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Winter 2025
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Letter from the President
2025 Annual Meeting
Advocacy Report
NPSNJ Members Only Classes
Manitoga Trip
Book Review
Candice’s Garden
Plant of the Year Nominees
“Going Native” in Spanish
Wednesday Webinars
IGC Committee
Chapter News
Interview with Ann Wallace
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The Precarious Process of Pollination by John Suskewich
Filmmaker Sarah Galloway’s IGC Films
Eco-Printing Workshop Using Native Plants by Susan Haake
Letter from the President by Kazys Varnelis, PhD
NPSNJ at Cape May Point Science Center by Kazys Varnelis, PhD
Toadshade Wildflower Farm by Irene O. Sabin
Wild Ridge Plants by Kathy Trarbach
Pinelands Direct by Tara Sullivan
Earth First Native Nursery by Raven Ahmed
Gino’s Nursery by Kazys Varnelis, PhD
My Backyard at Nectar’s by Rosalind Doremus
Summersweet Native Plant Nursery by Hara L. Rola
The Wildstead Supply Company by L. Be Sholar
Jersey Days Event—Centerton Nursery by Bobbie Herbs
White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) by Irene O. Sabin
NPSNJ Essex Chapter Native Shrub Sale & Fall Fest by Kate Albright
Somerset Chapter Hosts Butterfly Walk at Lord Stirling Park by Jane Hurwitz
Late Bloomers by Hara L. Rola
Summer 2024
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Letter from the President by Kazys Varnelis, PhD
Grant Awards by Elaine Silverstein
IGC Committee Initiatives by Kim Rowe and Bobbie Herbs
Second IGC Industry Update by Kim Rowe and Bobbie Herbs
Somerset Chapter Announces 3 Mini-Grant Awardees by Nancy Toro and Valerie Szkodny
Pollinator Day at Bountiful Gardens by Nancy Toro
Southwest Chapter Hosts Two Pollinator Day Events by Bobbie Herbs
Hunterdon Chapter Hosts Pollinator Day Event by Helen Grundmann
Restoring Eagle Rock Native Meadow in Essex County by Deb Ellis
Hudson Gives: Funding for Native Gardens by Lauren Morse
Jersey City Passes Native Plant Ordinance by Lorraine Freeney
The Precarious Process of Pollination by John Suskewich
Filmmaker Sarah Galloway’s IGC Films
Eco-Printing Workshop Using Native Plants by Susan Haake
Spring 2024
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The President’s Corner by Randi V. Wilfert Eckel, PhD
NPSNJ Attends NJ Nursery & Landscape Association Trade Show by Kim Rowe and Phaedra Singelis
April is Native Plant Month! by Herve Barrier
Remembering Mary Denver by Randi V. Wilfert Eckel, PhD
Bloodroot: Plants and the Ants by Kathy Trabach
Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) by Irene O. Sabin
Shade Gardening Guide for Spring Native Plants by Jesse Connor
A Celebration of Nature Poetry and Native Plants by Kim Correro
Spring Ephemeral: Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) by John Suskewich
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) by Irene O. Sabin
Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium Americanum) by Hubert Ling, PhD
Discovering Native Spring Flowers “in the Wild” by Deb Ellis
Spring Ephemerals in Our “No-Mow” Lawn! by Jon Gibbons
2024 Plant of the Year Nominees – Backyard by John Suskewich
2024 Plant of the Year Nominees – Rare and Special by John Suskewich
Fall 2023
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The President’s Corner by Randi Eckel
Membership Update, Fall 2023 by Kazys Varnelis
Eco Regions of Northwest NJ by Alana Steib and Lynn Dubnoff
Eco Regions of Northeast NJ by Kazys Varnelis
Eco Regions of Central NJ by Kathy Trabach
Eco Regions of Southern NJ by Joe Alvarez
Tune In: NPSNJ Launched a New Podcast! by Kim Correro
NPSNJ Special Members Only Offers by Kim Correro
Invasive Plant Replacement Database & Brochure by Bobbie Herbs
Hudson Chapter Update by Lauren Morse
Essex Chapter by Deb Ellis
Winterberry Holly, Ilex verticillata by John Suskewich
