This will be a whopping opportunity to purchase native plants and shrubs from WELL SWEEP HERB FARM. Owner David Hyde has one of the largest collections of herbs and perennials in the country. They will bring a diverse selection of beautiful, wildlife-friendly native plants. Also available will be fresh veggie seedlings, herbs, and a selection of house ... Read more
Join the Hudson County Chapter, in partnership with Mayor Mike Gonnelli and the Secaucus Environmental Department. Kim Correro, Dawn Giambalvo and Lauren Morse, students in the Rutgers Environmental Stewardship class of 2022, along with Lorraine Freeney, are excited to welcome volunteers on Monday, June 13th from 5:00-8:00pm to help restore this grass parcel, across from Hudson Regional Hospital on Meadowlands Parkway. Volunteers will help plant ... Read more
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist.
Volunteer with Hudson at the Pollinator Pathway in Lincoln Park West, Jersey City, as we weed and plant more pollinator-friendly plugs! We are looking for ongoing volunteers for this project. Please contact Lorraine at .
Tuesday, August 23rd - (5:30pm-7:30pm) - Volunteer with Hudson and the Town of Secaucus at Imagine Garden. Help prepare the pollinator garden for fall planting and pizza dinner!. (44 Meadowlands Parkway).
Bestselling author and award-winning poet Ross Gay joins Ann Wallace of Saturday Morning Poetry live to recite Wedding Poem on the Hudson County Chapter Instagram @npsnjhudsoncounty.
Tuesday, August 30th (5:30pm-7:30pm) - Volunteer with Hudson and the Town of Secaucus at Imagine Garden. Help prepare the pollinator garden for fall planting and pizza dinner!. (44 Meadowlands Parkway).
Wednesday August 31 (7:00pm) - Published poet Theta Pavis joins Ann Wallace of Saturday Morning Poetry live to recite New Season on the Hudson County Chapter Instagram @npsnjhudsoncounty.
Wednesday, September 7th (7:00pm)- Renowned writer, naturalist and birder Julie Zickefoose joins Ann Wallace of Saturday Morning Poetry live from her home in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio to recite her poem “Fritillary” on the Hudson County Chapter Instagram @npsnjhudsoncounty.
Join the Hudson County Chapter for a walk around Foote's Pond Wood in Morristown, NJ with John and Susan Landau. Learn about Friends of Foote's Pond Wood and the ongoing restoration effort to benefit the small pond with the big heart community. Foote's Pond Wood is an accessible park with a rich, diverse plant and animal community, ... Read more
We are celebrating all of the volunteers that help keep our chapter going. Take a stroll through the gardens of Canco Park and enjoy a selection of poems featured in our summer poetry series Saturday Morning Poetry with Ann Wallace. Refreshments will be served but feel free to bring something to share. Registration is encouraged. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSft96zt7iLUFTERTKQP41xF8ZKyTDhcnRhlP9cQlp5ZJKf-9Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
Kim Correro welcomes back Deb Ellis, leader of the Essex Chapter, VP of chapters and the facilitator of our most anticipated book discussion of the year, Braiding Sweetgrass. The discussion will be on Zoom and registration is now open. Go to https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkc-GsqjIpGtV8XbYqi8tQd1zK76NyWqVo to register. As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature ... Read more
Poet Rachel Mackow is dedicated to the restoration of native plants. She is also a photographer, writer, and musician. Her photographic work has been published and exhibited internationally. She joins Ann Wallace of Saturday Morning Poetry to discuss her work on the Hudson County Chapter Instagram @npsnjhudsoncounty .
Rescheduled due to rain: The Hudson Chapter Fall Plant Sale will take place on October 23 in James Braddock Park in North Bergen (across from the Nature's Park Cafe, 5 Lakeside Drive South, North Bergen, NJ). Our vendors this year will be Toadshade Wildflower Farm and Pinelands Direct.
Immediately following the plant sale, Fran Chismar and Tom Knezick of Pinelands Nursery will record an episode of their popular podcast Native Plants, Healthy Planet for the first time in front of a live audience! Special guest is Dr. Randi Eckel, owner of Toadshade Wildflower Farm and President of the Native Plant Society of New Jersey will discuss ... Read more
