The Saddler's Woods Conservation Association will be leading Seasonal Tours of Saddler's Woods for NPSNJ. Please see 'Saddler's Woods' tab below for more information. We had our first tour - Winter - in January. Our Spring tour is set to be: Spring's Early Salute - Saturday, April 27,2013. Please see Saddler's Woods tab below for details and full schedule.

 

Select a month below to find events and activities near you. With so much going on around the State, you're sure to find something of interest. Be sure to visit often to keep on top of all that's happening.

Events in April

 

Monthly North Chapter Meeting

The Northern Chapter of the Native Plant Society of New Jersey will NOT meet this coming Tuesday.  We will instead meet twice in May and then again in June.  Please see May and June for details

Eileen Ferrer
derfandleen@msn.com

 

Monthly Highland Park Chapter Meeting

Our next meeting is Tu April. 23, 2013 7:30PM at the HP Environmental Center.

Our first daytime meeting was a success. The seven members who attended enjoyed the beauty, diversity and hilly terrain of Rutgers Ecological Preserve. We were in search of spring ephemerals and found some along with other interesting plant species. We will report on these findings at the meeting. The two hour hike went very quickly and we are planning another trip to cover parts of the preserve that we missed. Weekday parking is a problem at the various entrances to the preserve. We could consider returning there on a Sunday afternoon when the Rutgers parking lots are open to the public.


Ellen Rosner's presentation on Deep Ecology has generated interest among some chapter members. Susan Edmunds discovered a 47 minute film biography of Arne Naess, the Norwegian founder of the movement. I have rented it for next Tuesday night, April 30. Anyone who is interested is welcome to join us for a screening in the HP Environmental Center at 7:30pm. The film is entitled "Crossing the Stones: A Portrait of Arne Naess" It was directed by Jan Horne, produced by Norwegian Broadcasting Company and released in the US in 1993. You may read more about the film here: <http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/cross.html> We will talk more about the film tomorrow evening.

If you are unfamiliar with the Highland Park area, please go to <http://www.npsnj.org/page/getinvolved_Local_Chapters.html> and click on "Highland Park" to find a link to a map that shows the location of the Highland Park Environmental Center and the parking lot we use. There is no signage for the center. It is a glass and concrete structure with a "green" roof.

Feel free to bring native plants for swapping.

Refreshments will be served on Tuesday evening. No RSVP is required; however, it is helpful for planning purposes.
Hope to see many of you tomorrow.
All the best,


Mary

highlandpark@npsnj.org.


Events in May

 

Northern Chapter Meetings

Friday, May 10:  Stan Pukash, trillium master, has graciously invited us to tour his garden in Chester on Friday evening at 6:30 pm.  Stan and his wife have been cultivating their native garden since 1996. 
"Trillium Woods is primarily a woodland garden, with an adjacent butterfly garden patch. Within the nearly one-acre site are several micro-environments: dry, moist and wet with varying degrees of open, dappled and dense shade in the woodland section and mostly sun in the butterfly garden."

If you plan on joining us for this tour please RSVP to me at derfandleen@msn.com and I will email you the address

We will then meet again on Tuesday, May 28 at 7:00 pm for our annual plant swap.  Divide and share your natives with others and take home a few new treasures.  Even if you don't have anything to bring please join us to pick up some new plants for your yard.  We will meet upstairs at REI, discuss the plants, then swap.

Eileen Ferrer
derfandleen@msn.com

 

Highland Park Chapter Meeting

This month we will have a joint meeting with the Northern Chapter to participate in the annual plant swap on Tue. May 28 at 7PM at REI. Please see above Northern Chapter meeting or below- plant sales/swap.

REI East Hanover Community Room 280 State Route 10 (West bound side), East Hanover, NJ 07936.

Also, if anyone is interested in carpooling please let me know soon and I will do my best to coordinate this.

Mary Denver

highlandpark@npsnj.org.

