Community Work Days

Haverford Civic Association really digs Sharpe Park Bird Sanctuary, usually about four times a year, twice in the spring and twice in the fall during our community work days.

Shared Stewardship

Located at 340 Lancaster Avenue (the corner of Lancaster and Station Road), our wee woodland enjoys the attention of multiple stewards. Dr. John Semple Sharpe bought the 2.7-acre property back in 1914, and in 1977 his widow, Catherine D. Sharpe, willed it to Lower Merion Township, with the proviso that it be “maintained as a semi-wooded, green area without formal facilities for playground use.”

Today, the property is the responsibility of the township’s Parks and Recreation Department. But Parks and Rec gets a big lift from local organizations that cater to horticultural handiwork in addition to Haverford Civic. Two of the most active are The Garden Workers, a local affiliate of The Garden Club of America, and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Tree Tenders group. Sharpe Park is The Garden Workers’ primary community service project.

Join The Garden Workers at Work

Watch this space for dates and times of our next Community Work Days!

Come have some fun, meet your neighbors and revel in the joy of good, honest work with The Garden Workers and Haverford Civic Association.