Events & Programs at the Arboretum

Click here to get printable registration forms: - Summer '10, Fall '10

Thu Jun 24 to Oct. 24, 2010	Medicinal Plants of the Civil War Exhibit & Cell Phone Tour "This exhibit was inspired by a collection of rare books at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum. They are of a category known as Medical Botanies. In them, for the first time in history, physicians simultaneously used both the scientific name for a plant, and its many common names...." So begins the introduction to the brochure about the exhibit and cell phone tour mounted at the Arboretum this summer. Click on the image at right to download the brochure on this fascinating glimpse into plants, medicine and the Civil War. Click on the image at left to see a photo gallery of pictures from Dr. Lesley Parness's talk, Medicinal Plants of the Civil War. Most of these plants may be seen at the Arboretum. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends Free.
Wed Sep 1	In Our Gallery - September Art Exhibit by Melanie Bump Morris County Park Commission employee Melanie Bump takes botanical drawings to a whole new level using watercolors, illustrations and mixed media collage. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends Free.
Sun Sep 12 2:00p - 3:30p Register by August 29	Willowwood Tour with Plantswoman Judy Schaible Join Judy for an intimate tour of the gardens at Willowwood where she has been working for the past six years. Judy has a B.S. in horticulture from Cook College and got her start in gardening by helping her Dad water his tomato plants when she was seven. At Willowwood, she is responsible for the Roserie, the Winter Garden, the Parking Lot and the Stone Barn plantings. At the Kay Center, Judy is responsible for the Butterfly Garden. Location: Willowwood Arboretum Sponsor: Friends $10 members / $15 non-members
Sun Sep 12 2:00p - 4:00p	Travel With the Friends to Scotland The Friends start celebrating their 40th Anniversary with a fabulous trip to Scotland in May/June 2011, just in time for the Edinburgh Flower Show. Learn all about the public and private gardens (and a wee bit of shopping) that travelers will enjoy at this informational talk complete with Scottish fare and accompanying bagpipers. Speakers include Susan Cloyd from C.I.E. Travel and Trip Co-Chairs Karen Curry and Ollie Acheson. Check out the new Scotland2011 section of the website for all the up-to-date information. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends Free, reservations required
Tue Sep 14 6:00p - 8:00p Register by August 30	Adult Intermediate Flower Arranging Class Everyone would like to be able to do a beautiful fresh flower arrangement as a hostess gift or birthday gift for a friend, but not everyone feels they are talented enough to do so. If you have some flower arranging experience/training, please join us for a pleasant evening and learn a new design using Fall garden flowers. Instructor Marge Hulstrunk has been a professional floral designer for over 20 years and she will be happy to teach you a new design. Please bring clippers appropriate to cut fine plant material and a box to carry your creation home in. The flowers and supplies will be provided. Class size is limited. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $60 members / $65 non-members
Fri Sep 17 7:00p - 8:30p Register by September 3	Introduction to Permaculture Wanda Knapik, owner of My Local Garden, will share her experiences and advice on how to create a perennial polyculture of multipurpose plants that are edible and beautiful. Learn what it takes to create an organic vegetable, herb, fruit, nut and flower garden for the whole family to enjoy. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $10 members / $15 non-members
Sun Sep 19 10:00a - 4:00p Register by September 15	Summit / Short Hills Garden Tour Enjoy exclusive access to five beautiful gardens in Summit and Short Hills on this "drive yourself" tour. Two of the gardens belong to the founders of Seibert and Rice, the leading American importer of handmade terracotta planters and urns from Italy and were designed by famed landscape architect Richard Hartlage. One was designed by award-winning landscape designer Susan Cohan. Included in the mix are ruins, ponds, espaliers, firepits and pergola. The gardens on this self-drive tour are situated close to one another with easy access to fabulous shopping and lunch options. Click the image on the right for photos of these wonderful gardens. Updated September 1st! Many more pictures! New garden! Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $25 members / $35 non-members
Fri Sep 24 10:30a - Noon or 7:00p - 8:30p Register by September 10	Herbal Vinegars Workshop Make a trio of tasty herbal vinegars using herbs grown at the Arboretum and three different types of vinegar. Handsome bottles, personalized labels and matching ribbon make this a nice hostess gift -- but you won't want to give them away! Choose either the morning or evening class. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $15 members / $18 non-members
