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  • Pop-Up Garden Tour for NPSNJ Members & Friends

    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

  • New Jersey’s Changing Climate

    North County Branch Library 65 Halstead Road, Clinton, New Jersey, United States

    with David Robinson, PhD, NJ State Climatologist, and Distinguished Professor of Geography, Rutgers University Within the past 15 years, New Jersey has experienced its wettest and warmest years in well over a century of observations. Warm conditions are arriving earlier in the spring and persisting into fall. Extreme events, such as Ida, Sandy, and Irene appear to be becoming more ... Read more

  • Sussex Chapter May Meeting

    Sussex-Wantage Library 69 County Route 639, Wantage, New Jersey, United States

    You are invited to our meeting on May 4th at 7:00 p.m. at the Sussex-Wantage Branch Library, 69 County Road 639, Wantage, NJ 07461.  Phil Schaming will speak about New Jersey Wildflowers. Please join us! Regards, Kathy

  • Pollinator Day at Colonial Nursery Lincroft

    Colonial Nursery Lincroft 1124 W Front St, Lincroft, New Jersey

    20% off native shrubs, trees, and perennials!(Native Plants Only) FREE Native Garden Talks 9:00 a.m. Getting Started with Native Plants - Kim Rowe, NPSNJ 10:00 a.m. Designing with Native Plants - Laura Deykerhoff, NPSNJ, Native Haven Gardens 11:00 a.m. Going Wild in a Small Garden - Marilyn Scherfen, NPSNJ, Wild About Atlantic Highlands 12:00 p.m. American Beauties Native Plants - Prides Corner Nursery 1:00 ... Read more

  • Bergen-Passaic Chapter’s Annual Plant Swap

    Dumont Arboretum West Shore Ave, Dumont, New Jersey, United States

    Our Annual Plant Swap kicks off at 10 AM — come early to exchange, share, and discover beautiful native plants! What to Bring: Bring bareroot native plants to donate and exchange them for plants donated by others. Native plants only, please! And you DO NOT have to donate plants in order to take plants. Package the plants in small giveaway ... Read more

  • Putting Some Wild in Your Yard – Garden Tour

    Bobbie Herbs has been working at her little habitat garden in Mt Laurel for seven seasons. She assessed her site by using Google Earth and designed the space using power point, creating a wetlands oasis of less than1/5th of an acre.  A perfect time of year to visit her garden, you can observe her secret ... Read more

    Free

  • Tree Seedling Identification

    Tree Seedling Identification

    Free Two Part Webinar SeriesPresented by: Jean EpiphanAgriculture & Natural Resources, Agent/Assistant Professor, Licensed Tree Expert, ISA Certified Arborist, Forest Ecologist & Plant ID ExpertLearn how to:Identify 60 tree seedling species common in Northern NJDifferentiate natives from look-alike invasivesPromote healthy growth of the native tree seedlings as part of the grow your own forest movementRegistrants ... Read more

  • Deep Cut Gardens Annual Plant Swap

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

    Saturday, May 16 8:30 - 10:15 - Plant drop-off 9:15 - 10:15 - Presentation by Ann Sherwood, NPSNJ 10:15 - 11:15 - Plant exchange Plant Swap Guidelines Presentation by Ann Sherwood, PhD Ann Sherwood will be providing a free lecture at 9:15: An Enchanting Night Garden for the Living World.  Interested in volunteering at the plant ... Read more

  • Spring Bird Migration Hike

    Garret Mountain Reservation 8 Mountain Ave, Woodland Park, New Jersey, United States

    Join the Bergen-Passaic chapter for a bird walk in Garret Mountain Reservation. The walk will be led by Pat Brennan, a native of Glen Rock, who enjoys sharing his lifelong enthusiasm for nature and the outdoors and particularly his love for birds and other wildlife. Garrett Mountain is one of Pat’s favorite places during the Spring ... Read more

  • Tree Seedling Identification

    Free Two Part Webinar Series Presented by: Jean EpiphanAgriculture & Natural Resources, Agent/Assistant Professor, Licensed Tree Expert, ISA Certified Arborist, Forest Ecologist & Plant ID Expert Learn how to:Identify 60 tree seedling species common in Northern NJ Differentiate natives from look-alike invasives Promote healthy growth of the native tree seedlings as part of the grow ... Read more

  • The cover of Sarah F. Jayne's Nature's Action Guide which depicts two frogs on a stone.