 

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Native Plant Sales / Swaps

The Northern Chapter of NPSNJ meet on Tuesday, May 28 at 7:00 pm for their annual plant swap.  Divide and share your natives with others and take home a few new treasures.  Even if you don't have anything to bring please join them to pick up some new plants for your yard.  They will meet upstairs at REI, discuss the plants, then swap. For more information contact:)
Eileen Ferrer
derfandleen@msn.com

REI East Hanover Community Room 280 State Route 10 (West bound side), East Hanover, NJ 07936

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May 17 & 18
D&R Greenway Land Trust - Native Plant Nursery, Princeton, NJ

http://www.drgreenway.org/PlantSales.html

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NATIVE PLANT SALE ALERT - THIS WEEKEND! (It's in PA)
2013 Open Farm Days with Native Plant Sale-- Free bucket of compost for attendees-- limit two per family-- please bring your own containers.
WHEN: Saturday/Sunday, May 11-12, May 18-19, and Saturday, May 25 | 10 am – 4pm-- rain or shine
WHERE: Yellow Springs Farm, 1165 Yellow Springs Rd., Chester Springs, PA

http://www.yellowspringsfarm.com/

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Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve http://www.bhwp.org/resources/Plant-Sales.htm?utm_source=May+2013+e-news&utm_campaign=e+news&utm_medium=email

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Rutgers Gardens (http://rutgersgardens.rutgers.edu/springflowerfair.html) Rutgers Gardens has both native and non-native plants.

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Cross Estate Gardens  (http://www.crossestategardens.org/Events.htm) Cross Estate Gardens also has native and non native plants.

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Join the New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team and the Native Plant Society of NJ
for an Invasive Plant Buy Back sponsored by Duke Farms.

Dig up one of the 10 invasive species listed below from your yard and bring it, roots and all, to the Invasive Species Buy Back Tent where you can exchange it for a Native Plant. Native Plant, Supplies are limited, first come first serve and limit 1 per family. Native trees, shrubs, perennials and grasses will be available.  10AM – 2PM Saturday May 18th.

1.   butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii)
2.   Chinese silver grass (Miscanthus sinenses) – all cultivars
3.   Wintercreeper (Euonymous fortunei)
4.   burning bush (Euonymous alata or Euonymous alata compactus)
5.   yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus)
6.   Japanese barberry (Berberis vulgaris or Berberis thunbergii)
7.   English ivy (Hedera helix)
8.   Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
9.   Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)
10. Clematis – Japanese or Fragrant (Clematis terniflora, Clematis flammula )

About Duke Farms: http://www.dukefarms.org/en/Visit/Plan-Your-Visit

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Native Plant Sale at Peacock's
Date: Saturday, May 18th & Sunday, May 19th 2013. 10:00 am - 2:00 pm both days
Location: Peacock's Country Store, 2 Lindbergh Road, Ringoes NJ
Join us at Peacock's Country store, at the gateway to the Sourland Mountains. We'll be bringing a broad selection of native wildflowers and shrubs from our collection, plus some special plants we've raised small numbers of for fun or experiment.
Peacock's is just down the road from a number of great hiking destinations in the Sourlands, including the Hunterdon County Sourland Mountain Preserve, with its terrific boulder fields and forested streams.

via: http://www.wildridgeplants.com/our_plants.html#wheretobuy

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Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education - presents

Hydrology of Wetlands
May 6, 2013
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Tuckerton, NJ

By understanding the hydrology, you will understand the distribution and circulation of water in a wetland. If you are planning to delineate, manage, or construct a wetland, you will need to be able to identify and calculate the movement of water through the wetland. 
This introductory one-day course combines both classroom instruction as well as hands-on field visitation to provide you with a basic understanding of how wetlands are created and sustained. In the morning, you will review the connection between soil, water, and vegetation which creates a wetland. After lunch, gain practical experience using a soil auger to investigate hydrologic evidence for wetland delineation, water table depth and evaluation, and Hydrogeomorphic Models (HGM’s) identification.  For more information: http://www.cpe.rutgers.edu/courses/current/eh0302ca.html

 


Events in June

 

Monthly Northern Chapter Meeting

We will be at REI again  on Tuesday, June 25 at 7:00 pm for a slide show presentation by Dorothy Smullen.  Dorothy will give a presentation on the plants encountered by Lewis and Clark.  Please put this one on your calendars!

REI is a sporting goods store located at 280 Route 10 on the westbound side.  The meeting room is upstairs.

Hope you can join us for these upcoming events.

Eileen Ferrer
derfandleen@msn.com

 

Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education - presents 4 courses this month
There will be Sept courses that will be announced here later.

