Essex Chapter Online Native Plant Sale
With no native nurseries in Essex County, we are collaborating with the Great Swamp Watershed Association (GSWA) to bring plants here – with pick-up locations in Montclair and South Orange. ... Read more
With no native nurseries in Essex County, we are collaborating with the Great Swamp Watershed Association (GSWA) to bring plants here – with pick-up locations in Montclair and South Orange. ... Read more
Saturday, April 15th at 10am we will join Lynn Groves, Naturalist at Kittatinny Valley State Park, for a walk around KVSP looking for Spring Ephemerals. Contact Sussex Chapter Co-Leader April ... Read more
Notes on Historically Important NJ Native Trees
And The Peoples of North America
Parking Tip: See the campus map below. The closest parking spots are in Lots #4 and #5, which share the same entry off Vera King Farris Drive, the main drive ... Read more
Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Zhc0TNasTVK2sTMEcAW6Zw
12 Godfrey Road, Montclair
Tag along with Monmouth County Park naturalists Megan Orens and Jason Goldman as we discover the native birds living in our backyards and the trees that they call home. The first half of this 2-hour walk will be birdwatching, followed by a woodland trail walk highlighting native trees and plants.
Join us on Saturday, April 29, at 10am at Edwin B. Forsythe deCamp Wildlife Trail, for a walk in the woods. We'll explore the bark, buds and blooms as we observe spring's awakening. We'll listen for the buzzing of bees and chorus of birds as the season begins to unfold. Our guide, Chris Claus, Chief Naturalist with Ocean County Parks ... Read more
We’re talking “deer” at our May meeting. Bring your recipes for success with your neighborhood deer and we’ll review the deer resistant native plant list. Monday, May 1st, 7 p.m. at the Sussex Wantage Library, 69 County Road 639, Wantage (aka 69 Loomis Avenue, Sussex).
Talk by Hubert Ling, Ph.D. Primitive 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. These are tales of adventure, discovery, amazement, sickness, and death and life. Along the way, you will see the 1 mm organism which can be observed from ... Read more
Lusscroft Farm Clean up Day set for this Thursday, 5/4 at 9:30am. Bring buckets, weed removal tools. If it’s raining, we will cancel. April will check with Donna Wednesday evening to confirm if the weather is dicey. This ongoing project to restore the Sister Moon Garden is partnership between the Sussex Chapter of NPS and the Friends of Lusscroft ... Read more
Native plants are excellent choices for a container garden! The Jersey Shore chapter is planning a native plant container workshop on Saturday, May 6, with the location and time still to be determined. We will provide the potting soil and a selection of native plants. Bring your own container(s), potting tools, and garden gloves. Take home your own lovely, pollinator-friendly ... Read more
The Monmouth County Park System will host its Spring Native Plant Swap on Saturday, May 6. Gardeners are invited to bring established plants in one-quart, one-gallon or two-gallon containers and take home the same size and number of plants. NPSNJ volunteers are helping staff the event. Please label all plants you bring. Only plants native ... Read more
Stephen Coan, of Stephen Coan Garden Design is an award-winning Landscape Designer, Horticulturist, Plantsman, Consultant, Craftsman, Artist, and Outdoorsman. He exclusively designs, consults, and installs bespoke designed landscapes & nature inspired fine habitat gardens that are timeless, memorable, and meaningful for discerning Clients using his extensive experience with native and beneficial plants creating unique novel plant community habitat gardens that attract and support pollinators, ... Read more
Saturday, May 13, at the Dumont Arboretum. Join us for a meet-and-greet and plant swap. A reminder of how the plant swap works: You do not have to bring plants in order to take them. Native plants only, please! Bare-root plants are best; wrap them individually in moist paper towels if possible. And for the ... Read more