Parks and Recreation

WE WALK PHL

These Philly walking groups help people boost their fitness and mental health, and they welcome others to join

Chester County to add 82 acres to parks and green spaces with new grants

Chester County parks expansion

Parks & Rec resource center offers Philly residents free access to gardening tools, compost and mulch

Philly agriculture resource center

Parks & Rec spoofs Sarah McLachlan ad in lifeguard recruitment video

Lifeguard bonuses Sarah McLachlan

City hopes 2026 will be turning point for LOVE Park's vacant 'flying saucer'

love park center

West Fairmount Park's 19th-century fountain to undergo restoration project after decades of disrepair

welsh fountain design

Spruce Street Harbor Park and many spraygrounds open during Memorial Day weekend

Spraygrounds memorial day

Family-Friendly

Enjoy Philly's green spaces? You can help beautify them during Love Your Park Week

Love Your Park Week

Franklin Square's playground is getting a climbing tower, rope swing and zip line

Climbing Tower Franklin Square

For third straight year, Parks & Rec is offering $1,000 bonuses to recruit lifeguards

Philly lifeguards

Rail Park seeks to raise $10,000 to repair damage from Saturday's fire

Rail Park Fire Fundraising

Family-Friendly

Philly to host weekend cleanup of over 100 parks in November

Fall park cleanup

More than 90 splash pads and sprinklers open across the city

Philly spraygrounds memorial day

Philly's fallen trees are being turned into building material at Fairmount Park

Tree upcycling Philly

'Parks and Rec' cast created, shot fake TV show about Philadelphia lawyers

Opening of FDR Park's Southeast Asian Market delayed until end of April

Southeast Asian Market FDR Park

Parks & Rec seeks to add new sites to community compost network

Community compost network applications

Philadelphia's community compost network looks to grow roots in 2024

Community compost network

Renovations planned for Marconi Plaza include the new bocce courts, fitness equipment and more trees

Marconi Plaza improvements

Family-Friendly

City seeks volunteers to clean, plant trees at over 90 Philly parks

love your park 2023

Free ways to beat the Philly heat as summer temperatures climb

Philadelphia summer heat cool down

Shop local vendors, play ping pong and drink from local bars at the Oval Premier Market

Oval marketplace

11 Philly public pools open this week; here's when all city pools will open

Swimming Pools Open

Family-Friendly

Help beautify Philly's green spaces during Love Your Park Week

Love Your Park Week

Trauma counseling will be offered at Philly rec centers in areas prone to gun violence

Rec center trauma theray

Philly to install more than 100 security cameras to create 'safety net' around city rec centers

Security Cameras Philadelphia

Parks on Tap's 2023 schedule set to begin with pop-up bar at Azalea Garden off Kelly Drive

Parks on Tap 2023

Southeast Asian Market in FDR Park to open this weekend

southeast asian market fdr park

Philly expands lifeguard training hours in push for new recruits to staff city pools

Philly pools lifeguard training

'Parks and Rec' costars Aubrey Plaza and Amy Poehler reunite during 'Saturday Night Live' sketch

parks and rec saturday night live amy poehler aubrey plaza

West Philly rec center to be renamed after worker who was fatally shot there in September

Tiffany Fletcher Recreation Center

Compost your pumpkins at these community drop-off sites in Philly

Here's how to get a free tree for your yard so you can help improve Philly's canopy

free tree.jpeg

Recreation center employee killed after being struck by stray bullet in West Philadelphia

Tiffany Fletcher Shooting Rec Center

Wetland revitalization begins at FDR Park in effort to improve wildlife, plant habitat

FDR Wetland

Philadelphia recruits future lifeguards at summer pop-up pool events for teens

Philly Lifeguard Shortage

Philadelphia needs more lifeguards to open all its pools this summer

Lifeguards Needed 2022

Parks on Tap returns to Fairmount Water Works for summer season

Parks on Tap Water Works

Philadelphia parks drop in national ranking due to funding cuts caused by COVID-19 pandemic

Parks Ranking

Belmont Plateau's iconic sugar maple tree, nearly a century old, will be cut down this month

Belmont Plateau Maple Philadelphia

Modern waterfront park to open in Camden at former city dump site

Cramer Hill Waterfront Park Conceptual Plan

Philly taps architecture firm Design Workshop to revamp Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Benjamin Franklin Parkway redesign

Lighting to be installed on Manayunk Bridge Trail by early next year

Manayunk Bridge Trail lighting

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