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Hudson County Chapter Gratitude Party

Canco Park 47 Dey Street, Jersey City, NJ, United States

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 

Hudson Chapter Book Club. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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

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Invasive Species Threats: Identification & Control

Lebanon Township Firehouse 528 West Hill Road, Glen Gardner, New Jersey, United States

Speaker: Mike van ClefMike is the Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space Stewardship Director and also serves as Invasive Species Strike Team Program Director. He joined FoHVOS in 2007 and co-founded the Strike Team in 2008 with the goal of bringing greater efficiency and effectiveness to invasive species management. Mike has a Ph.D. in ecology ... Read more

Fireman’s Pond Walk-About

Fireman's Pond 10 Mill Street, Port Republic, NJ, United States

We will begin our Southeast Chapter's 9th year with a visit to a little-known botanical treasure-spot in Atlantic County.  Fireman's Pond stands near the Nacote Creek spillway and Mill Pond in Port Republic and hosts a delightful mix of specialized plants, including horned bladderwort, wild rice, seven-angled pipewort, and others.  It is easily accessible -- you can park ... Read more

Pandora Young

Pandora Young : Home Landscapes for Our Changing Future

Pandora will discuss strategies for thinking about and responding to the complexities of environmental change in our home gardens. Pandora presents a proactive approach toward making our home landscapes part of a larger solution that improves outcomes for the plant, animal, and fungal life that are all impacted by environmental change. The talk will cover ... Read more

Rachel Mackow

Poet Rachel Mackow on Hudson Chapter Instagram

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 .

Essex Chapter Native Plant Fall Celebration

Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary 324 Forest Drive South, Short Hills, NJ, United States

Native Plant Fall Celebration! Learn how to sow native seeds, buy plants and seeds, and explore the lovely Cora Hartshorn Arboretum.

Nature Walk at the Delaware and Raritan Canal Path

Delaware and Raritan Canal Path 1289 Easton Avenue, Franklin, NJ, United States

Where:        Delaware and Raritan Canal path        (Meet on the parking lot near the canal bridge)        Area of the Van Wickle historical house        1289 Easton Avenue (near Demott lane traffic light)        Franklin Township (this is the Somerset section of Franklin Township) Herve Barrier will lead the Nature Walk. The objective is to identify as many plants as possible. Be ... Read more

Plant Identification Hike

Deep Cut Gardens 152 Red Hill Road, Middletown, United States

Take a 2-hour plant identification hike with the horticulturist of Deep Cut Gardens, Kate B. Lepis, Ph.D.  Kate and her associate Kyle Clayton will discuss HOW to identify and differentiate plants, with a focus on those flowering this fall. Learn how to distinguish between different types of goldenrods, asters, and other plants. We'll meet in the parking lot of ... Read more

Sussex Chapter October Meeting

Lusscroft Farm 50 Neilson Road, Wantage, New Jersey, United States

Mary Stone of Stone Associates Landscapes, will consult with the Sussex Chapter to create a design plan for the “Sister Moon” Native Plant demonstration garden. Bring a lawn chair. In case of rain, the meeting will move to the Community room at the Sussex Wantage library, 69 Loomis Ave, Sussex from 4-6pm. All are invited.

Event Series Volunteer at Ross Lake Park

Volunteer at Ross Lake Park

Ross Lake Park 20 Elinore Ave, Long Branch, New Jersey, United States

Spend a meditative morning gardening while gazing at the lake and listening to the osprey and many other birds. In 2014, volunteers with guidance from a Monmouth County Master Gardener created a native plant and pollinator garden at Ross Lake Park with funds from the Long Branch Environmental Commission and the Sierra Club. The Ross ... Read more

Morris Canal Greenway Forest Restoration Walking Tour

Greenway Trailhead Oak Tree Lane, Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States

Do you ever wonder what native plants we would see if it weren’t for all our suburban lawns, ornamental plants, and invasive species? Our walk will be led by Rich Rockwell, who has been working to remove invasives and restore a forest oasis on the Morris Canal Greenway. Native species that would have grown along the ... Read more