Sat Sep 25 1:00p - 2:30p Register by September 11	Native Knowledge Lecture A month long celebration of native plants held in cooperation with Garden State Gardens, a consortium of New Jersey's public gardens. (www.gardenstategardens.org). Lecture entitled "Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder: European Plant Explorers in the New World" will be given by Superintendent of Horticultural Education, Lesley Parness. The familiar trees that grace our forests were deemed "rare, extraordinary and magnificent" by 18th and 19th century plant explorers. Learn about their travels here in the "new world" and how American trees changed European landscapes. (limited space) Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $10 members / $15 non-members
Sat Sep 25 3:00p - 4:00p Register by September 11	Native Plant Walking Tour Kathy Salisbury, President of the New Jersey Native Plant Society leads an hour long tour of the native trees on the grounds of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum. This tour is a part of Native Knowledge, a month long celebration of native plants. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $5 (limited space)
Fri Oct 1	Art Exhibit by Medy Bozkurtian A Bulgarian-born artist and a resident of East Hanover, Medy is President of the Essex Water Color Club and Exhibits Chair for the NJ Watercolor Society Associate Members. She is also a member of The Ridgewood Art Institute, the New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, the Millburn-Short Hills Art Center, the Drew Art Association, and associate member of the Garden State Watercolor Society and the American Watercolor Society. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends Free.
Sun Oct 3 1:30p - 2:30p	Designing Small Gardens Join Diane Guidone, an award winning landscape designer, for her presentation on designing smaller garden spaces. Diane will cover many design concepts and how they relate to small gardens. Topics such as plot assessment, the use of line and shape, illusion, definition and pattern, proportions, sweeping curves, and focal points will be thoroughly examined, followed by a discussion of which plants to use to achieve different design styles. Diane has designed garden spaces for over a decade, both in Europe and the United States. She received her formal training in horticulture and garden design from The English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden in London, England. Diane has won several awards for her designs, many of which have been featured in both digital and print media. Register by September 18th. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $12 members / $15 non-members
Wed Oct 6 7:00p - 8:30p	Fall Planning for Your Spring Vegetable Garden Do you just love snow peas? You can have your fill by May, grown right in your own backyard. Come learn the easy steps you can take now to have a garden that's ready to plant with spring vegetables in March. Find that spot in your yard that gets 6 or more hours of sunlight a day and start dreaming. Virginia Lamb, composting guru and environmental educator, will cover topics that include soil preparation and amendments, cover crops and mulching, and seed and plant selection for successive crops. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $10 members / $15 non-members
Sun Oct 10 1:00p (rain or shine) Register by Oct. 1	"Start Your Own Forest" Scavenger Hunt The easiest way to start your own forest is from seeds and in this weekend event, families will learn how to identify trees, find and collect tree seeds, and discover just how easy it is to "cold treat" seeds for spring germination. Using maps and a scavenger hunt list, families will search for a variety of seeds and leaves all over the arboretum. Families will pot up and take home all seeds they find and everyone goes home with info on ways to identify trees in their own backyards. Date: Sunday, October 10, Register by October 1 Time: 1:00 pm (rain or shine). Cost: $15 per member family / $20 per non-member family Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $15 per member family / $20 per non-member family
Fri Oct 15 10:30a - Noon	Energy Saving Bulbs No, not the compact fluorescent kind... flower bulbs! A little work in the fall will reward you with blooms in the spring and well into the future, saving you time and energy. Go green! ...and red, and yellow, and orange.... Presenter Marc Zukovich, President of Sterling Horticultural Services and Professor at County College of Morris, is a gifted speaker and incredibly knowledgeable on all topics horticultural. His talk on bulbs is one of the best. There will be bulbs for sale (cash or checks only) following the talk. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $10 members / $15 non-members
Sat Oct 23 1:00p - 2:30p	Growing Great Garlic Never again will you purchase those puny bulbs from the grocer's shelf. Learn how to get great garlic from your garden and purchase individual cloves of unusual varieties from Mexico, Poland, China and other garlic loving places. Liquid seaweed, vodka, rubbing alcohol -- who knew that these products made for healthy, mammoth heads of garlic? Plant now and harvest in July. Superintendent of Horticultural Education Lesley Parness will ply you with samples of garlic bread in order to get you to help her plant her garlic garden! Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $5 members; $10 non-members
Mon Nov 1	In the Gallery: The Nesting Instinct In conjunction with the lecture "Bringing Nature Home -- How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants" by Dr. Douglas Tallamy (see November 21) an exhibit of bird nests and books about birds from the Julia Appleton Cross Rare Book Collection will be on display. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends Free.
