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Foulkeways at Gwynedd, a local retirement community, contacted the Wissahickon Valley Watershed (WVWA) about improving a basin that had been taken over by phragmites and cattail. Continue reading
2013 Award Winners
Hamilton Family Children’s Zoo at the Philadelphia Zoo
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The new Hamilton Family Children’s Zoo at the Philadelphia Zoo transforms the former pachyderm building and elephant yard into a new indoor/outdoor interactive children’s zoo where water and its role in supporting the environment are a key educational feature. Continue reading
Shoemaker Green, University of Pennsylvania
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Shoemaker Green is a 3.75-acre site surrounded by two of the University of Pennsylvania’s most iconic athletic facilities, the Palestra and Franklin Field. Continue reading
Stroud Water Research Moorhead Environmental Education Center
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The Stroud Water Research Moorhead Environmental Education Center, a LEED Platinum facility, was designed to “get the water right” by designing a system that would restore a natural (wooded) water balance to the site through an integrated rainwater management system. Continue reading
The Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center
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The Salvation Army’s Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center is one of the most comprehensive sustainable landscape approaches in the City of Philadelphia. Continue reading