Nature itself has a way of sustaining life on Earth. Yet nature’s balance has been disturbed by human endeavors. Our 2022 Fall Conference speakers will share the science of nature and ecological function while offering ways each of us can restore natural processes through selection and use of native plants in our gardens and landscapes. ... Read more
Saturday, November 12, 2p.m. -4p.m. Preparing the Garden for Winter. We’ll meet in a Glen Rock garden to discuss what to do when winter approaches and how to look ahead to spring. Email to register and to get the address.
At our November meeting our chapter will be gathering as a group indoors for the first time since March of 2020, when the pandemic forced us to meet only in webinar mode or outdoors on field trips and garden walks. It will be a delight to gather together again inside. (We will follow Stockton’s current policy: ... Read more
Refreshments will be served and there will be an open mic set up for local poets who would like to share a piece of their work about nature or the environment. RSVP here.
Holiday Celebration: Seed Swap, Garden Gift Raffle, Year-In-Review, 2023 Plans, and Garden Wisdom Exchange Let's get together and get to know each other better! Come join us to celebrate our Monmouth Chapter's first holiday season with snacks, drinks, and finger-foods. We'll have native plant seeds to share for winter sowing, and we'll raffle off fun ... Read more
The Year in Review Wednesday, December 14, 7:30 p.m. We return to Zoom meetings for the winter months with a participatory program led by chapter co-leaders Tom, Vicky, and Elaine. Come prepared with photos to share (take them now!), successes to boast about, and questions to ask. Sign up at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81333280725?pwd=NHhkd2VkWGxOcHJubzE2MUFqekQwZz09
Learn how to beautify your property with colorful, native plants that attract butterflies and birds while also doing your part to mitigate local flooding and waterway pollution. Randi will talk about the importance of stormwater management starting in your own backyards and elaborate on the benefits of using native plants to aid in water management.
Register at the link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XyGsHDxXRzWH49bcx5eGnw
**Update - A second class has been added: February 4th @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Randi Eckel, Ph.D, Toadshade Wildflower Farm, President NPSNJ Learn techniques and tricks for growing native perennial plants from seed. Randi will discuss seed dormancy, scarification, stratification, and other special seed treatments sometimes needed to coax seeds to grow. Each ... Read more
The first Sussex Chapter Meeting of 2023 will be a 7 pm Zoom meeting before resuming in-person meetings again. Sharon Wander's program "Barking up the Right Tree" will include information on planting for wildlife.
Becky Laboy
Soil is one of the most important components of your Jersey-Friendly Yard, but perhaps the least understood. We will explore the physical, chemical and biological processes of soil, and how they work together to create a healthy foundation for the native plants in your Jersey-Friendly yard. Don’t Treat Your Soil Like Dirt!
Speakers: Karen Walzer works as the Public Outreach Coordinator for the Barnegat Bay Partnership, a National Estuary Program working to protect and restore clean water and healthy wildlife habitat in the Barnegat Bay watershed. Karen helped to create and now manages the content for Jersey-Friendly Yards, a website with resources and tools that New Jersey property owners can ... Read more
Hudson Chapter Only 20 spots are available so don't wait! Directions: If you are driving, enter Lincoln Park off JFK Blvd. or Duncan Ave and drive the loop all the way around past the track until you come to the small greenhouses on the right. Enter the fenced area and park near the large gray greenhouse ... Read more
Earth. Wind. Fire. Water. Tentative Schedule 8:50Welcome – Randi Eckel, President, NPSNJ9:00 - 10:30Kristi MacDonald, Director of Science at Raritan HeadwatersUrban Biodiversity: The New Jersey Meadowlands10:30-10:45Break 10:45 - 12:00Becky Laboy, Education Outreach Specialist, Ocean County Soil Conservation DistrictSoil – The Foundation of Life on Earth 12:00 – 12:45 Lunch Break – Student Center, Ocean County ... Read more
Make sure to hit the + sign to add a ticket! Until then, registration may appear blocked. Visit the college website for a campus map; Gateway is building #101 on the ... Read more
Dr. Linda Rohleder Bio Dr. Rohleder studied the effects of deer on forest understories at Rutgers University while earning her Ph.D. in Ecology. She also worked as a seasonal park ... Read more
Stockton's Red Maple Project
& A Guide to Native Groundcovers
