Our organization is seeking active members.
Please email if you'd like to join us and/or our email list or if you have questions, comments, or suggestions.
Or just join us at our meetings which are...
Monthly,
Third Thursdays
7:00 to 8:00 PM
(Hiatus: June, July, August, November, and December)
MSP Gazebo
weather permitting; or
228 E. Biddle Street or
The Hickman
400 N. Walnut
Borough of WC
MEMBERSHIPS
$15 Senior/Student
$20 Individual
$25 Family
$50 Organization
DONATIONS
We are actively raising funds to restore, improve, and preserve your Park.
If you'd like to help through donations, joining our group,
or paying your annual dues, please email for instructions.
See how the Park's Brick Swales are preserved in the FMSP Logo
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THE GREENBOARD
6th ANNUAL PROGRESSIVE DINNER! Saturday, February 4, 2012 Thanks to all the hosts and guests over the years for making this event possible and successful. Your support brings our next big project closer every year—the installation of a fountain at Franklin and Marshall Streets, where there had been one well into the last midcentury! Read about past PROGRESSIVE DINNERS and see PHOTOS
SUPPORT YOUR PARK and OWN A PIECE OF IT TOO!
By Renowned Local Artist JOHN SUPLEE
"THE SWISS COTTAGE" Limited Edition
Signed/Numbered Prints and Note Cards
$50 off framing at Fast Frame Gallery, 27 W. Gay, Borough of WC, limited time.
Download PDF to learn how to get one for yourself.
SEE the Swiss Cottage improvements on Projects page
FALL GARDEN PARTY! Sunday, 9/25/2011, 5 to 8 PM Click "The Square House" to see the Fall Garden Party SLIDE SHOW!
SUMMER CONCERT SERIES September 30th concert starts earlier at 5:30 PM.
This fundraiser will contribute to the rehabilitation of our Gazebo, scheduled this year for roof replacement and stabilization. If we have enough funds, we'll have graffiti removed and replace missing log roof braces.
Please contribute by attending these FREE concerts or volunteering for post-concert cleanup or to staff the FMSP refreshment kiosk in our newly-renovated Swiss Cottage! email for volunteer information.
Click here if you missed the July 29th Stonehaven Minstrals Concert
Click here if you missed the August 26th Back2Life Concert
Click here if you missed the September 30th Barbone Street Jazz Band Concert
What our Marshall Square Park trees do for us
Have you ever thought about what our trees do all day, every day?
An email volley called What's happening to the trees? circulated because of the removal of many mature trees during High Street's sidewalk renovation and drew in local experts.
A tree with a 24-inch girth will typically store more than 100 pounds of carbon, because trees are largely comprised of carbon.
To achieve this girth, the tree has to remove more than 367 pounds of CO2 (a global warming pollutant) from the air. The bigger the tree, the more carbon it stores, and the more CO2 it removes from the air.
As long as a tree is healthy and not extremely old, it keeps taking out more carbon each year. The lost benefit from one mature tree can't be mitigated just by planting a new young tree in its place — more like 16 young trees are needed.
So, now you know what our MSP trees are doing all day, every day.
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