Volunteer
Bondsville Mill Park is an all-volunteer operation with no paid staff. We welcome volunteers of all abilities. We need help with both building restoration and building stabilization. Our volunteer gardeners help in so many ways, from actually planting to the basics like clearing and mulching. Trail maintenance and perhaps adding a new creek-side trail are all done solely by volunteers. We welcome individuals, student groups, and scouts to help us preserve history and nature at this distinctive site.
If you are interested in volunteering at the Mill, please fill out the form below with your name and e-mail and give us a brief description of your area of interest.
If you are interested in volunteering at the Mill, please fill out the form below with your name and e-mail and give us a brief description of your area of interest.
Volunteer Highlights ... 2025
SCOUTS
Kids and dirt - a match made in heaven! Many thanks to the Hopewell Scouts - Hopewell Pack 8 and Boy Scouts of America Troop 1776 for their help mulching at the Mill. |
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BVSA Ski Club
The BVSA Ski Club volunteered to do a community "clean up" event at Bondsville Mill Park. Many thanks to the Club members for all of their help with the amphitheater. In addition to raking, pruning, and hauling, they planted an American Holly tree.
The BVSA Ski Club volunteered to do a community "clean up" event at Bondsville Mill Park. Many thanks to the Club members for all of their help with the amphitheater. In addition to raking, pruning, and hauling, they planted an American Holly tree.
Getting the Butterfly Garden back into shape.
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Volunteer Form
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SPOTLIGHT on MAJOR CLEAN-UP, CLEARING, DIGGING, WEEDING and EXPLORING EFFORTS *** ONGOING NOW! *** |
AXA XL Global Giving Day - June 6, 2024
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A Walking Garden Tutorial
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AXA XL Global Giving Day - June 7, 2023
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On June 7, 2023, a terrific group of volunteers from AXA XL came to help at the Mill. They planted, weeded, and mulched as part of AXA’s Global Day of Giving. The Mill was just one of the 25 community projects the company was supporting. The group worked in all three of our main gardens – Culp Clearing, the Race Walk and the Amphitheater. It turned out that several of our new friends are regular Mill visitors.
David Culp talked with them about the importance of native plant gardens during the lunch break and the importance of their participation with the Culp garden. “This garden is now yours. In the years to come as you visit with your families, you’ll be able to point with pride to this garden as something that you did,” he said. One of the volunteers’ tasks was to mulch the walls of the amphitheater. Thanks again to the generosity of AXA, pine straw mulch was purchased. While pine straw mulch offers the same advantages as other types of mulch it offers additional advantages, too. The needles weave together forming a stable mat that is hard to wash or blow away. They’ll stay on the amphitheater’s steep hillsides but still allow rain to soak through. |
Putting In A Well for Culp's Garden |
Building "C" Renovations ... courtesy of Jeff Nye |
Clearing & Exploring the Concrete Pad |
Hopewell Cub Scout Pack 8
Downingtown's Blue and Gold Marching Band is headed to the 132nd Rose Parade. Band members donate volunteer hours at Bondsville Mill Park as part of their goal of community service towards getting to the 2022 Rose Parade. These Band students are a tough, dedicated group who even worked in the rain and mud, Saturday, 7/28/21, and helped release some of our Monarchs on their journey to Mexico. |
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The Tree Connection
The Blue Trail was refurbished this morning, July 26, 2021, and these are the guys that did it. They arrived early with weed-eaters, chain saws, pruners. And this photo shows them 5 hours later and still smiling. Best of all, the work was a donation from The Tree Connection! They came back to help again!! |
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Video courtesy of: Michael and Jane Butler
