Conservancy Blog

Conservancy Blog

Conservancy "Cures" West Bradford Zoning

We bring you good news regarding the potential redevelopment of the former Embreeville State Hospital property.

On December 10, 2013, the West Bradford Township Board of Supervisors unanimously passed Ordinance 13-06, on which three planners from the Brandywine Conservancy served as...

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Arctic Visitor to Eastern ChesCo

I was halfway to the office in Chadds Ford yesterday morning when I received a call that prompted me to backtrack toward home. 

The call was from our natural resource manager telling me he was staring down a Snowy Owl...in Devon!!! It seems this arctic visitor was first spotted...

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Less Mowing, More Growing

Last week, the Conservancy undertook the first phase of an exciting effort to begin to transform our Chadds Ford campus. 

In an effort to continue to "walk our talk," staff and volunteers planted more than 5,000 native plants in three plots outside the...

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