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Love Your Park Day in Overington Park a Big Success

We raised money for park events by selling donated perennials plants from Frankford gardeners. Sending out the greening wave through the neighborhood. The benefits should be coming up in gardens around Frankford for years to come. We planted donated annuals from PHS in beds around the park. Tropical Cannas bulbs were planted (the big red ones) in beds with sunflower seeds.

As summer moves on the giants will emerge out of our flower beds. Frankford Garden Club members, Frankford High JR ROTC, FOOP (Friends of Overington Park) members, families and neighbors came out to help sell plants and plant park flower beds. The beauty of all this hard work can be seen in the flower beds and the fellowship of a community pulling together for the good of everyone. Thanks to all who came out to to lend a hand in one way or another. Your caring and help are what makes Overington Park a special place for all to share and enjoy!

Don’t forget our next event on June 9th from 11 to 3. Our Second Annual Frankford Greening Meet and Greet. All who plant and grow in Frankford are invited to join us for live music, a salsa dip contest, pot luck picnic, and sharing our Frankford greening success stories! Hope to see you there, Diane Kunze president Friends of Overington Park

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Love Your Park Day at Overington Park

From Lorraine Fortino and the Friends of Overington Park

Please join the Friends of Overington Park on Saturday, May 19, 2012, from 10 till 1, for Love Your Park Day at Overington Park! Along with our spring planting we are holding a perennial plant sale and seed give-away. Please come out and join us to kick off Spring in Overington Park and maybe help us plant some flowers! We need your support, hope to see you there this Saturday.

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Overington Park Cleanup April 14th

We had over 40 volunteers come out and help us get ready for Spring. We mulched the garden beds and young trees, swept the sidewalks on Leiper and Orthodox, pulled weeds from the stone wall around the park, did some pruning, and even watered! We got to use our new tools from Philly Rising.

James Clay joined us with 100 soft pretzels and helped out. We planted our first rose garden, thanks to a gift from a park neighbor. We picked up over 70 bags of trash and recycling. The JROTC kids from FHS came and were great as always.

The Friends of Overington Park presented certificates of appreciation to Sgt Joe Fraoili and to the FHS JROTC for their dedicated hard work in our park, and we presented them with a $100 donation in recognition of all they do to make Overington Park beautiful.

Quite a few Frankford Garden Club members did some work at Wilmot and Tackawanna and then came up to Overington to work more! Once again, we had a good time in our park leaving it better then we found it.

Frankford High JROTC

Join us on May 19th from 10 till 1 for our Spring planting, seed giveaway, and our first perennial plant sale. All the gardeners in Frankford are preparing plants for this fund raising sale. If you want plants that come back year after year, this is the sale for you! Planting advice comes free with your purchase.

Thanks again to all who support our park and help make it a lovely place for all to enjoy!  Diane Kunze, Friend of Overington Park

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PhillyRising Grant Awarded to Overington Park

The Friends of Overington Park today received a tool grant from PhillyRising!

In acknowledgment of the fine work the Friends of Overington Park have done with Overington Park, PhillyRising gave our group a tool grant consisting of hand spades, hand pruners, saws, lopers, and a lovely tree pole pruner. All together several hundred dollars of new equipment to care for our trees and plantings. They will be put to good use this Saturday April 14th from 10 till 1 as we clean up our park for Spring! Please come out and join us!