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May 2025
EITC Webinar: Educational Improvement Tax Credit Opportunities for Your Business
May 6 on Zoom Learn about EITC, the Educational Improvement Tax Credit, a tax-savvy way for qualifying businesses to support education programs in community schools. Join us for an informational session about the process of applying for your business to participate in the EITC program. Learn from Bee, Bergvall, & Co's tax expert Cindy Bergvall about the process of applying for EITC. Heritage Conservancy's Community Engagement Associate, Kaylyn Brindisi will speak about the significant impact your business could have on…
Find out more »Supporting Environmental Literacy Across the Curriculum with the MWEE Framework
Join the Bucks County Intermediate Unit and Heritage Conservancy for an exciting learning opportunity. The environment provides endless opportunities for authentic learning experiences that support your entire curriculum. When students learn through systemic and well-designed environmental education, they build background content knowledge to support literacy, experience authentic, hands-on learning that advances STEM and promotes career readiness. Recognizing the complexities of implementing student-driven, authentic, and locally relevant environmental education that meets academic goals, we will explore the Meaningful Watershed Education Experience…
Find out more »Spring Carnival: Take a Spin in Nature
Celebrate nature at our Annual Spring Carnival at Croydon Woods in Lower Bucks County. Enjoy refreshments, nature-based games and activities, and expert-led hikes into beautiful Croydon Woods. Community organizations will be there, hosting activities for all ages, including nature games, art projects, and prize giveaways. Spring Carnival promises fun for the whole family. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with nature and create lasting memories. Leashed, well-behaved pets are welcome. Free of charge! Meeting location: Croydon Woods 1900 Summit Ave,…
Find out more »June 2025
Native Tree ID Walk
June 1 Fuller-Pursell Nature Preserve, Springfield Township, Bucks County Join Conservation Easement Steward, Sebastian Harris and Senior Conservation Biologist, Tyler Kovacs for an introductory crash course on tree identification. This event will be tailored for folks just getting started with tree ID, and it will focus on how to identify 15 common types of trees (with some bonus species thrown in for good measure)! Come and explore the diverse forest that is our Fuller-Pursell Nature Preserve and begin the fulfilling…
Find out more »Farm to Table 2025
Farm to Table Saturday, June 21 at Heritage Conservancy's Russell-Mandel Preserve Buckingham, PA Our annual summer fundraiser features drinks and a delicious, locally sourced, farm-fresh menu on a gorgeous backdrop of preserved space. Your generous support of this dinner benefits Heritage Conservancy's mission: to protect and care for the land, the history, and the community of our region. Buy Locavore & Sponsor Tickets Here! General Ticket sales will open later in Spring. Social Hour Entertainment by: Wood Flower Bluegrass
Find out more »July 2025
Save the Monarchs Native Plant Sale
Thursday, July 10, 5:30 - 6:30 PM Russell-Mandel Preserve 1515 Holicong Rd. Buckingham, Bucks County Native plants are crucial to the survival of monarchs and other pollinators that keep our ecosystem running! Come out to Russell-Mandel Preserve to show your support for Monarch butterflies and native plants! Heritage Conservancy’s conservation interns are hosting a milkweed sale to raise funds for our mission. Join us to learn more about pollinators, native plants, and the hard work our conservation interns have been…
Find out more »Pollinator and Photography Workshop
Join Heritage Conservancy Land Conservation Manager Jim Drennan and photographer Barry Rauhauser for a walk through Heritage Conservancy's Jackson Pond Preserve. During our guided walk through the pollinator meadow, we will observe native plants and trees. Jim will discuss their benefits to our ecosystem and wildlife. Barry will share his nature photography expertise and offer tips on how to take the perfect photograph within this beautiful landscape. All levels of photographers and hikers are welcome! Bring your own camera if…
Find out more »August 2025
Croydon Woods Nature Backpack Walk
Croydon Woods Nature Preserve 1900 Summit Ave, Croydon, PA Come explore Croydon Woods Preserve with Heritage Conservancy and try out the new and improved Nature Backpacks, available for check-out at Grundy Memorial Library and the Levittown Branch of Bucks County Free Library! Use the backpack magnifying glass to better view that bug! Is that a Bluebird? Use the binoculars to take a closer look! On our walk, we will learn about the habitats and wildlife in Croydon Woods and how…
Find out more »Kids Nature Journaling with Jane Ramsey
Kids Nature Journaling with Jane Ramsey Thursday, August 7, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Aldie Mansion and its gardens 85 Old Dublin Pike, Doylestown Learn how to become a nature artist! Join local artist Jane Ramsey on the grounds of Historic Aldie Mansion for a kid-friendly nature journaling lesson and tour. Kids will walk through the property and learn to identify and draw what they see. Journals and colored pencils will be provided. All ages are welcome; however, we do…
Find out more »Mushroom ID Walk
Join Philadelphia Mycology Club President Sam Bucciarelli and Heritage Conservancy's Conservation Easement Steward Sebastian Harris to explore and ID the mushrooms within Croydon Woods Nature Preserve. Located less than half a mile from the Delaware River, Croydon Woods is one of the last remaining coastal plain forests in southeastern Pennsylvania. The preserve is home to over 350 species of plants, mammals, reptiles, birds, and insects, including endangered plant species. Sebastian will share information about the forest, and Sam will guide…
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