Introduction to Wetland Identification
June 6, 2013
9:00am - 5:00pm (Check in time: 8:30am)
Basking Ridge, NJ

In this one-day combination classroom and field course, a nationally recognized wetlands expert will review the skills you need to identify freshwater wetlands and their boundaries and introduce you to wetland plant identification and soil recognition. You will learn:

  • Why wetlands are important
  • How they differ
  • What indicators are used for wetland identification
  • About the current regulations in New Jersey

You’ll also find out how to access and use government maps in order to identify wetlands on your property, on lands you may be interested in purchasing or on properties on which you conduct environmental, landscaping or other site development or remediation work. You’ll even get you a simple introduction to the practice of wetland delineation (the technical skill of determining a wetlands precise boundaries) --- all in one day!  For more information: http://www.cpe.rutgers.edu/courses/current/eh0102cb.html

 

Wetland Construction: Principles and Techniques
June 17-18, 2013
8:30am - 5:00pm (Check in time on Day 1: 8:00am)
Bordentown, NJ

With over thirty-five years of experience in wetland construction and restoration, your instructor and his colleagues have organized the process of developing a successful wetland construction plan into five basic steps. Soil scientist and wetland construction expert, Mallory Gilbert, describes and explains critical components of this incremental approach through lecture, case studies, and site visits during this two-day course. A visit to a constructed wetland complex in central New Jersey will highlight the “real world” application of classroom instruction. Please dress for fieldwork. For more information: http://www.cpe.rutgers.edu/courses/current/eh0602ca.html


Freshwater Wetlands
June 20, 2013
9:00am-4:30pm (Check-in time 8:30am)
New Brunswick Campus

Process Your Permit Efficiently and Get the Job Done.  Learn the ins and outs of the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act Rules. Participants will learn when and how to apply for Letters of Interpretation, General Permits, Individual Freshwater Wetlands and State Open Water Fill Permits, as well as Transition Area Waivers.
For more information: http://www.cpe.rutgers.edu/courses/current/en0401ca.html

 

Coastal Project Review
June 26, 2013
9:30am-4:30pm (Check-in time 9:00am)
Toms River, NJ

In this one-day seminar, you will learn how the coastal zone management regulations and NJ state laws affect coastal zone management through a discussion of the jurisdiction of the following coastal laws:
•  The Coastal Area Facility Review Act (CAFRA)
•  The Wetland Act of 1970
•  The Waterfront Development Act of 1914
•  Coastal General Permits
Application requirements for residential, commercial and marina development will be presented, along with discussions of delineating areas of special concern. Common problems and questions associated with permit review will be addressed.  For more information: http://www.cpe.rutgers.edu/courses/current/en0402ca.html

 

 

Saddler's Woods

The Saddler's Woods Conservation Association will be leading Seasonal Tours of Saddler's Woods for The Native Plant Society of New Jersey .

Schedule of Tours: Each tour starts at 10 AM

Spring's Early Salute - Saturday, April 27,2013

The spring tour of Saddler's Woods will focus on spring ephemerals: the early risers of the nascent growing season. Skunk cabbage, Jack-in-the-pulpit, Canada mayflower, trout lily, and others will give us a welcome burst of green and growth following the quiet winter months. We will also note the early flowering trees and take a closer look at their intricate flowers where possible.

Summer: The Busy Season  Saturday, June 22, 2013

There is much to see in Saddler's Woods at the height of the growing season. This tour will compare native species with non-native species found in the woods, with discussion of SWCA's efforts to reduce invasive species infestations. 

Autumn's Final Flowers Saturday, October 26,2013 

As the leaves begin to change color and drop from the trees, asters, goldenrods, white snakeroot and other late-flowering plants bring a burst of brightness to the rapidly browning landscape. We will learn to distinguish the different native aster and goldenrod species as we appreciate the leafy scents of Saddler's Woods in autumn.

The tours are free but you must RSVP.

Please email Kathy Salisbury to RSVP or have any questions.  We are looking forward to seeing you there!

 

Each tour will cover a different aspect of the vegetation of Saddler's Woods. All tours will be led by Robyn A. Jeney, SWCA's Director of Forest Management and amateur botanist. Plan for a two- to three-hour hike, mostly at an easy pace on trails. Tours will meet at the Saddler's Woods Welcome Area on MacArthur Boulevard in Haddon Township, across from the Haddonview Apartments. For directions, please use the following link to Google maps: 
Click here for directions
Please note that Saddler's Woods is often labeled as "MacArthur Tract" on maps. Tour topics are subject to change. 

Saddler's Woods is a 25 acre urban forest located in Haddon Township, New Jersey. Saddler's Woods surrounds the headwater spring of the main branch of the Newton Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River in Camden County, and is unique for its combined features of an old growth forest, young woodlands, a meadow, and wetlands all located within five miles of Philadelphia, PA. 
For more information on Saddler's Woods: http://www.saddlerswoods.org