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While you may view our full program on the Events Page of our website, we are pleased to highlight these upcoming programs.

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BULB PURCHASES BENEFIT THE FRIENDS

Help support the Friends’ Fall Bulb Planting at the Arboretum by buying your bulbs from Brent & Becky’s Bulbs!

Just click on the image to go to www.bloominbucks.com and choose Friends of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum.

25% of your order will be donated to the Friends.

This fundraiser runs through mid-November, so hurry and make your purchases and benefit the Friends at the same time. Thank you!

Here's a Great Christmas Decoration Idea

Friends Member Cindy H. grows Allium Christophii in her garden; she saves the dried seed heads, spray paints them and adds glitter to make Christmas decorations (photos below). What a great idea!

LIFE IN THE STUDIO AND GARDEN with Frances Palmer

Thursday, October 14 - 7:00 PM

VIRTUAL ZOOM PROGRAM

Frances Palmer has been a potter and gardener for over 33 years and is known for her handmade functional ceramics. Her pieces have been carried by a variety of stores, including Barneys New York, Bergdorf Goodman and the Philip Johnson Glass House. Her work has also been featured in The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Martha Stewart Living and House & Garden to name just a few. She lives and works in Weston Connecticut.

In her lecture, Frances will discuss her ceramics, informed by her Art History training and what inspires her work in earthenware, terracotta and porcelain. Adjacent to the studio are two large cutting gardens, which provide a continual flow of flowers for Frances' photography. All three aspects of her practice combine to produce her art.

In October 2020, Frances' first book, Life in the Studio, was published by Artisan Books. It comprises essays describing her ceramic and garden processes as well as her philosophical ideas about making a creative life.

Click on the photo for more information and registration.

COOKING DEMONSTRATION: WINTER SQUASH RISOTTO WITH ROSEMARY

Anytime in October

A RECORDED PROGRAM

Join Chef Cynthia Triolo as she demonstrates how to make this delicious risotto using any type of winter squash. Best of all, learn the techniques for making risotto using other ingredients and flavors. It's the ultimate comfort food!

Click on the photo for more information and registration.

2021 VIRTUAL TREE SYMPOSIUM

Four consecutive Tuesday evenings: November 2, 9, 16 and 23 at 7:00 PM

VIRTUAL ZOOM PROGRAM

PLEASE NOTE: You can sign up for each program individually, but if you register for all four programs at once, you will receive a discount. Members will pay $30 for all four programs and non-Members will pay $45 for all four programs, that's a 25% discount!

• November 2: Bob Iiames: Conifers for Today's Gardens
• November 9: Christie Dustman: Conifers as Living Sculpture
• November 16: Robert LaHoff: Confers: Fastigiate & Dwarf Types ... Anything but Dull!
• November 23: Ted Hildebrant: A Double Feature: Conifer Propagation Overview and What to Look for When Buying Conifers

More detailed program descriptions can be found on our website.

Click on the tree icon for more information and registration.

NATIONAL GARDEN BUREAU'S 2021 THERAPEUTIC GARDEN GRANTS

The Vera Scherer Garden's Horticultural Therapy Program at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum has been named a finalist in this year's National Garden Bureau's 2021 Therapeutic Garden Grants program. First place will be awarded a $3000 grant and second and third place will each receive a $1000 grant.

The winner is chosen by public vote, so please click on the link below, view the short videos and be sure to vote for your favorite!

https://ngb.org/therapeutic-garden-contest/

RUTGERS MASTER GARDENER IPM TEAM - REPORT #11

Here's the most recent report from the Rutgers Master Gardener IPM Team. Enjoy!

Click on the photo to access and read the report.

SEVEN SONS TREE (Heptacodium miconioides)

A NEW JERSEY CHAMPION TREE

The Seven Sons Tree at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum is recognized by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection as a Champion Tree, which is determined by the trunk's circumference, its height and crown spread when compared to others of its kind.

This lovely tree is currently blooming at the Arboretum, it has lovely tiny white flowers attractive to bees, an interesting exfoliating trunk and a broad, rounded canopy. Enjoy the photos of this beauty.

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

YOU CAN STILL REGISTER FOR PREVIOUS ZOOM PRESENTATIONS

We are pleased to make several of our previously recorded events available in case you missed one or another of them.

Go to our new prerecorded-events Events page for more information and to register and pay online.

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.

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.

That's it for this time. Hope you enjoyed this edition of the newsletter. Tell your friends about this handy way to keep up with activities at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum (click here for complete directions for subscribing.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Friends Staff will be out of the office until Fall 2021, however we will continue working remotely. Please note our new Post Office Box number and staff emails.

SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENTS

PANDEMIC SCHEDULE

Morris County Park Commission has reopened the Frelinghuysen, Willowwood and Bamboo Brook Arboreta 7 days a week, from 8am to dusk.

• Parking is limited. Buildings remain closed. Portajohns are available.
• Please protect yourselves and fellow visitors by social distancing and by wearing masks.
• HUNTING IN THE PARKS - Be aware that deer hunting is permitted in many of the MCPC facilities, including the arboreta, during the fall and winter. The schedule and type (bow or firearm) is listed on the MCPC website here.

We will keep you posted as further updates become available.

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