Thursday, August 6, 5:15 PM – 7:00 PM Russell-Mandel Preserve New Hope, Bucks County Join us this August at Russell-Mandel Preserve for a summer celebration of pollinators, plants, and creativity! Enjoy a guided pollinator walk to observe bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects while learning how native plants support local ecosystems. Take part in a […]
Saturday, May 9, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Fuller-Pursell Preserve Riegelsville, Springfield Township, Bucks County Celebrate the arrival of spring with a guided naturalist walk through our beautiful Fuller-Pursell Preserve in Riegelsville. This unique preserve features scenic woodlands, peaceful streams, and open meadows that come alive with spring wildflowers, birdsong, and fresh green growth. Join […]
As America’s 250th birthday approaches, we can’t let 2025 pass without noting an important milestone: This year Heritage Conservancy’s Register of Historic Places celebrated its 50th anniversary! The register was formed in 1975 and is growing each year, with over 700 places recognized for their local importance, association with historic events, architecture, and connection to […]
Today’s parishioners at the Lahaska United Methodist Church continue to meet in the same sanctuary where the church’s earliest members began worshipping in 1853. This recent addition to Heritage Conservancy’s Register of Historic Places stands as a reminder of the country churches that served as community hubs in bucolic mid-19th century Bucks County. “For 172 […]
Above: Scouts of Troop 71 construct boardwalk at Jackson Pond Preserve. Troop 71 of Doylestown was busy this past summer! The local Boy Scout troop took on two major projects to serve its community: a new boardwalk at Heritage Conservancy’s Jackson Pond Preserve, and an information kiosk at Russell-Mandel Preserve. In completing these, the troop […]
In September, Heritage Conservancy welcomed members, sponsors, and supporters to our Russell-Mandel Preserve for a Pollinator Picnic Garden Party. This special event was to celebrate the impact of our community’s generosity and offered a unique opportunity to experience, firsthand, the preservation, stewardship, and education efforts that define our mission. As a living example of the […]
“Everything my father touches grows,” says Chelsea Manoff as she walks alongside the flower patch of her family’s Bucks County farm, which includes a cidery and popular farm market. Her parents, Gary and Amy Manoff, started the farm in 1984 with the help of Heritage Conservancy, and they have grown it into a beloved staple […]
In one of this summer’s most ambitious and rewarding projects, our Stewardship Department and summer interns transformed a 15-acre former cornfield at our Lindsay Farm Preserve in Warminster into a native pollinator meadow, our largest and most diverse seeding to date. A Legacy Landscape Lindsay Farm Preserve, owned and protected by Heritage Conservancy since 1987, […]
Over the course of spring and two transactions, Heritage Conservancy partnered with Bucks County to preserve a 90-acre rural property in Hilltown Township. The Weikel Property is a valuable mix of farmed fields and woodland that provides vital habitat for local wildlife. It is located in the Pleasant Spring Creek Watershed and has an unnamed […]
Long before Heritage Conservancy existed, and well before the Mercers crafted their legendary landmark homes in Doylestown, a special tree took root. For close to 300 years, this Bur Oak grew on a plot of land in Doylestown that went on to host William and Martha Mercer and the Aldie Mansion home and gardens they […]