Summer 2023
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The President’s Corner by Randi Eckel
Membership Update 2023 by Kazys Varnelis
State of the Chapters by Elaine Silverstein
Monmouth Chapter Celebrates First Successful Year by Ann Sherwood
New Mercer Chapter is in Full Bloom by Stephanie Hill
Southwest Chapter Happenings by Tara Sullivan
NPSNJ-June 25, 2023 Trip to Wells Mills County Park by Becky LaBoy
Sussex Chapter’s Lusscroft Farm Garden Project
Essex Chapter
Virginia Sweetspire by John Suskewich
IGC Committee by Kim Rowe
Eastern White Pine by John Suskewich
NPSNJ Advocacy Committee Update on Invasives Bill by Laura Bush
Beech Leaf Disease is Spreading in NJ by Kazys Varnelis
Nature Poetry Workshop Offered by NPSNJ by Kim Correro
Spring 2023
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The President’s Corner by Randi Eckel
Bob Swain, Treasurer, Past President, and Member since 1983 by Bobbie Herbs
NPSNJ Trivia Page by Bobbie Herbs
NPSNJ Presidential Trivia Page by Bobbie Herbs
NJ Native Trees: River Birch, Betula nigra by John Suskewich
NPSNJ Botanical Drawing Class by Mary Bilderback
Fall 2022
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The President’s Corner by Randi Eckel
Rhododendron Maximum by Kazys Varnelis
Saturday Morning Poetry with Ann Wallace
Florid Folklore is Gold by Hara Rola
The New NPSNJ Web Site by Kazys Varnelis
Partridge Pea by John Suskewich
Plant Electric by Hara Rola
Summer 2022
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The President’s Corner by Randi Eckel
Spreading the Word Beyond the Choir by Deb Ellis
Joe Pye Sky High by Lorraine Freeney
News from Hudson County Chapter by Kim Correro
Phillips 66 Mini-Grant, New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, Native Plant Habitat Gardens, 600 Ramapo Valley Rd, Mahwah by Linda Roehler
Narthecium ossifragum, Bog Asphodel, NPSNJ Rare or Endangered Plant of the Year by John Suskewich
Amelanchier arborea, Downy Serviceberry, NPSNJ Backyard Perennial Plant of the Year by John Suskewich
Advocacy Notes by Kazys Varnelis
Wild Suburbia by Hara Rosa
November 2021
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The President’s Corner by Hubert Ling
Biodiversity Is What it’s All About by Steve Fiedler
Self-Nurture through Nature by Hara Rola
A Case Study of Narrowleaf Ironweed (Vernonia lettermannii) ‘Southern Cross’ by Jane Kinkle
Pine Barrens Gentian (Gentiana autumnalis) by Bobbie Herbs
Phillips 66 Mini-Grant, Borough of Island Heights, Environmental Committee and Green Team by Mary Judge
Phillips 66 Mini-Grant, Whittemore, Community Culture and Conservation by Dawn Pogosaew
Phillips 66 Mini-Grant, Native Plant Garden at the Somerset County Historical Societies’ Van Veghten House by Olinda Young
Wreath Goldenrod, Solidago caesia by John Suskewich
Pollinator City by Hara Rola
February 2021
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The President’s Corner by Hubert Ling
Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors by John Suskewich
An Unlikely Ally by Hara Rola
Still Green in Winter …well, until last week’s snowfall by Jane Kinkle
Gardens and the Larger World by Jay Katz
Which Tree Is The Most Important Tree In New Jersey? by Hubert Ling
Gauntlet by Hara Rola
August 2020
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The President’s Corner by Hubert Ling
In Memoriam: John Makoto Black
Backyard Wilderness by Hara Rola
Planting a Tree to Save the Planet? Try American Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua by Marilyn Fishman
Creating a Meadow by Susan Haake
Meet the Potential Tree…maybe. Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica by Hubert Ling
Exploring the Pine Barrens, South Jersey’s Natural Treasure by Becky Laboy
Cardinalflower and Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds. A Perfect Partnership by Mary Anne Borge