Events & Programs at the Arboretum
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Mon Mar 1 | Tai Chi with Brian Coffey
He is a graduate of the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and is a licensed Massage Therapist specializing in Clinical Qi Gong. People throughout the world appreciate the practice of Tai Chi as a means of building strength and familiarity with the body's remarkable capacity for movement. The slow, graceful movement of Tai Chi is a favored recreation for people of all ages and abilities. It is an easy-to-learn, easy-to-do and safe recreation which builds awareness of the connection between body, mind and spirit. What better place to practice this artful activity than on the beautiful grounds of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum. Please register by February 15th. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends Members $40; non-members $50. |
Tue Mar 16 | Ladies Choice
Three great speakers:
Please bring a bag lunch. Dessert and beverage will be provided. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $30 Members; $35 Non-members |
Thu Mar 25 | It Starts with The Soil
Please register by March 11th. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $10 members; $15 non-members |
Sun Mar 28 | What's Cooking, with Chef & Master Gardener Cynthia Triolo
Chef and Master Gardener Cynthia Triolo has cooked and baked at many New Jersey restaurants and has been teaching children and adults the joys of food for just about two decades. A wide range of topics will be covered but the focus of Cynthia's Cooking Series will be on seasonal, locally-grown food. Recipes will be given as well as a tasting of each of the items made in class. Sunday, March 28 Pate au choux Éclairs, profiteroles, gougere, paris-brest...these are all the things we will demonstrate how to make using one simple dough. Samples and recipes accompany each class. Register by March 14 Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $15 members / $20 non-members |
Thu Apr 1 | Growing Small Fruits
Register ASAP! Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $10 members; $15 non-members |
Thu Apr 1 | Frelinghuysen Arboretum Gesneriad Society Annual Propagation WorkshopAnnual propagation workshop using seeds, leaves and cuttings. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Other Free. |
Thu Apr 1 | In Our Gallery: East Asian Brush Painting ExhibitThe Sumi-e Society of America, New Jersey Chapter, exhibits nature related brush paintings and calligraphy. East Asian brush painting consists of many styles of painting which originated in China centuries ago and spread throughout Japan and Korea. Sumi-e Society member artists use a variety of styles, from representational to abstract and from purely oriental to a combination of Western and East Asian. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends Free. |
Wed Apr 7 | The 11th Annual Blackburn Scholarship Tea
Proceeds from this event benefit the Benjamin C. Blackburn Scholarship awarded annually by The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum. Click on the image on the left for more information. Please register as soon as possible. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $55 members, $60 non-members |
Fri Apr 9 | New Jersey State Chrysanthemum Society Monthly meeting and discussionMonthly meeting and discussion of how to grow spray blooms for exhibition at mum shows. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: NJCS Free. |
Sat Apr 10 | African Violet Club of Morris County 14th Annual Show and Plant SaleThe theme of this years' show is "Violets Play Games" and features a collection of African Violets and related plants as single specimens and incorporated into fabulous displays. Plants and growing materials will be on sale and experts on hand to answer your questions. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: AVC Free. |
Sat Apr 10 | Branching Out - Spring Session
For more information and a registration form, click the image on the left or call 973-631-5004. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends See registration form. |
Sun Apr 11 | New Jersey Mycological AssociationThis meeting will be held at Willowwood Arboretum with guest speaker Dr. Tom Volk, Professor of Biology at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse and the creator of the website tomvolkfungi.net. Location: Willowwood Arboretum Sponsor: Other Free. |
Tue Apr 13 | Pruning Roses with Paul
Register by April 1 Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $10 members / $12 non-members |
Wed Apr 14 | African Violet Club of Morris CountyThe basics of growing African Violets Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: AVC Free. |
Fri Apr 16 | North Jersey Orchid Society Show -- Orchids in Wonderland
Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Other Free. |
Sun Apr 18 | Peak Bloom Bliss Walk at Willowwood
Register by April 5 Location: Willowwood Arboretum Sponsor: Friends $10 members / $15 non-members |
Mon Apr 19 | Sensational Succulents with Ray Rogers
Register by April 5th. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $15 members / $20 non-members |
Mon Apr 19 | Tai Chi in the Moment
Register by April 5 Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $70 member per session $80 non-member per session |
Fri Apr 23 | 34th Annual New Jersey Daffodil Show and American Daffodil Society Northeast Regional ShowEnjoy familiar trumpet daffodils, fragrant jonquillas, lush double daffodils, and more, and discover the intriguing diversity among the miniature and historic selections. The show also includes cut and potted specimens of trees, shrubs, and other plants that bloom along with daffodils. For more information contact Ray Rogers at (732) 249-9282 or ayro@optonline.net. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: NJDS Free. |
Sat Apr 24 | Arbor Day Walk
Please call 973-326-7603 to register for this program. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends Free |
