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
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 .
Native Plant Fall Celebration! Learn how to sow native seeds, buy plants and seeds, and explore the lovely Cora Hartshorn Arboretum.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 08833)Date: Saturday October 22ndTime: 10am to 2pmLast day to pre-order plants: end of the day Thursday October 20thQuestions on the plant sale email:
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 the observations on iNaturalist.org. You may want to get an account on that site if you don't have one yet.Hervé Barrier will lead the Nature ... Read more
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
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
