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August 9, 2023

The Friends are happy to offer the following new programs:

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES

Barbara Frelinghuysen Israel

Antique Garden Ornament: Two Centuries of American Taste

Sunday, September 10 - 1:00 PM

In person in the Haggerty Education Center

Barbara Frelinghuysen Israel founded Barbara Israel Garden Antiques in 1985, after a serendipitous purchase of a large collection of estate statuary led her down the garden antiques path. Now in her 38th year in business, Barbara is recognized as an authority on the subject. Her exhaustively researched book Antique Garden Ornament: Two Centuries of American Taste (1999), is the definitive work in the field.

Barbara has served as a consultant to both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution, and has sold pieces to the Winterthur Museum, the Smithsonian Institution and the Baltimore Museum of Art.

A book signing and light refreshments will follow the presentation.

For more information and to register, click on the photo.

2023 TREE SYMPOSIUM

Celebrating the Pinetum at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum

A Rendezvous of the Northeast Region of the American Conifer Society

Saturday, October 21 - 9:00 AM

In person in the Haggerty Education Center

Co-sponsored by the Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum and the Northeast Region of the American Conifer Society

The program will begin with Registration and coffee, followed by Welcome and Overview and three speakers:

• The Frelinghuysen Pinetum - Past, Present, and Future, Bruce Crawford, Garden Manager, Frelinghuysen Arboretum
• The Conifer Conundrum, Beth Brantley - Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
• Creating a Woodland Garden with Indigenous Plants and Vertical Structure, Jean Epiphan - Rutgers Cooperative Extension Agent, Morris County

This program is eligible for 3.5 New Jersey Urban and Community Forestry Program (NJUCF) CEUs

For more information and to register, please click on the photograph

AT THE FRELINGHUYSEN ARBORETUM

A pretty Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia cv. 'Acoma') is blooming along the driveway as you come up from Hanover Avenue, its delicate, crinkly, white flowers floating above the foliage like soft little clouds. The attractive, exfoliating bark offers winter interest once the foliage and flowers have fallen.

Click an image to see them all in our website's picture gallery. Picture credits: Margery Ennist.

WATCH PREVIOUS ZOOM PRESENTATIONS

Several of our previously recorded events are available to watch on-line.

See our Prerecorded Events page for more information and to register.

Retail Partners

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.

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PARK INFORMATION

The Frelinghuysen Arboretum is a facility of
the Morris County Park Commission

• Frelinghuysen, Willowwood and Bamboo Brook Arboreta grounds are open 7 days a week, from 8am to dusk
• The Haggerty Education Center is now open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The building remains closed on Sundays and Mondays.
• Parking is limited. Other buildings remain closed. Portajohns are available.
• HUNTING IN THE PARKS - See the Morris County Park Commission website.

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