We recognize and acknowledge that the Schuylkill Center stands on the Indigenous territory known as Lenapehoking, the traditional homelands of the Lenape, also called Lenni-Lenape. We honor the Lenape and other Indigenous stewards of this landscape, past, present, and future.

The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education opened its doors on July 1, 1965, as the Schuylkill Valley Nature Center. Envisioning an “island of green” where city dwellers could experience and learn about the natural world, sisters Eleanor Houston Smith and Margaret Houston Meigs, along with their families, donated the extensive parcels of farmland and woods that make up the Center’s grounds today. We were one of the first environmental education centers located in a major American city, offering immersion in nature to students, families, and adults all within the city of Philadelphia.

Since then, we have been a regional and national leader, pioneering urban environmental education with innovative programs, the country’s most ambitious environmental art program, the area’s only wildlife clinic, Pennsylvania’s first Nature Preschool, and a commitment to stewarding our land.

Today, the Center continues to offer environmental education to our communities through four interrelated core program areas: Education, Land Stewardship, the Wildlife Clinic, and Environmental Art.

Financials

• FY2023 Impact Report
• FY2022 Impact Report
• FY2021 Impact Report
• FY2020 Impact Report
• FY2019 Impact Report