Sussex Chapter & Lusscroft Farm

In place of the regular 1st Monday meeting at Sussex-Wantage Library on 10/3/22, the group met at historic Lusscroft Farm in Wantage, NJ to plan further restoration work on the Sister Moon Garden. The Sussex Chapter partners with the Friends of Lusscroft Farm and at the October meeting welcomed Mary Stone of Stone Associates to ... Read more

Essex Chapter Members’ Outdoor Party & Late Fall Garden Tour

49 Cambridge Road, Montclair 49 Cambridge Road, Montclair, New Jersey, United States

Gather to celebrate our fourth year of the Essex Chapter and especially YOU, our members! • See a new native garden started in Fall 2020! Garden hosts will answer questions, including the garden designer, John Weidemann, and his consultant, Peter Strom, Strom Hort, LLC  • Meet other members and share gardening tips • Sip beverages ... Read more

Bergen/Passaic Meeting / Field Trip: Seed Swap and Seed Starting Workshop

This meeting will be held at a private home in Glen Rock, outdoors if possible. Email to register and to get the address. In preparation, save your seeds this summer, although you may take seeds even if you don’t bring any. Seeds of native plants only; straight species preferred. Also, come prepared to learn ... Read more

From Sassafras To Salicornia

Glenn by the Bay 636 S New York Rd, Absecon, New Jersey, United States

We will begin at the parking lot behind Veterans’ Memorial Park in Galloway and walk along a wide forested trail as the habitats change remarkably quickly – from sassafras, oaks, and persimmon past sweetbay magnolia and tupelo to the beautiful salt marsh of Reed’s Bay in only a quarter mile. We will be identifying the most ... Read more

October Hunterdon Chapter Meeting & Hubert Ling Lecture

Lebanon Township Firehouse 528 West Hill Road, Glen Gardner, New Jersey, United States

The Lowest Plants That Save & Sometimes Bug Or Kill You Speaker:Hubert Ling, Ph.D.Past President, Native Plant Society, NJPrimitive photosynthetic organisms are generally ignored and unknown, however, these plants are essential to our survival and continually interact with humans in a multitude of ways. Hubert will tell tales of adventure, discovery, amazement, sickness, death and ... Read more

Sam Hoadley

Wednesday Webinar with Sam Hoadley : Knock Out Natives

Join Sam as he highlights knockout native species and cultivars from Mt. Cuba’s Trial Gardens. Top performers and favorites of Coreopsis, Baptisia, Monarda, Phlox, Helenium, Echinacea and wild hydrangea represent some of the best native plants for the mid-Atlantic region and beyond. Sam will discuss their horticultural and ecological performance and will share important information ... Read more

Event Series Volunteer at Ross Lake Park

Volunteer at Ross Lake Park

Ross Lake Park 20 Elinore Ave, Long Branch, New Jersey, United States

Spend a meditative morning gardening while gazing at the lake and listening to the osprey and many other birds. In 2014, volunteers with guidance from a Monmouth County Master Gardener created a native plant and pollinator garden at Ross Lake Park with funds from the Long Branch Environmental Commission and the Sierra Club. The Ross ... Read more

Fall 2022 NPSNJ Native Plant Sale

Whittemore 7 Rockaway Rd, Oldwick, NJ, United States

Pinelands Direct https://www.pinelandsdirect.com Toadshade Wildflower Farm https://www.toadshade.com Gino’s Native Plant Nursery http://www.ginosnursery.com Earth First Native Plant Nursery https://earthfirstnatives.comEmail for the current plant Location: Whittemore (7 Rockaway Rd, Lebanon, NJ ... Read more

Delaware and Raritan Canal Nature Walk

Delaware and Raritan Canal, Griggstown Causeway Griggstown Causeway, Princeton, NJ 08540

Our objective is to Increase plant identification skills of the whole group. Be ready to take pictures of plants and plant anomalies (e.g., insect leafminers, galls, etc.); we will post ... Read more

RESCHEDULED: Hudson Chapter Fall Planet Sale

James Braddock Park 5 Lakeside Drive South, North Bergen, New Jersey, United States

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 ... Read more

Native Plants, Healthy Planet, Live!

Nature's Park Cafe 5 Lakeside Drive South, North Bergen, New Jersey, United States

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 ... Read more