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
Join us for a guided tour of the Rutgers Master Gardeners' Native Plant Garden, led by Sue Gobat, chair of the Native Garden Committee. The Master Gardeners of Monmouth County have created a well-established native plant garden that includes trees, shrubs, and perennials. June will be a perfect time to see things in bloom. In ... Read more
Visit Founders Park, 265 Valley St., South Orange, NJ and receive a swamp milkweed plant. Quantities are limited. Check out the second year native rain garden while you are there!
Join us on an exploration of Webbs Mill Bog on June 25 from 10am-11:30am. Orchids, Pitcher Plants, Sundews and Curly Grass Fern are a few of the unique and rare plants we will encounter here. Jason Hafstad, Preserve Manager for NJ Natural Lands Trust, will guide us on this walk and discuss the adaptations of these native wetland plants. We will ... Read more
We will have a nature walk in Tamarack Hollow Preserve, a Middlesex County Park. It has sandy soils (the area is cretaceous) and has a large colony of mountain laurel. The area is mostly shaded and the path wide. We will focus on plant anomalies, interactions with insects, with fungi, etc.). Past observations at this time of ... Read more