Fairhill Gardening
Our Arboretum is made up of over 140 trees, including 51 different species, growing on our five acre site. Led by our fantastic Green Space Director, Tito, our garden team is […]
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Volunteers
Reading Buddies
As our longest standing literacy program, Reading Buddies is an opportunity for kids to get weekly one on reading time with our volunteers. This school year, we are thrilled to
Thanking Dr. Kahn
As part of the Historic Germantown Holiday Party, Dr. Jessica Kahn was recognized for her service as Historic Fair Hill’s volunteer of the year. Part of Historic Fair Hill’s mission is carrying on the legacies
Volunteer Opportunties
Historic Fair Hill would be nowhere without our incredible volunteers! As we start a new school year, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved and we hope you will
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Quaker Service Trips
by Kate McHale, Quaker Voluntary Service Fellow One meaningful way that Historic Fair Hill has engaged with education and Quaker values this year was partnering on field trips focused on
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Reading Buddies
by Rosemary Arnold, Volunteer Little did I know that an email from Jean Warrington a few years ago would provide tools to help me through a Pandemic. Jean knew that
Potter-Thomas School Library Opens
On January 10th, Historic Fair Hill welcomed a new generation of readers into the newly opened library at Potter-Thomas Elementary School. In addition to having thousands of books at their
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Love Your Park Day – Fairhill Square
Join neighbors as we help rake and bag leaves, pick up trash, and empty park trash cans. Register here and visit loveyourpark.org for more info.
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A Letter from Bri, Garden Manager
Hello neighbors, friends, volunteers and family! It’s been a beautiful whirlwind at Historic Fair Hill this spring. We’ve accomplished so much because of you. Yes, you! Thank you. The gardens
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Experts team up for Julia de Burgos school library reopening
Original architects Jane Rath and Vincent Rivera pitch in with library organizer Jessica Kahn to help the elementary school bring back its library.
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Autumn Tree Planting Day
In partnership with Tree Tenders of PA Horticultural Society, HFH organizes shade tree planting in the Fairhill neighborhood. Tenants or homeowners sign up to care for a tree on the
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Spring Garden Opening Day
Join us for the launch of the gardening season! Come help us clean up from winter, prepare gardens, and plant early vegetables and flowers. This will be a great event as we
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A Day of Service for MLK Day
While others worked indoors on our new library project at the Julia de Burgos Elementary School, 25 volunteers spent their Martin Luther King Day working outside with us at Historic
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On MLK Day, Volunteers Start Work of Reopening School Library
We were grateful to welcome over 40 volunteers to our day of service this Monday, January 18. One group of 20 worked with us on a brand new project at Julia
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Eight new trees grow in Fairhill
Over the last few years, we’ve been working together with volunteers and the Philadelphia Horticultural Society (PHS) to bring new life to our streets through trees. Our work tree planting
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