PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16 – On the evening of Friday, September 26, The Woodlands will host A Night of Grief Karaoke as an installment of the ongoing project Karaoke in the Cemetery by Leigh Davis. The project brings karaoke to cemeteries across the country, creating a platform for participants to express and share in grief responses through singing together.
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This male American Redstart shows off his striking coal-and-fire plumage. Photo by Toribird.
Birding at The Woodlands: Migration and a Call to Action
There truly is no other event on the birding calendar quite like migration! The southward movement of birds is in full swing, and there are lots of fascinating feathered friends taking a pit stop here in Philly.
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Woodland Avenue improvement project in progress after years of advocacy by The Woodlands, neighbors, City Council
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30 – After years of advocacy by The Woodlands, City Council, and community members, the Woodland Avenue improvement project is in progress.
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A life cut short: Don't take flowers from the cemetery
PHILADELPHIA, April. 15 — This is a PSA and a call for support from The Woodlands community to help spread the word: people have been taking flowers from The Woodlands and this is unacceptable. Twice this week alone, visitors were seen removing flowers from the cemetery for their personal use, including cuttings from Grave Gardens and our flowering trees.
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Elizabeth G. O'Donnell and classmates graduating Blockley Nursing School (later Philadelphia General Hospital), June 1907
Notable Nurses: An Enduring Legacy
Dr. Claire Fagin, former Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and and one of the first women to lead an Ivy League university, has joined a legacy of accomplished, trailblazing women in nursing who are buried at The Woodlands.
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