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Morstein Labor Day Weekend Picnic and Dance
Sunday, September 5, 2010

Please bring a contribution for tea and a fan (preferably with extension cord) if it is hot.

For more information, contact Steven Rusche

Morstein Work Day
Saturday October 18th from 9:00 till 3:00.

From Will Hurd:

Morstein is the home of John and Betty Lewis. Betty is an avid gardener and passionately devoted to protecting her land - so much that she has incorporated their property as a nature preserve to prevent development and to educate people about the dangers of non-native invasive plants. To this end she is trying to remove the non-native plants from their property and replace them with native species. Unfortunately, she unable to walk. So we provide her with strong limbs and she allows us to use their barn for dances and their pool for the Labor Day picnic.

We have been working at Morstein for about fifteen years now. We started as a traditional work day, fixing things and painting - but it has evolved into the plant-grubbing it is now because that is what is most valuable for her. We accomplish more in one day than her on-site expert can do in a month.

It would be lovely to have more people come next time - people who have enjoyed the dances at Morstein over all these years or anyone who wants to help the local ecosystem.

We'll start at 9:00 and finish somewhere around 3 or 4. Bring a lunch and tools, and wear long pants and boots and gloves. We are usually grubbing out vines and plants. Please let Will Hurd (302-455-1876) know if you are coming.

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Directions to Morstein

google map If anyone has the postal address to make a more accurate map, please email Jenny.

From points north: From Lancaster Avenue (Route 30) go south on 352 (Sproul or North Chester Road), turn right on King Road, left on Hershey Mill Road, right into Morstein driveway. There is nothing on the street which indicates "Morstein" ; we hope to have XZt. Andrew's cross sign up.

From points south: From West Chester Pike (Route 3) turn north on 352. Turn left on Greenhill Road, shortly thereafter, turn right (north) on Hershey Mill. *After* you come to a stop sign, the Morstein estate is the second driveway on the left.

From 202 take Boot Road exit (south/east), then left on Greenhill, which is the first road off of Boot after you exit 202. Left on on Hershey Mill. *After* you come to a stop sign, the Morstein estate is the second driveway on the left.