ATTENTION ALL BAKERS
Be on the lookout in future eblasts for information and rules on how to make Gingerbread cookies to decorate the Friends' Festival of Trees holiday tree.
We'll give you sizes, quantities, where/when to drop off your creations and even a gingerbread recipe!
Stay tuned!
Saturday, October 22 - 12:00 Noon
IN PERSON in the Haggerty Education Center at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
At long last the Friends will be gathering in person to enjoy a buffet lunch together and hear from Kathleen Gagan on how to incorporate peonies in your garden design. This will be a special event after several years without in person programs, and Kathleen is the perfect person to kick things off!
This local resident is the founder and owner of Peony's Envy Nursery in Bernardsville, New Jersey. Kathleen has made a national name for herself as a peony diva and has appeared on the Martha Stewart Living Show, among many other venues. Her pictorial lecture will show you how to design with peonies (which are deer resistant), with an in-depth look at peony cultivar selection, siting, planting and care. Why talk about peonies now? Because fall is a good time to plant them! Kathleen will bring a selection of bare-root peonies for sale after the program.
The catered lunch will feature a delicious selection of salads, breads, fruit and yummy desserts plus some sparkling beverages. We hope you can join us for this festive event!
This program is eligible for 1.0 Rutgers Master Gardener CEU.
Please note that registration for this program will close at 12:00 Noon on Wednesday, October 19
Thursday, October 27 - 7:00 PM
VIRTUAL ZOOM PROGRAM
Join Dorothy Smullen as she explores the world of plants that are poisonous, thorny, smelly, insect eaters, irritating and illegal. A perfect program to watch a couple of days before Halloween!
Ms. Smullen is a retired high school science teacher, a teacher and naturalist at the New Jersey Audubon and past President of the New Jersey Mycological Association. She has been a nature and garden club speaker for 35 years and is a former board member of the Friends of Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
This program is eligible for 1.0 Rutgers Master Gardener CEU.
RUTGERS MASTER GARDENER PROGRAMS
Tuesday, October 11 - 7:00 PM - VIRTUAL VIA ZOOM
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Tuesday, December 13 - 7:00 PM - VIRTUAL VIA ZOOM
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VIRTUAL MORRIS COUNTY PARK COMMISSION PROGRAM
Lunch and Learn - Buzzed About Bees
Thursday, October 20, 12:00 - 12:45 PM
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TODAY AT THE FRELINGHUYSEN ARBORETUM
A beautiful early fall day, cool and crisp. A delicate combination of Goldenrod (Solidago spp) and Asters (Aster spp) is blooming happily in the lower garden behind the Haggerty Education Center, the striking reddish flowerheads of Hydrangea macrophylla 'Endless Summer Bloomstruck' can be found next to the parking lot and bunches of Autumn Crocus or Naked Ladies (Colchicum) are springing up all over the gardens. Many visitors were out and about enjoying the grounds today.
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.
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