Let’s grow together!
New for 2025! Introducing our reinvigorated training sessions for community members and professionals who are looking for hands-on learning experiences focused on local environmental topics. This series of trainings are intended for interested community members, teachers, municipal staff, and beyond. Training sessions will be hosted throughout the year and will cover a variety of environmental topics including water quality monitoring, proper tree planting, multiple stormwater solutions, such as rain gardens, rain barrels, and more.
Volunteers do not have to participate in this program to volunteer for Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy opportunities.
Upcoming Trainings
Plantpod training
Date: Saturday, July 12th
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Briarwyck Park
315 Sturgis Rd, Harleysville, PA 19438
Guide: Ryan Beltz, PWC’s Executive Director
Ticket Price: $20.00
Learn about PlantPods, a new and fun way to boost the water quality in local waterways! During this training session, participants will learn how to construct PlantPods, discuss their benefits, and will launch a PlantPod system into the pond at Briarwyck Park. Participants will also remove and analyze a previously installed PlantPod system that has been in the pond for several months prior to the training session.
Date: Saturday, August 9th
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Dragonfly Farm at Reiff Park
775 Quarry Rd, Harleysville, PA 19438
Guide: Beth Myers, PWC’s Director of Ecology
Ticket Price: $20.00
Learn more about our local lepidoptera! This training session will provide participants with information about a variety of native butterfly species, their habitats, and host plants. Participants will also learn about the Conservancy’s volunteer Butterfly Survey program, our butterfly gardens, and our Butterfly Learning Center. Attendees will also participant in a guided butterfly survey! Training session attendees will leave the workshop with a local butterfly host plant guide sheet!
Proper Tree Planting & Care Training
Date: Saturday, September 13th
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Dragonfly Farm at Reiff Park
775 Quarry Rd, Harleysville, PA 19438
Guide: Jessie Kemper, PWC’s Director of Conservation
Ticket Price: $20.00
Learn how to properly plant and care for trees! This training session will cover planting site selection, tree species and stock selection, proper planting methods, proper mulching, and future tree care tasks including pruning, staking, utilizing tree guards/fencing, and more. Participants will also participate in a tree planting during the workshop. Training session attendees will leave the workshop with a native sapling to plant on their property!