NEW! ONLINE CREDIT CARD DONATIONS
You can help continue our Newtown Square Hanging Basket & Floral Display Program! Our beautiful baskets and plantings are funded SOLELY by donations from the public and local businesses. Now, we are planning our 2025 floral displays, but NEED YOUR HELP! Click on “Donate” on the menu bar and help Newtown Square be beautiful.
Supporting our Hanging Baskets has never been easier!
Or, drop off your check and a note with your name, address and email address at the Newtown Township Building, Admin Office, 209 Bishop Hollow Road.
Or mail your check and note to: Newtown Square in Bloom, Box 592, Newtown Square, PA 19073.
Please make checks payable to Newtown Square in Bloom, a 501(c)(3) tax deductible organization.
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2025 Monthly MEETING DATES: Wednesdays, 1:30 pm, Newtown Township Building. Zoom link can be made available on request. ALL ARE WELCOME
DATES: January 15, February 19, March 19, April 16, May 21, June 18, July 16, August 20, September 17, October 15, November 19, No December meeting.
To receive more information about meetings, Zoom link and activities, email Paul at [email protected]
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“Like” our Facebook Page for our 2025 Planting Dates.
We have a great time creating beautiful garden and floral displays at our Newtown Township Pollinator Garden, Welcome Signs and Bus Stops. All Are Welcome!
Contact Paul Seligson for the next planting date information: [email protected]
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Saturday, March 15th DCVA’s Annual Meeting and Community Science Project at Haverford CRE’s Center from 9 am to 1 PM. Click here to register Event Registration and Ticket Purchase
Saturday, March 22nd World Water Day. EAC will create content for Township ‘s E-Newsletter and social media regarding World Water Day.
Saturday March 29th – CRC’s Drexel Lodge Stream Clean Up
Volunteers needed for Chester Ridley Crum Watershed Association (CRC’s) Annual Stream Clean Up at Drexel Lodge Park on Saturday, March 29th from 9 to 11:30 AM. Event hosted by EAC, Parks & Rec Public Works and CRC. Register today: Streams Cleanup CRC Watersheds Select Site # for 325 Drexel Lodge Park
Saturday, April 5th DCVA’s Stream Clean Up at Greer Park and Brookside Park
Volunteers Needed. Event hosted by Parks & Rec, EAC, Public Works and DCVA. Register here for Greer Park Stream Clean Up Event Registration and Ticket Purchase
Saturday in April- Date and Time TBD Native Plant Swap and Give Away
Bird Town/ EAC and Historical Society planning native plant swap and give away at John West Tavern. Janet and Cathy are working on this event.
Tuesday, April 22nd Earth Day- EAC will create content for the Township ‘s E-Newsletter and social media regarding Earth Day.
Township’s Arbor Day Event- April’s date and time TBD by STC-
2025 Arbor Day Events. EAC is coordinating with Shade Tree Commission to meet Tree City USA program requirements for a community event.
Friday, May 9th EAC& Bird Town at Newtown Square Food and Makers Market at St. Alban’s Church.
EAC and Bird Town will be working at the Community Outreach Table for this event from 3:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Event organized by Gather in the Circle.
Saturday May 10th, Bird Town Walk at Garret Wiliamson- Janet has planning underway for World Migration Day
Sunday, May 18th Township’s Circle at Sundown Event at St. Alban’s Circle 4 to 8 PM – NSiB, NSBA and Township’s planning is underway! EAC/Bird Town along with other groups will have a community outreach table at this free event
UN-Plug in The Square Day- TBD EAC is coordinating for this Township wide event, pending BoS Approval
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38 NSiB VOLUNTEERS PLANTED OVER 40 TREES ON GOSHEN WALKING TRAIL, OCTOBER 19TH!
The trees and supplies are supported by the $4,000 “Healing the Planet” grant from The GIANT Company and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful® and the $10,000 grant provided by PA District 168 Representative, Lisa Borowski, from the Pennsylvania state budget. NSiB used the $4,000 and $10,000 grants to replant 38 native trees and 14 native shrubs on the 1 mile-long tree corridor between the Goshen Walking Trail and Goshen Road where many of the ash trees had to be removed due to the Emerald Ash Borer. The surplus of the Pennsylvania state grant will be used to expand Newtown Square’s tree planting initiatives. Work on this NSiB project at Goshen Walking Trail was done with assistance from 38 volunteers who offered their services along with Newtown Township Public Works, Newtown Township Environmental Advisory Council, Newtown Township Parks & Recreation, Newtown Square in Bloom and Shade Tree Commission.
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Learn more about why we work to keep Newtown Square beautiful:
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Newtown Square in Bloom, a 501(c)(3) tax deductible organization, raises funds and accepts donations from the public for plants and street trees. Go to the Donate online page of this website or mail in your donation today! Thank you!
Volunteers from many of the Township’s residents, organizations and businesses join in to help plant flowers and trees, develop our trail network, clean up parks and streams on Arbor Day, weed and maintain the Drexel Lodge Park Butterfly Garden and help enhance the significance of our historic buildings. To learn more, “Like” the Newtown Square in Bloom Facebook page and check out the Newtown Square in Bloom website: newtownsquareinbloom.com.
Our Newtown Square in Bloom Projects
NSiB raises funds for a number of planting projects such as the floral hanging baskets on our town center streets, the Newtown Township Welcome Signs and the St. Albans Circle. Volunteers from many of the Township’s organizations and businesses join in to help plant flowers and trees, develop our trail network, clean up parks and streams on Arbor Day, weed and maintain the Drexel Lodge Park Butterfly Garden and help enhance the significance of our historic buildings.
We are In Bloom
In 2015, Newtown Square joined the national organization, America in Bloom, and has started its own chapter, Newtown Square in Bloom. In its first year of membership, Newtown Square was awarded a Special Award from America in Bloom for its Hanging Basket Container Displays and Special Mention for Heritage Preservation.
Newtown Square in Bloom seeks to:
• bolster civic pride through planting trees, bushes, and floral displays; as well as developing other environmental and lifestyle enhancements; • involve all aspects of Newtown Square communities including residents, businesses, municipal and non-profit entities in planting & beautifying Newtown Square; • strengthen our sense of community with volunteer participation from all different age populations from school age children to older adults.
We Participate in the National Awards Program
America in Bloom is a national awards program unlike any other. It celebrates quality of life in communities of all types and provides a framework for further progress. AIB celebrates and recognizes the great things our participants are doing to “plant pride” in America.
Newtown Square is grouped by population category which varies each year depending on the number of entries. America in Bloom sends a team of two specially trained judges to visit each entrant; spending up to two days touring with you, meeting leaders and volunteers while you showcase your efforts. The judges provide a detailed written evaluation rating our Township by six categories.
Learn More About the Six Criteria