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Friends of Vernon Park holds open meetings from 6-7 p.m. on the Third Monday of each month. For details, please subscribe to our mailing list. All are welcome!
Upcoming Open Monthly Meetings:
- October 20 (remote via Zoom)
- November 17 (remote via Zoom)
- December 15 (remote via Zoom)
During the colder months and in inclement weather, we meet virtually via Zoom. In the warmer months, we meet in-person in the park (byo blanket or chair). Email info@friendsofvernonpark.org with any questions.
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Category Archives: Around the Park
Ribbon Cutting in Vernon Park | Tuesday, October 27th at 7:00 pm
Come out and celebrate Vernon Park under our new lights! Bring your friends. This is a big moment for all of us in Germantown. We have a lovely new playground, interesting plantings and places to sit to enjoy fall as … Continue reading
Ribbon Cutting Postponed
The ribbon cutting scheduled for today, October 14 at 2 pm has been postponed. Thank you to our community for all of your support, flexibility and patience during the Park’s renovations. Please visit Vernon Park in the meantime, there are great … Continue reading
Announcing the 2015 Fall Bazaar in Vernon Park! Sat, Sept. 19!
Pictures from Germantown Stars Under the Stars
Thanks for these images, Erika Norton-Urie and to the Germantown Artists Roundtable & all of the performers and attendees. What a wonderful night in Vernon Park!
This FRIDAY! Germantown Stars Under the Stars!
Looking forward to this event. Please join us and bring a picnic blanket or chair and your friends and neighbors!
In the news…
Positivity, Coalition-forming and Community! Thanks NEWSWORKS for a great article. #vivagermantown http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/nw-philadelphia-more-stories/item/82967-in-germantown-real-hope-rises-for-better-days-ahead
Germantown Artists Roundtable presents…
FOVP + GLEC Plant Sale May 9th at Historic Germantown Second Saturday Event
Join us to get starters for your garden—all organically grown. We will post after the event with the amount of remaining plants for sale, but come out if you can for the best selection!
Summary of Upcoming Work in Vernon Park
Work is scheduled to begin very soon in the Park. Here is an overview of what is to come. We thank our wonderful community for patience and positivity as the construction fences go up and the Park has limited access. … Continue reading
This just in: Today’s Groundbreaking has been cancelled due to weather.
Dear faithful friends and neighbors of Vernon Park, Foiled by dreadful bad weather yet again, the groundbreaking in Vernon Park has been cancelled. We can all keep our spirits up – the surveyors began marking out the park and the … Continue reading