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Need a Speaker?
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Need a speaker for your club or group with some great information about our community? Have our public liaison, Linda Walters,
bring her power point show about the beauty of Radnor Township’s open space and how we can preserve it. Just about 15 minutes of time is all you need to allot, plus time for questions.
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Call her at 610-687-4000
Email: LindaWalters@SageRealtyLLC.com
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Centennial Trees Inventory
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The Conservancy is partnering with the Radnor Middle School Watershed class, Radnor Shade Tree Commission, Cabrini College, Chanticleer and others on a project to
document significant and historic trees in our township. To learn more or to nominate a tree, click here !
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Radnor's New Skunk Hollow Community Farm and CSA
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Radnor Conservancy, in partnership with Radnor Township, Greener Partners, and Friends of the Willows Cottage, has established a
community farm with a Community Supported Agriculture initiative. Skunk Hollow Community Farm sits on 2.5 acres of Skunk Hollow Park, generously leased to us by Radnor Township to support the project. The CSA project is taking place in conjunction with the green restoration/renovation of the Willows Cottage, which serves as the education center and distribution center for the CSA. To learn more CLICK HERE..
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We need your help!
Click Here
To see the Wish List for the CSA
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Radnor Conservancy Park Stewards
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Interested in helping protect, maintain, and restore the park resources of Radnor Township?
So are we, and we’re looking for people who’d like to participate in a hands-on way in giving back to our community. Our Park Stewards program, which we are launching for the first time in 2006, will help bring together Radnor conservationists for one or more days of organized park TLC activities. (Your level of interest will drive our level of activity.) Let us know of your interest by contacting us. We will add your name to our list of Park Stewards and will notify you of future opportunities to join our corps of park stewards.
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“A Win-Win Situation”
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Radnor Conservancy’s work in education and conservation easements was recently highlighted in Main Line Life. Writer Jim Schmoyer described how land protection with a land trust can be a
win-win situation for all parties involved. To read the full article, click here. Mainline Life Article
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Click here for
the handout chart from the Development in Radnor seminar
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Seed to Snack Program: Bringing the Farm to the Classroom
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The Seed to Snack Program, co-sponsored by Radnor Conservancy and
Greener Partners, seeks to bring the lessons of Skunk Hollow Farm, specifically the benefits of locally grown food, into Radnor elementary school classrooms. The underlying principle behind the proposed Seed to Snack Program is that when children are connected to local, organic food, they not only develop lasting preferences for local food and make healthier self- care choices, but they also are inspired to take better care of the environment.
The program is designed to be flexible enough to be integrated into ongoing classroom curricula, but it follows a basic format.
Early in the growing season, a farmer/educator is going into classrooms at Radnor, Wayne, and Ithan Elementary Schools to talk about locally grown food, nutrition, and the disparate environmental impact of locally grown verses imported food. During the visits, each child is invited to plant their own seeds of an early season crop such as kale or spring lettuces. The farmer takes the seeds back to the greenhouse and eventually plants the seedlings on the farm, and gives periodic updates on the progress of the seedlings to the children, via classroom visits or video reports, as requested by the classroom teacher. In late spring when the crops are ready, the students and their parents will be invited to a Spring Harvest Party at Skunk Hollow Farm, where students and their parents will be able to pick their produce and learn to make tasty snacks out of that produce.
It is our intention that by helping children experience, in a concrete way, that foods grown using sustainable practices on a Farm in their
own neighborhood are tasty, nutritious and more environmentally sound than imported food, we hope to influence the way they think about shopping for food.
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Issues in Sustainable Living and Growth
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Click on the links below to view presentations
that are part of The Sustainability Series:
01-29-09 Radnor Conservancy Part 1 of 2
01-29-09 Radnor Conservancy Part 2 of 2
05-18-09 Radnor Conservancy Part 1 of 2
05-18-09 Radnor Conservancy Part 2 of 2
10 01 09 Sustainability Series Part 1 of 4
10 01 09 Sustainability Series Part 2 of 4
10 01 09 Sustainability Series Part 3 of 4
10 01 09 Sustainability Series Part 4 of 40
3 10 10 Sustainability Series
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Streambank Stabilization for Homeowners
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New Board Members Named
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The Radnor Conservancy is pleased to announce the addition of three new board members and a new Executive Director. Pictured from left to right, front row: Dottie Ives
Dewey, Executive Director and new board member Leslie Bowes, President John Fischer, Secretary Dave Toomey, Kathy Bogosian; second row: new board member Jay Junior, Alan Brink, Ginny Kreitler, Charles Kline; top
row: Steve Paolantonio, Phil Wallis, new board member Tracy Pulos, and Vice President Kimberley Donches. Absent from the picture are Beverlee Barnes and Robin Mann.
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Radnor Trail Signs
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The Radnor Historical Society has been working with Radnor Township's Department of Parks and Recreation and the Radnor Conservancy to create interpretive signs along the Radnor Trail.
The signs have been planned for important locations, including sites of former railroad stations. It is a unique opportunity to approach history: to have photographs of the sites directly in front of the actual
historic sites.
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So far two signs have been installed on the Trail. We are aiming to design and install about seven more, but we cannot reach this goal without public support.
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The signs are made from the best materials and finishes available. The graphic panel is made of porcelain enamel, the very best material for this purpose. Even in outdoor use, porcelain
can hold its color and stand the test of time for decades
The first two signs were funded by a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, as well as donations from the
Radnor Historical Society, the Friends of Radnor Trails and Radnor Township. We need you, the community, to help us pay for the next phase of signs. All donations are tax-deductable.
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