- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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18 people are interested
Garden Volunteers
ORGANIZATION: HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
-
18 people are interested
Do you have an interest in working at a beautiful historic garden filled with diverse wildlife and bird species in Fort Washington Pennsylvania? Are you comfortable with getting your hands dirty by assisting Highlands staff with the maintenance of garden beds and landscapes? The Highlands hosts many events including weddings, anniversary parties, and family celebrations from spring to fall in our beautiful Sinkler Garden designed by Wilson Eyre in 1918. Keeping our garden in pristine condition requires many helpful hands. Our wonderful volunteers are valued and vital members of our team.
We are inviting volunteers to assist us with planting, weeding, raking, edging, and general maintenance of our garden beds from spring to fall. We have morning and afternoon shifts throughout the week . At the end of the season, cleaning up the perennial beds and "tucking them" for the winter becomes the focus. The Highlands Historical Society's success depends upon our gracious volunteers for help our staff ensure that our mission and legacy continues on. Please join us and bring a friend!
More opportunities with HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Location:
7001 SHEAFF LN, FT WASHINGTON, PA 19034, US
Mission Statement
The Highlands Historical Society seeks to educate the community about the history and evolution of a Pennsylvania country estate, The Highlands, from 1794 to the present. Programs create participatory experiences for all visitors interested in architecture, horticulture, agriculture, local history, and natural history. Comprehensive period documents guide the active preservation, restoration, and interpretation of the mansion, gardens, outbuildings, farmland, and open space.
Description
In 1796, Anthony Morris, a prominent Quaker politician who served as the Speaker of the Pennsylvania Senate built "The Highlands" as a refuge for his family to escape the aftermath of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia. The estate consists of a mansion, nine outbuildings and a formal garden situated on a lush forty-four acre property in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania approximately 15 miles outside of Philadelphia. For the past four decades, HHS has focused on the preservation of the site and offered public programming to engage and educate visitors about the significant history of the estate. Volunteers are critical to the mission of The Highlands Historical Society. We depend on their great contributions to help our staff carry out the legacy of this important historical estate.
The Highlands' late Georgian mansion, unusual outbuildings, formal gardens, and open space are remarkable and important. The survival of the estate's buildings inform an unusually vivid and compelling representation of the daily lives of earlier residents, especially when combined with the wonderfully detailed records and documents kept by each of the three families who owned and operated the estate from the 1790s to the 1970s.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
The Highlands7001 Sheaff LaneFt. Washington, PA 19034
DATE POSTED
April 11, 2022
SKILLS
- Gardening
- Farming
- Horticulture
- Botany
- Landscaping
GOOD FOR
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; morning and afternoon shifts available; 9am to 12pm, or 1pm to 4pm as your time permits
- Love for the outdoors, gardens, perennial borders, weeding, horticulture, & sharing experience with other gardeners