2022 FRIENDS PLANT SALE
Welcome spring and plan to shop at our Plant Sale!
Members Only Early Bird Shopping:
Friday, April 29 - 4:00 to 7:00 PM
Members may register for the Early Bird shopping by clicking here. Not a member? Why not join now on-line by going to our Membership Page and then register for Early Bird shopping.
Public Plant Sale:
Saturday, April 30 - 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sunday, May 1 - Noon to 4:00 PM
Virtual Plant Sale
SHOP NOW at our online plant sale featuring many special plants then pick your order up at the tent at the end of April. Shop early, as many of these plants sold out last year, and may not be available at our live sale. Take a look at our whole plant list here
Register for the following FREE Plant Sale related programs:
Thursday, April 7 - 7:00 PM
VIRTUAL ZOOM PROGRAM
Dr. Jon Greenberg, an agronomist and Biblical and Talmudic ethnobotanist, is familiar to many of us from his annual Biblical Botany walking tours at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum. In April, as Passover approaches, he will share insights from his research and from Fruits of Freedom, the Torah Flora Hagadah, his botanical guide to the Passover celebration published in 2021.
Dr. Greenberg will explain how every detail of the ritual Passover meal, or seder, carries deep theological meaning, from the choices of vegetables and recipes for the ritual foods to the use of red or green grapes to make the wine for the meal - he will also talk about table settings.
Thursday, April 21 - 7:00 PM
VIRTUAL ZOOM PROGRAM
Recently retired as Executive Director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Michele Byers will review the status of New Jersey's land preservation program and share some of the planning tools used to identify important conservation lands; she will also discuss current threats to New Jersey's lands and environment as well as offer some solutions and proposed actions.
Ms Byers has a BA in Biology from Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado. She is the 2022 recipient of the Garden Club of America's Francs K. Hutchinson Medal, awarded for distinguished service to conservation, in recognition of her decades of work to conserve natural lands.
This program is eligible for 1.0 Rutgers Master Gardener CEU.
Thursday, May 12 - 7:00 PM
VIRTUAL ZOOM PROGRAM
Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, The Secret Garden, has inspired generations of readers to cultivate their own bits of earth. Join Marta McDowell as she remembers the thrill of reading about Mary Lennox turning the key in the door to the locked garden at Misselthwaite Manor for the first time. This lecture explores Burnett's life, work, and the passion for flowers and gardening that inspired her book before, during, and after publication in 1910. Marta will focus on the three gardens Burnett planted in England, America and Bermuda.
Marta McDowell lives, writes and gardens in Chatham, New Jersey. Her garden writing has appeared in popular publications such as Women's Day, Country Gardening, The New York Times and she is a regular contributor to the British journal, Hortus. Marta teaches landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden and consults for private clients and public gardens. She was the 2019 recipient of the Garden Club of America's Sarah Chapman Francis Medal for outstanding literary achievement.
This program is eligible for 1.0 Rutgers Master Gardener CEU.
MORRIS COUNTY PARK COMMISSION PROGRAMS
Virtual Flower Arranging with Supermarket Flowers
The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
Tuesday, April 5 - 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Click on the flyer for more information and how to register.
A sad sight greeted me at the Arboretum today, the unseasonably cold weather caused the Magnolia x loebneri cv. Merrill (Loebner Magnolia) flowers to freeze and turn brown; I was encouraged, however, by the fact that not all of the buds have opened, so it's possible that we may still get to enjoy some of the magnificent flowers. Several of the Hellebores were blooming very nicely, a lovely white one and a pale pink spotted one, were a sight for sore eyes.
Click an image to see them all in our website's picture gallery. Picture credits: Margery Ennist.
We are pleased to make several of our previously recorded events available in case you missed one or another of them.
When shopping at our fine Retail Partners, please remember to present your Membership card at the beginning of your check out transaction. Our Retail Partners need to enter the discount at the beginning of that process.
If you have not yet used this wonderful Member Benefit, you can view our full list of Retail Partners by clicking here.
Amazon Smile
Don't forget to "SMILE!"Amazon Smile, that is!
Amazon, through the AmazonSmile Foundation will contribute 0.5% of your purchases on Amazon to a charitable organization you select. Please consider selecting The Friends of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum as your designated recipient from this wonderful program.
Click here and log in to your amazon account to designate the Friends as your charity.
All our events can be found on our Events Page where, we are happy to say, you can register and pay on line -- just click on the "Add to Cart" buttons on our Events page and Membership page. Questions or need more information? Email Lisa Bencivengo: info@arboretumfriends.net or leave a message at (973) 937-8803.
