This cache was placed to celebrate the opening of New Leaf Sensory Garden. The 11-acre property where this cache can be found was donated to The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County by the Vincenti family in 2003.
Originally, New Leaf was intended for use as a community stewardship site in which various sustainable land management practices could be explored and implemented at home. Still featured on the preserve are native bioswales designed to filter runoff from an adjacent road, a thriving apiary and pollinator garden made possible through funding by the Sara Bowers Fund and the Chester County Bee Keepers Association, and 450+ native trees and shrubs planted in a riparian buffer along the Burrows Run Tributary of the Red Clay Creek and Delaware River Basin meant to improve the water quality in the region and provide food and habitat for wildlife. Public programming is offered throughout the year to communicate the importance of these sustainable land practices.
In 2019, TLC decided to expand this vision and transition the preserve into a “sensory garden”, a space that not only highlights sustainable land management practices, but also engages people of all ages and backgrounds with their senses through a variety of aesthetic and interactive installations placed throughout the preserve. While this project is still in development, you are invited to explore the preserve and interact with the installations that are currently in place including our leaping logs, cairn garden, story walk, texture tiles, and story rocks.
The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County is a non-profit charitable organization based in Chester County, Pennsylvania, whose mission is to ensure the perpetual preservation and stewardship of open space, natural resources, historic sites, and working agricultural lands throughout Chester County. Please consider becoming a member and supporting TLC in carrying out its mission by visiting www.tlcforscc.org/memberships.
This cache was placed with permission by The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County.
~ Darwin's Depot is dedicated to Evanspack for placing the first geocache at New Leaf and kindly making room for this updated cache to celebrate the new vision for the preserve. Thank you! ~
~ Congratulations to shorttripp for FTF! ~