Volunteer: Give Back to Nature
Preserve staff put volunteers on trail repair, invasive plant pulls and the pollinator beds for a morning. Tools and gloves are on site, and you register ahead.
Every date coming up · 9:00 AM–11:30 AM
- Sun Oct 11
- Sun Oct 25
More at ChesLen Preserve
Edible and Medicinal Plant and Tree ID Walk
A two hour walk around the preserve learning which native trees and plants you can eat or use as medicine, plus the ethics of taking them. Early evening light.
Pints on the Preserve
East Branch Brewing pours at the Lenfest Center pavilion, with 1,300 acres and fourteen miles of trail out the back door. Bring a picnic, a blanket, and cash for snacks.
Gentle Sunset Yoga
Jen Gervasi leads an hour of slow yoga on preserve land right after the beer crowd thins out. Bring a mat or a beach towel and stay for the sunset.
Around the same time
Behind the Scenes Tours: Fonthill Castle From Tower to Crypt
Ninety minutes off the normal route through Henry Mercer's concrete castle: tower stairs, hidden passageways, the rooms the standard tour skips. Steep and dark in places, age fourteen and up.
Teddy Bear Story Time (Age 2)
A short Wednesday morning storytime built for two year olds and whatever bear they brought along. Thirty minutes of stories and songs, then time to play.
Senator Comitta Mobile Office Hours
Staff from the state senator's district office set up at the library to help with PennDOT paperwork, property tax and rent rebates, PACE cards and SEPTA passes. No appointment.
