Yes, Jen Bulava is back – by popular demand. This time she will be guiding us into the diversity, ecology, and behaviors of the incredible hunters of the insect world: dragonflies and damselflies. Join us to learn about our local species, their life cycles, their ecological value, and how they can be protected and conserved. ... Read more
Come join us for a field trip exploring the forest, fields, meadows, and the restoration efforts at Glenn By The Bay, a beautiful and historic area within Veterans Memorial Park ... Read more
Presented by Pat Heaney, Assistant Director of Education at The Watershed Institute. Lichens are fascinating life forms and widespread but under-appreciated. They are also beautiful -- once you learn to see them and step close to take a closer look. In this presentation, award-winning environmental educator Pat Heaney will show us how to identify some ... Read more
Thanks to our Chapter’s volunteering gardeners, we have lined up five landscapes for members to explore – each different from the others, and all featuring native plants. You will be able to go at your own pace to the gardens you’d like to see. This event is open to members and non-members. To select and ... Read more
Stockton University, Room F-111 Pat and Clay Sutton have witnessed some amazing natural history happenings in their 47-year-old wildlife garden, some heart-warming and some heart-stopping. Be prepared for an eye-opening view ... Read more
Sowing seeds in winter is a great way to expand your palette of native plants – and it’s easy, low cost, and lets you continue gardening in winter! Learn about cold stratification, seed choices, options for growing containers, over-winter care, and much more – just in time to plant your own seeds in December and ... Read more
Jay Kelly, Raritan Valley Community College Center for Environmental Studies Monday, February 17, 7 pm Stockton University Unified Science Center. Room 246 Jay Kelly has been studying white-tailed deer in New Jersey for many years – how and why their numbers have grown so large over time, how they have devastated native plant populations, and ... Read more
Any gardener who has tried pruning shrubs knows it can lead to countless questions: when is the best time to prune, how to prevent sucker growth, how to maintain a plant’s natural shape, which plants don’t need pruning, and so on. And for our March meeting we have enlisted just the man to answer those ... Read more
THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY SOUTHEAST CHAPTER AND GO GREEN GALLOWAY ARE HOSTING A "PLANT SHARING PARTY" Our pollinator gardens are SO successful that we are splitting up plants to share! (These plants thrive in full sun.) We have limited numbers of:Wild Bergamot (Bee Balm)Woodland sunflowersMountain mint & Dotted mint Very limited numbers of:White beardtongueOhio spiderwort & Fireworks goldenrod There will be a ... Read more
Stockton University, Unified Science Center, Room 246 Lucy Hooper has long nourished her own yard’s pollinator garden, a place well-known to local butterflyers as a prime spot to see sleepy oranges and other South Jersey rarities. In 2021 she decided to invest her expertise in an anonymous patch of grass at a local public park. ... Read more
Parking Update: Stockton has temporarily closed lots #4 and #5, so please follow the adjusted parking directions below to use either lot #2 or #3. This will bring you to ... Read more
2nd ANNUAL NATIVE PLANT GARDENS TOURSUNDAY SEPTEMBER 14th, 12:00 - 4:00free & open to the publicsponsored & organized byTHE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF NJ, SOUTHEAST CHAPTER This year’s self-guided tour ... Read more
With Andrew Anderson Have you wanted to visit the Pinelands National Reserve but been uncertain where best to go? Or worried that you might get lost – or stuck on ... Read more
With Pat Sutton Frogs, toads, and dragonflies all need freshwater ponds for egg laying to create future generations. Even a tiny pond will attract and support them. Learn what a ... Read more
Had enough of the winter cold? Come warm up with your Southeast Chapter friends and look forward to spring as naturalist Jen Bulava, one of our favorite guest speakers, presents a guide to the frogs, toads, and salamanders that live in our area. Southern New Jersey holds more amphibian species than most people realize, and – ... Read more
Our Chapter’s co-leader Jesse Connor has looked back over her decades of gardening experience and pulled together a presentation for us detailing the practical, time-and-money-saving strategies she has learned for ... Read more
Caroline McFarland, Stewardship Specialist, Barnegat Bay Partnership, will be presenting on a topic that touches on the interests of many of us: gardening in containers and other small spaces. You can maximize your ecological impact in even the smallest footprints. Caroline will explore how to use native plants in containers and tight spaces to create ... Read more
Our native plants landscape in Port Republic is looking good right now, and we are inspired to invite members and their friends to walk along our shaded paths: Shrubs expected to be blooming this weekend include beach plum, red chokeberry, pinkster azalea, red buckeye, strawberry bush (Carolina allspice), mapleleaf viburnum, blackhaw viburnum, cranberry viburnum, and ... Read more
Saturday June 6th and Sunday June 7th It’s time again for the Absecon Native Plant Sale in conjunction with the city-wide yard sale. This year’s native plant sale will be ... Read more
In June 2018 our Chapter made a walking tour of the native plants Stockton had added to its landscape around the Student Center and nearby walkways over the previous ten ... Read more
