www.america250padelco.org\/delcovolunteers-1<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/DTD-L-TREES-1108-04.jpeg\")
A sign on a tree at Jack Edmundson Park in Aldan tells the community the impact of tree planting. (KATHLEEN E. CAREY \u2013 DAILY TIMES)<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were looking for ways to connect the community outdoors, outside and to give back to Delaware County in some way but it was important for us to try and find organizations in all areas of the county so wherever you live, you don\u2019t have to go too far.\u201d<\/p>\n
Besides the tree tenders, others involved in the week include the Delaware County Office of Sustainability, Glen Providence Park Friends, Newlin Grist Mill, Haverford College Arboretum, Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore College, Natural Lands, Haverford Parks and Recreation and Darby Creek Valley Association.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was incredibly impressed that we got nine organizations to collaborate,\u201d Cevoli said. \u201cAnd of all the events and projects that we\u2019ve done this year, this is the largest collaborative event.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of the hashtags she said they\u2019ve used the most is #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors.<\/p>\n
\u201cDelco Loves Nature was the perfect example of that,\u201d Cevoli said. \u201cMy hope is that this lives on. Delco Volunteers is looking to be the legacy project so we\u2019re in talks right now that we might be able to keep it going.\u201d<\/p>\n
If it does, Cevoli said she\u2019d like to have two Delco Loves Nature Weeks a year, one in the spring and one in the fall.<\/p>\n
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Volunteers came out to Jack Edmundson Park Saturday to plant trees as part of Delco Loves Nature Week. (KATHLEEN E. CAREY \u2013 DAILY TIMES)<\/p>\n
She highlighted the vision behind the week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s important to get people outdoors in their neighborhood because you forget the beauty that\u2019s in your own backyard,\u201d Cevoli said. \u201cI think sometimes, as humans, we\u2019re quick to sometimes see what\u2019s wrong. And getting outdoors, not only can we remember what\u2019s beautiful in our backyards but it\u2019s good for your mind, body and spirit. And come make a new friend!\u201d<\/p>\n
She highlighted the Aldan Tree Tenders part in it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAldan Tree Tenders has just been wonderful because they have had so many trees and shrubs to plant over at the (Aldan) elementary school, they started early,\u201d Cevoli said. \u201cThey\u2019ve been having so many volunteers turn out, that they finished ahead of time with everything that they\u2019ve been doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why Saturday the tree tenders were out at the grassy triangle of Providence Road, Providence Place and Ridley Avenue.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Neill explained that there initially was grant money for plantings at the Aldan Elementary School, including 30 trees and 110 shrubs.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big project,\u201d she said. \u201cWe made basically 10 beds, three trees for each bed and 11 shrubs in each bed. But, we finished that early because there were so many people.\u201d<\/p>\n
The trees will be planted in those beds on Nov. 14.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Neill said there had been six workdays scheduled for the Aldan Elementary School project, but they finished the work in two days because of the amount of volunteers that participated over the last five weeks.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Cevoli noted the diversity of ages in the Aldan Tree Tenders event.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was important to Aldan Tree Tenders \u2026 they wanted to make sure that no matter what age was showing up, there was something that they could do,\u201d Cevoli said. \u201cSo, they have little kid gloves and little kid supplies.\u201d<\/p>\n
The finale for Delco Loves Nature Week and the Aldan Tree Tenders is Nov. 14 and they plan to celebrate with the planting of the 30 trees at the Aldan Elementary School.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to try to celebrate all things tree-related,\u201d O\u2019Neill said, adding that there would be crafts for kids at that event starting, which starts at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hickory, white oak and Ohio buckeye trees were among the 10 being planted at Jack Edmundson Park in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[212,182,139,28,69,71,70,210],"class_list":["post-323345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-delaware-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-top-stories-dtd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Sarah O\u2019Neill of the Aldan Tree Tenders digs a hole Saturday as volunteers wait to help plant a tree. (KATHLEEN E. CAREY \u2013 DAILY TIMES)<\/p>\n