Many of us who garden with native plants feel a sense of urgency to create spaces that fully support wildlife. At the same time, deciding what is truly native to our yards and sourcing those plants can be overwhelming. Moreover, catalogs and garden centers offer a dizzying array of cultivars of native species and far ... 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. Dates: Order April 3 – April 28; pickup on Sat., May 6, from 1-4 p.m. What: 33 individual species OR six Garden Kits: Dry Shade, Sidewalk/Container, Best-Behaved, ... Read more
Our next Sussex Chapter meeting will be Monday, April 3 at the Sussex Wantage library, 69 Loomis Ave., Sussex, at 7:00pm. Come and join in the discussion of our “wins and losses” of this past season. Do you have a new native that you are planning to add to your garden this season?
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 Fisher for details:
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 on campus. Parking Lot #5 is made easy to spot by the mural of two ospreys on the Sports Center wall. Stockton Campus Parking
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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