Sun Apr 25 | Garden Art Swap and LectureEveryone has some kind of unwanted decorative garden object and the Garden Art Swap is the place for them. Objects can include decorative containers, pottery, garden signs, statues, etc. And yes, pink flamingoes but nothing over 40 pounds, please! Swap items will be accepted from Noon - 1 pm at which time you will be given Trading Points. At 1 pm, Pegi Ballister-Howells, author of "New Jersey Gardening Guide" and "Month by Month Gardens in New Jersey" and radio host of WCTC-AM's "The Garden Show", will give a talk on "Four Seasons of Color". From 2 pm - 4 pm you can exchange your Trading Points for others' gently used treasures.Register by April 11 Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $3 |
Fri Apr 30 | Friends Annual Plant Sale Members-only Party & Sale
Click on the logo on the right to go to the Plant Sale Page for more details. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends Admission details to be announced. |
Sat May 1 | Friends Annual Plant Sale - the Main Event
Click on the logo on the right to go to the Plant Sale Page. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends Free. |
Sat May 1 | In Our Gallery: The HUB Camera Club Photography ExhibitThe HUB Camera Club is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 and is dedicated to promoting photography as an enjoyable recreational endeavor for all skill levels, beginner to advanced. Through competitions, critiques, talks, and demonstrations, members learn to improve both technical and artistic image making skills. Please visit our website at www.hubcameraclub.org for our schedule of events and the location of our meetings. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends Free. |
Thu May 6 | Frelinghuysen Arboretum Gesneriad SocietyQuentin Schlieder, former head of the Morris County Park Commission, will present his program on 'Smithiantha', a rhizomatous genus of the Gesneriad family. He will discuss growing requirements as well as propagation methods. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Other Free. |
Wed May 12 | African Violet Club of Morris County 2009 AVSA ConventionA slide program of the convention in Reno, Nevada will be shown. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: AVC Free. |
Wed May 12 | Bus trip to Ladew Topiary Gardens.
Join The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum on the road to Ladew Topiary Gardens in Monkton, Maryland. Ladew is well known for its topiary and flower gardens. Upon arriving, enjoy a catered luncheon, then a guided tour of Henry Ladew's gardens and Manor House featuring his extensive collection of decorative arts. There will be a rest stop in the morning, and a dinner stop (at your expense and with numerous choices) on the way home. Be sure to wear comfortable clothing and appropriate footwear. Register by April 28 Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $125 members / $135 non-members |
Mon May 17 | Backyard Composting
Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $10 members / $15 non-members |
Wed May 26 | Solving Slopes
Register by May 12 Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $20 members / $25 non-members |
Tue Jun 1 | In Our Gallery: Nature's Point of View Photography ExhibitLocal artists Arthur Lee and Jordan Basem, exhibit their nature inspired photographs. Mr. Lee has received 2 first Place Medal awards from the NJ Federation of Camera Clubs in addition to several merit and honorable mention awards. Mr. Basem has a special love of flower photography and has participated in many exhibitions. His photographs have appeared in many NJ newspapers. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends Free. |
Sat Jun 5 | Great Swamp Bonsai Society Open HouseSee a fabulous collection of plants trained and groomed in traditional Bonsai style. Programs are offered throughout the day so you may learn how to create and care for your own Bonsai plant. Tools and materials will be on sale and Bonsai experts on hand to answer your questions. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: GSBS Free. |
Sun Jun 6 | A Day in the Country -- Bus TripBe a part of a very limited number of guests as we head to Sussex County's back roads in the Great Limestone Valley. Here, glacial topography creates great views and a variety of enchanting and dramatic garden sites. We'll visit three gardens: a garden on an island in the middle of the Paulinskill, a hillside garden of many rooms overlooking a glacial lake, and a "gentleman's farm" with borders of boisterous blossoms and friendly critters. Wear shoes suitable for walking on slopes and other natural elements of uneven terrain. The Garden of Ken Druse and Louis BauerThe Paulinskill encircles this 2.6- acre island property, while a small canal slices through it. About 1.3 acres of gardens are composed of a U-shaped gravel garden, a streamside garden next to an arched stone bridge, and a woodland garden with two beds: one filled with Sussex County wildflowers and the other with analogous species from Asia. In this mostly shady garden, the gravel garden close to the house is the sunniest spot where Mr. Druse plants a lot of different things that he likes, "design be darned." With a curved wall of stone slabs and a straight side as long as the house, this garden is packed with flowers, cacti, and plants with interesting foliage. Specimen trees and shrubs make for grandeur on this unusual topography. Ken will be selling his books and plants propagated from his garden. The Garden of Marty CarsonOn a limestone ridge tucked in the valley, 30 acres of elaborate English- style gardens surround an early 1900s house mod- ernized in the '80s. Only plants adapted to alkaline soil grow here. A Mark Ward greenhouse made from parts of New England estate greenhouses holds orchids and tropicals. This hillside property contains many "rooms," often hidden from immediate view: gardens by color, a vegetable garden, pool garden with potted tropicals, courtyard