Everything to know about Love Your Park Fall Service Day 2021

Want to do some good for your community? Show your neighborhood park some love! Fairmount Park Conservancy and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation are excited to announce that volunteer registration for Love Your Park Fall Service Day is now OPEN.

This fall, there are 80-plus parks hosting clean-up service days on Saturday, November 13th for Love Your Park Fall Service Day. To lend a hand at one of the clean-ups, please register here today!

Love Your Park is a program of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and Fairmount Park Conservancy, in partnership with Philadelphia’s incredible Park Friends Network, made up of volunteer groups who steward their neighborhood parks. Every fall, thousands of volunteers come out to clean and green their parks, plant trees, clean up litter, and more to help prepare parks for the winter.

This year, Elmwood Park in Southwest Philadelphia is the signature site on Love Your Park Fall Service Day, joining more than 80 other neighborhood parks across the city.

Questions? Here is everything you need to know about this year’s Love Your Park Fall Service Day.

Two big reasons to lend a hand:

It's a great way to give back to our parks that have given us so much this past year. Many of us realized firsthand just how critical parks and open spaces are for our mental health and wellbeing and how lucky we are in Philly to have 10,200 acres of parkland, including hundreds of neighborhood parks.
You'll be contributing to a healthier environment: At Love Your Park Fall Service Day, volunteers will be planting trees and flower bulbs, collecting leaves, mulching, and more. Planting trees not only beautifies your community, but trees are also natural air purifiers – they help absorb carbon dioxide from the air and release oxygen. Composting leaves ensures they are kept out of our landfills and also creates a nutrient rich material that can be used to sustain plants and trees at local gardens and parks. Cleaning up litter helps keep trash out of our waterways which helps fish, wildlife and the quality of our local drinking water.

Don’t worry: There are other opportunities throughout the year to volunteer for Philly’s parks:

Mark your calendar for Love Your Park Week next May! Sign up here for updates.
Sign up to volunteer at the next Second Saturday Service Day with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation here.
Our amazing Park Friends Groups across the city host volunteer clean-ups and events all throughout the year. Click here to find your local Park Friends Group.
Show your support–literally! Purchase a special edition "Here for Philly Parks" tee shirt from Wider Awake. A portion of the proceeds will go to support the Love Your Park program.