    Supporting Biodiversity: 15 Critical Actions to Support Your Local Ecosystem – Webinar with Sarah F. Jayne

    Virtual - Zoom

    In this Zoom Webinar, we will explore 15 urgently needed actions to create healthy, functioning ecosystems in residential and community spaces; including how to reduce night light, remove invasive plants, identify ecologically beneficial plants in your ecoregion, attract pollinators, and encourage butterflies and birds to call your property home. All while keeping your space within ... Read more

  • Natives For Container Gardening with Jeremie Fant

    Natives For Container Gardening  It’s New Jersey, the most densely populated state in the USA. Many of us ask can we support pollinators and birds on our balconies and our tiny, on average, ¼ acre yards. Well Jeremy Fant lives in Chicago, with only a 5 X 10’ balcony for gardening. For the past 15 ... Read more

  • Native Meadow Day at Unami Park!

    Native Meadow Day at Unami Park!  Saturday, May 23, 2026, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm. Unami Park, Hickory Avenue & Center Street entrance, Garwood, New Jersey 07027 It is Native Meadow Day at Unami Park!  Take a guided tour of the park and the new meadows.  Let us tell you about the ongoing re-forestation and ... Read more

  • Birding: Join Ken Chaya and NPSNJ Programs to observe Spring Migration at Central Park’s North End. (Postponed to May 28th!)

    The north end of Central Park is Ken’s favorite escape in New York City—and once you visit in spring, it’s easy to see why. This quieter corner of the park comes alive with migration, as thousands of birds pass through, drawn to its rich mix of native trees and diverse habitats. Winding waterways like the Pool, the ... Read more

    $25.00

  • Potting Up Workshop

    Environmental Education Center 190 Lord Stirling Rd., Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

    IT’S TIME TO POT UP THOSE SEEDLINGS WE PLANTED IN JANUARY! WHAT: WHERE: Environmental Education Center, 190 Lord Stirling Road, Basking Ridge WHEN: Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:30 – 4:00 WHAT TO BRING: Garden gloves, two or three pots if you would like to take some seedlings home for your personal use. Space is limited. Sign Up Here

  • Essex Chapter Free Guided Spring Meadow Walk

    Eagle Rock Reservation Crest Drive, West Orange, New Jersey, United States

    Rain date; May 31st Description: Tour Eagle Rock Meadow with our naturalists and see late spring flowers and meadow grasses! You will be dazzled by the clusters of creamy yellow golden Alexanders and golden ragwort, mounds of soft blue Arkansas bluestars, flowering rushes, and colorful native irises. What is the Meadow? Planted in 2014 by the Master ... Read more

  • Staffa Stone Garden Center Pollinator Day

    Staffa Stone Garden Center 199 tomlinson mill road, marlton, New Jersey, United States

    Happy unofficial summer, y'all! Join us for another fabulous Pollinator Day THIS SATURDAY, MAY 30TH, at Staffa Stone in Marlton! Stop by for native plant tips and tricks and a 15 percent discount on native straight species! NPSNJ will be making presentations on starting small native gardens at 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM! See you there!

  • Dryden-Kuser Natural Area Cedar Swamp Field Trip

    High Point State Park 1480 NJ Route 23, Sussex, New Jersey, United States

    The 850-acre Dryden Kuser Natural Area, dedicated in 1965, was the first Natural Area in the State of New Jersey.  We will walk the 1.5 mile loop trail through the highest ... Read more

  • Native Plant Day

    Richard DeKorte Park 2 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst, New Jersey, United States

    Chapter leaders and steering committee members will have lots information as well as free plants to give away. Join us for this free event--it's always fun for the whole family!