Creativity Takes Root on the Kennett Greenway

What is Art on the Greenway?

Art on the Greenway is an initiative of the Kennett Trails Alliance that brings people together through public art inspired by nature, community pride, and environmental stewardship. 

From handmade banners fluttering in the breeze to collaborative murals and yarn bombing installations, this series of public art experiences activates the Kennett Greenway as a shared space for expression, connection and community.

How will

YOU

leave your mark

on the Kennett Greenway? 

Community Banner Making

Spring 2025

Through a series of workshops, local residents and community organizations poured their creativity into painting vibrant banners that celebrate connection and community pride. Now hanging proudly at the Anson B. Nixon Gateway, these banners transform the Kennett Greenway into a living canvas where community stories and art come to life. 

Yarn Bombing at Cypress Beach Park

July 12 & 19

Get cozy with creativity! Contribute a crocheted or knitted square to our community yarn bombing installation and watch Cypress Beach Park come alive with color and texture. 

Drop off your crochet squares at Cypress Beach Park on July 12th and July 19th and sign up to help with the yarn bombing installation. 

  • Saturday, July 12
    10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

    Saturday, July 19
    9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

  • Cypress Beach Park
    500 E. Cypress Street
    Kennett Square, PA 19348

  • It’s a fun form of street art where trees, fences and benches are decorated with colorful crocheted or knitted squares. It’s a whimsical way to bring warmth and playfulness to public spaces. 


A Stitch of You on the Kennett Greenway

Create a square that reflects your style, story and spirit.

4” to 12” wide, any color, any pattern.

Each square becomes part of a collective tapestry of our community story. 

Community Art Picnic

July 26

Art on the Greenway culminates into a colorful afternoon of art, nature and community at Anson B. Nixon Park. The Community Art Picnic invites residents, families and friends to help shape the design of our Eco Mural panels—a collaborative public art project led by Philadelphia-based muralist Kala Hagopian. 

This hands-on experience blends community artmaking with environmental learning focused on biodiversity, pollinators, ecological storytelling. 

Featured Activity: Paint-by-Number with Kala Hagopian

Contribute your brushstrokes to the Eco Mural panels, which will be installed along the Kennett Greenway this fall. 

Additional activities include food trucks, DJ, face painting, lawn games, arts & crafts, bike rodeo, and a raffle.