May 12th, 2020

Arts Day: Love Your Park at Home May 12th Schedule

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Tuesday, May 12th is Arts Day during Love Your Park @ Home! Here are all of the fun and free things you can learn, share, and do to celebrate the arts in Philly parks. 

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LEARN: about Public Art in the Park

Register for free

Join the Association for Public Art (aPA) for a lunchtime virtual "walking" tour of a selection of outdoor sculptures found around the Horticulture Center in Fairmount Park. Rain or shine, aPA staff will share fascinating stories and answer questions about these hidden public art gems and park favorites.

Register for free

SHARE: a Haiku to Philly parks

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Nature has a special way of inspiring photography, paintings, poetry, and prose. Have you ever written a haiku? Get inspired by going for a walk in your local park or in your own backyard!

Here's how to write a traditional, 3-line haiku: 

1. First line: 5 syllables

2. Second line: 7 syllables

3. Third line: 5 syllables

Be sure to share your haiku on social media and tag #loveyourpark!

DO: Create art of your park

chalk art

Create a natural scene or special message on the sidewalk in front of your home or in your local park using sidewalk chalk or the bits and pieces of nature you can find, like twigs, rocks, and leaves! You can also draw or paint a picture of your local park!

BONUS: Color these free botanical coloring pages!

The Fairmount Park Horticulture Center opened in 1979 and is home to a lovely greenhouse filled with a variety of tropical plants.  Feel free to download these free botanical coloring pages, featuring select tropical plants that you will find in the greenhouse!

Download the coloring pages

Upcoming Love Your Park @ Home events

Belmont Plateau

2025 BPTA Spring Clean Up

April 5th at 9:00am
4100 Chamounix Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19131

Please join us for our annual Spring Clean Up! We'll be joining Park and community groups across the City in participating in the Streets Department's Philly Spring Clean Up event. We'll also have opportunities for trail work and maintenance for volunteers interested in getting the trails ready for the Spring and Summer months. We will stage in the parking lot on Chamounix Drive across from Ridgeland Mansion and will work to clear the parking lots, woods and trails of trash and debris in the area bounded by Belmont Mansion Drive, Belmont Avenue, Edgely Drive and Chamounix Drive. Work gloves, clean up supplies, and light refreshments will be provided. Rain Date is Sunday, April 6th 9:00 AM to 12 Noon

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fdr park golf course

Garden Maintenance with Friends of FDR Park

April 5th at 10:00am
1900 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19145

Meet us at 1954 Pattison Ave, the first building on your right as you enter the park at 20th street. We have multiple shifts.

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Philly Spring Cleanup: Lemon Hill Addition

April 5th at 10:00am

It's the Streets Department's annual Spring Cleanup! Our event will focus on roadsides around Lemon Hill- litter and any debris that impedes on sidewalks.

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