Journeywork
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Our Mission: To restore the land together, joyfully. We meet people where they are as we seek to revitalize the land, one lawn at a time. And we can start now.
WHAT WE DO
We work in neighborhoods, schools, and congregations to give people the tools to enhance the ecological value of their landscapes. We grow and source plants, provide design guidance, and engage volunteers to help people improve the habitats they steward. We foster community dialogue, education, skill-building & sharing through workshops, consultations, and client work. WHY WE DO IT
When climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe is asked, "What can I do to mitigate climate change?" her answer is, "Do anything!"
Journeywork provides the opportunity to move from awareness to action. Together we can acquire skills and build networks to create vibrant, climate-resilient landscapes. Much of southeastern Pennsylvania was once patches of forest and mixed farmland. That biological ecosystem has been fractured, as have the social networks that once nourished our human need for connection. Journeywork seeks to repair this damage and restore hope through conscious cultivation of plants and people. We organize and equip communities to replace lawns and landscaping with plantings that are ecologically functional, economically viable, and socially appropriate in southeastern Pennsylvania. We can start with our own yards. MISSION
To restore the land together, joyfully
VISION
We envision local landscapes repaired and flourishing with beauty and life. We envision community members building and renewing healthy connections with the plants, animals, and other humans who share their ecosystem. We envision a climate-resilient society that begins with people outside talking to each other while they put plants in the ground.
09/21/2026
A festive time today at the Mt. Airy Village Fair!
Young people created felt pollinators and flowers at our table. Journeywork volunteers Anna and Louise greeted and guided. Great music and conversation all day long!
09/20/2026
A great day to celebrate North America's largest native fruit, the pawpaw, at the Pawpaw Festival Horn Farm in York.
Despite the greatly reduced crop this year, due to the spring frost across the state, Horn Farm Center made sure there were enough pawpaws for everyone to have a few. They even drove to Indiana to pick up pawpaws!
We ate some delicious pawpaw ice cream, bought some pawpaw&strawberry jam, and enjoyed looking at the new pollinator garden and the demonstration garden.
Horn Farm Center offers many classes and workshops about regenerative farming, foraging, and crafting with natural materials.
A beautiful community event!
09/19/2026
We have gloves and tools! Spend a couple hours learning about native plants, meeting other volunteers, and creating healthy habitat!
Sign up for Whitpain:
https://givepulse.com/event/918551
Whitemarsh:
https://givepulse.com/event/918554
Havertown:
https://givepulse.com/event/918556
09/18/2026
I have lived in Philadelphia for over 30 years and valued the dozens of talks, panels, and films I have seen in the auditorium of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Tonight I joined a full house to see Enrique Salmón give the keynote address for the Botany of Nations exhibit.
Marina McDougall, one of the exhibit's curators, fought back tears as she acknowledged the shock of Drexel's announcement, but she shared the good news that the Botany of Nations will travel to Minneapolis next year.
Enrique Salmón told great plant stories, answered questions, and signed copies of his new book, Kincentricity: Connecting to Nature with American Indian Food Traditions.
The museum stayed open a little longer for people to check out the Botany of Nations. And wander the halls snapping photos of the dioramas. And the turtle our kids climbed on.
A man at the end of the Q&A challenged each person to call Drexel's president tomorrow about the great public program they saw at the Academy last night.
Let's do that. Closing this Philadelphia treasure can't be the only option.
09/16/2026
28 plants with a garden map and directions for $85
Increase biodiversity in your yard and get rid of some lawn.
Sign up for full sun or dry shade. Each set has 6 different species.
Go to https://journeywork.org/pollinator-palooza.
09/14/2026
Yesterday's Lansdale not-a-lawn party featured special guests--two monarch caterpillars consuming butterfly w**d planted in the hellstrip. Various bees also appeared, visiting the anise hyssop and echinacea.
Thanks to the human guests who came out and asked great questions and our hosts who shared their garden observations!
09/12/2026
Another smooth-sailing and thoroughly delightful Pollinator Palooza distribution today as the people who reserved 61 plant sets in the spring came to pick them up. I really enjoyed meeting everyone and talking plants!
Our volunteers did a fantastic job sorting plants, labeling plants, helping people load up their plants today, and selling yard signs and books. Many thanks to all our volunteers who made today such a success!
You can sign up now to pick up plants in the spring!
https://journeywork.org/pollinator-palooza
And also, save the Academy of Natural Sciences!
https://save-the-academy.org
09/11/2026
Less lawn to mow. We would love to see you Saturday!
RSVP to the link in our bio.
09/10/2026
We are grateful for every contribution that will allow us to fund all the school pollinator garden requests that we received.
We are super excited to work with all the teachers who reached out to us, who are providing hands-on education about native plants and the wildlife they support.
09/09/2026
We are raising $1000 to match the grant we received for school pollinator gardens, and we only have $316.03 to go!
9/9 because it's my birthday, which makes it a birthday challenge!
Contributions of $99, $999, or any amount are all welcome and will help us meet every request.
https://journeywork.org/donate
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