garden, an up close waterfall above a ruins garden, cottage garden, "lady pond" with water lilies, sculpture and surprise elements, shale outcrop with Juniperus procumbens 'Nana,' and a miniature Stonehenge next to a monarda garden. A dramatic slope garden with a four-foot high ground cover of Sargent's crabapple leads to a glacial pond and a 60-foot waterfall. The Garden of Susan Knutsen -- Whitehall FarmThis historic property on Main Street, Stillwater, showcases a house constructed over three centuries on 30 acres of bucolic landscape. Once the abode of the owner of the grist mill across the street (now a National Historic Landmark), the house now stands serenely among three acres of gardens, designed and created by the owner. Meet a friendly menagerie of four alpacas, Red Golden pheasants, Guinea hens, chickens, three Scottish Highlander cattle, four goats, a pair of Mandarin ducks, geese, honeybees, cats, and three dogs -- all pets -- waiting for your attention. Between critters, relish beds bursting with perennials, wild flowers, herbs, shrubs and ancient apple trees. Enjoy knot, herb, cottage and veggie gardens, and mixed borders splashing color across embankments above a spring-fed pond. Bus #1 will depart promptly at 8:30 am and return to the arboretum at approximately 5:45 pm. Bus #2 will depart promptly at 10:15 am and will return to the arboretum at approximately 7:30 pm. A delicious lunch, catered by Zagat-rated Krave Caterers of Newton will be served at the garden of Marty Carson. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. We will make every effort to accommodate your time preference. Your confirmation will include your bus number. Call 973-326-7603 to register Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $85 members / $95 non-members |
Sun Jun 6 | Alpine Trough DayTroughs are containers for plants, usually fairly large or deep. Alpine plants need to have good drainage in winter and to be able to sink deep roots to sustain them through droughts in the summer. A trough is a way of creating just the right conditions for alpine plants and succulents. The Watnong chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society will present "Trough Day" on June 6. There will be a display of member's troughs with explanations of the plant material and soil types used. There will be a sale of plants, with emphasis on small rock garden plants suitable for troughs. At 1:00 pm, author, Judy Glattstein, current president of the club, will present a slide show on troughs. Then at 2:00 pm, there will be a demonstration of trough planting, and discussion about watering and fertilization. At 3:00 pm, Mike Wilson will talk about the giant alpine trough just outside the Haggerty Education Center. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: NARG Free. |
Sat Jun 12 | Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center Open HouseThe Morris County Park Commission is proud to announce the completion of the water features phase of the historic garden restoration at Bamboo Brook. Bamboo Brook was the home of Martha Brookes Hutcheson, one of the first female landscape architects trained in the United States and author of the influ- ential landscape text -- "The Spirit of the Garden." To celebrate, the Morris County Park Commission welcomes the public to an open house featuring tours to showcase the history of the gardens that Ms. Hutcheson created right here in Morris County and the extensive construction process that was undertaken to restore these gardens to their former glory. Register by June 1 Cost: FREE, please call 973-326-7600 to register or for more information. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Other Free. |
Sat Jun 19 | Tri-State African Violet CouncilTri-State African Violet Council Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Other Free. |
Sun Jun 27 | Cooking Series - Give Peas a ChanceOur cooking classes are conducted by Cynthia Triolo, chef and Master Gardener. Cynthia has cooked and baked at many New Jersey restaurants, including her own, and has been teaching children and adults the joys of food for just about two decades. A wide range of topics will be covered, but the focus of Cynthia's cooking series will be on seasonal, locally grown food. Samples and recipes accompany each class. Sweet, sugar snaps, snow and split. Peas are at their peak in June in New Jersey. Take this opportunity to sample the different varieties grown by local farmers in four inspired recipes guaranteed to move you beyond the tried and true. Register by June 13 Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $15 members / $20 non-members |
Tue Jul 6 | Branching Out!
For more information and a registration form, click the image on the left or call 973-631-5004. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends See registration form. |
Sun Jul 25 | Save the Date Sunday, July 25 -- Fairy DayIt's move-in day for the Frelinghuysen Fairies. July 25 marks the 4th annual Fairy Day at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum and building sites are at a premium. There is no real-estate bubble for Fairy House construction sites so mark your calendars and act quickly when spaces become available. Reservations for Fairy Day will begin June 21 and building lots sell out quickly. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends Free. |
| Please note that bus trips are open to all. Please see Bus Excursion rules and general information for more details. |
"Branching Out!" is the hands-on horticulture and gardening program for young people ages 5 to 13. Beginning on Saturdays in April through June, each gardener will begin working in their own garden, planting, tending and harvesting, as well as taking part in many other gardening, plant and nature related activities. Those who continue on into the summer session (July and August) will garden twice weekly throughout the summer while learning about plants from garden to table through cooking, crafts and other activities. 
