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
Interactions between species invasions and climate change necessitate proactive decision making that will determine what our ecosystems look like in the future. This talk will cover how climate change affects species across time and space, and how we can use climate-smart gardening to minimize the spread of invasive species while promoting native biodiversity.
About the Speaker:
Evelyn Beaury received her PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she studied the spatial ecology and biogeography of plant invasions in the context of climate change. This work incorporates stakeholder decision-making, thinking about how human activities influence invasions and the management/policy decisions we can make to prevent further spread. Evelyn is now a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University, where she has broadened her research to think spatially about how we can increase carbon storage via changes in land use and land management.
Want to help give native plants a chance? Looking for a way to rid the Henry Hudson Trail of invasives and work alongside some fellow native plant enthusiasts? Come join the Monmouth Chapter for an invasives Workforce Day! We'll work together, then enjoy our BYO bag lunches at a picnic area nearby. IMPORTANTANT: All participants ... Read more
May is the perfect time for planting perennials. Come join us at Huber Woods Park as we create a native bio-basin garden. What to bring: Garden tools and boots Rain date will be June 2nd.
Member Sharon Wander will lead a Tree ID hike at Kittatinny Valley State Park beginning at 9:30am.
Meet at 1 PM (Site to be determined) Join us for a tour of Linda Rohleder's 13-acre wooded property, which she and her husband, Rich Pillar, are restoring. Learn about the Wild Woods Project, a nonprofit whose mission is to restore the health and diversity of our Hudson Valley forests with local native plants grown ... Read more
