The Friends of West Mill Creek Park has won a Go for the Green Award!  Lower Merion Township’s Environmental Advisory Council has given us this award to recognize the ecological and educational benefits of our Wildlife and Respite Garden to the Township and our work in creating and maintaining the garden.  If you haven’t seen Appleford, […]

Japanese Knotweed Japanese knotweed is an invasive plant -- and experts tell us that if nothing is done the knotweed will eventually take over, contributing to stream bank erosion and killing  native plants that offer better food and habitat to the birds, frogs  and beneficial insects that live in our park.  One important step in controlling […]

Friends of WMC workers carry a tarp full of knotweed Our recent June 5 Knotweed Day was a great success--we had 13 people devote a total of 44 hours to removing this invasive plant.  However, some knotweed remains, so if you missed the first day here is your chance to join the battle.  We will […]

There's a lot to do in the garden -- weeding and cutting our unexpectedly tall blue wood sedge down to size.  Bring work gloves, come and go as you please, and help make our garden great again!

Join us to subdue the weeds in the Wildlife and Respite Garden!  Bring work gloves and your favorite weeding tool if you have one.  Come and go as you please; water and light refreshments are provided.

Join us for a 3 course holiday  luncheon and get to know some of your fellow dog parkers!  RSVP by November 23.  The cost of the lunch is $30 per person, and you get to choose between crab cakes or beef bourguignon as the main course.  Please send your check to Ellen Reese, 727 Stradone […]

Bring your dog to the park  to meet Santa Paws!  Santa will pose with your pooch and you can take as many photos as you'd like.  Each good dog will receive a big dog biscuit, and refreshments for humans will be available too.  We will be collecting donations for the Pennsylvania S.P.C.A., a very worthy organization that […]

This is a party to thank those members who have volunteered at events or supported us with donations during the calendar year 2016.  Wine, beer, soft drinks and lots of yummy nibbles will be provided.  Each invitee is welcome to bring a spouse or significant other, so this is a great chance to get to […]

We will start off with a short summary of our accomplishments in 2016 and our plans for 2017, than on to a fascinating presentation on the use of police dogs in Lower Merion presented by the Lower Merion Police Department K9 unit.  There will be refreshments and a chance to talk with your fellow dog […]

We'll be planting new flowering plants, and (of course) weeding the Wildlife and Respite Garden to prepare it for garden season.  We'll also work on other garden chores such as removing landscape fabric that is no longer needed and renewing the wood chips on our wood chip path.  Water and the traditional Kind Bars (or […]