating 40 acres covered by invasive plants back into native habitat. First we remove invasive plants then plant native trees and shrubs that can handle both drought and wet conditions. The funding came initially from a riparian buffer grant to help divert storm water in a priority flood zone. This will provide natural habitat for wildlife and migrating birds while native flowering shrubs feed pollinators and flowering native trees help feed other insects.
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Species totals
Starting in the Spring of 2023, we planted 50 native to Pennsylvania trees of 5 different species.
Trees:
- River Birches
- Sweet Gums
- Tulip Poplars
- Silver Oaks
- Red Oaks
Shrubs:
- Ederberry
- Black choke berry
- Button Bush
History and Progress of this project:
We continually need help tree tending the weeding the Native Trees and Shrubs in this Native Reforestion project
First, in April 2023, we planted 25 Native trees / 25 Native shrubs with recycled Tubex Deer Protection and Fiberglass plantra stakes provided by Keystone 10 Million Trees. (a Chesepeake Bay Foundation initiative to better water quality in the Chesepeake Bay.)
In Novemeber 2023 we planted an additional 25 trees and 17 Shrubs also provided by Ketstone 10 million trees in the 2nd phase of the project.