Sun Nov 14 1:00p - 3:00p	Fall Fruit Tarts Cranberries, apples, and pears abound at this time of year and Professional Chef and Master Gardener, Cynthia Triolo, will demonstrate some unique desserts to make with them. Add something new to your holiday baking repertoire and impress your friends and family. Cynthia will be demonstrating four different tart recipes using these luscious fruits. What's the difference between a pie and a tart? You'll learn the answer when you sign up! Recipes and samples accompany each class. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $20 members / $25 non-members
Sun Nov 21 1:00p - 2:30p	Youth Thanksgiving Centerpiece Workshop Going to Grandma's house for Thanksgiving or just staying home? Either way, young people in grades 1-4, can make a centerpiece appropriate for the season, perfect for the middle of the Thanksgiving table. All materials will be provided. Young people should bring a flat box in which to carry home their arrangements and small hand pruners. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $25 members / $30 non-members
Sun Nov 21 1:00p - 3:00p Register by Nov. 7	Bringing Nature Home -- How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants Dr. Douglas Tallamy is Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, where he has authored 69 research articles and taught for 28 years. Dr. Tallamy's book "Bringing Nature Home" has sparked a national conversation about the link between healthy local ecosystems and human well-being. Learn about the key role native plants play in the restoration of our denuded landscapes and how we must change our approach to gardening and landscaping if we hope to share the spaces in which we live and work with other living things. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $20 members / $25 non-members
Mon Nov 22 7:00p - 9:00p Register by Nov. 8	Thanksgiving Centerpiece Workshop Make a creative holiday centerpiece for your own table or bring one to your favorite hostess. Our instructor, Marge Hulstrunk, is a professional floral designer with over 20 years of experience. Under her expert guidance, make a stunning low arrangement using a selection of autumn foliage, seasonal berries, pods, wheat, vegetables and flowers. Register early as space in limited. Bring your flower arranging clippers and a box to carry your creation home. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $60 members / $70 non-members
Fri Dec 3 7:00p - 8:30p Register by Nov. 19	Members Only Gingerbread Opening Night Party A special "Opening Night Party" is held on Friday, December 3 for members of The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum. Guests enjoy a "first look" at these much anticipated displays and seasonal refreshments. What a wonderful holiday gift membership in the Friends would make for that special family with young children on your holiday list! Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends Members only
Sat Dec 4 to Sun Dec 12 9:30a - 5:00p, until 8:00 pm on Friday, December 10.	Gingerbread Wonderland This December marks the 19th Annual Gingerbread Wonderland. Guests, young and old, marvel at the creativity, skills and sense of optimism that characterizes this charming and ecumenical exhibit of over 200 edible structures. Past years' "gingerbreads" have included models of Notre Dame cathedral, Hanukah menorahs, Japanese temples, Chinese pagodas, European castles and neighborhood sweet shops. To exhibit your creation, look for registration materials here at the website beginning October 1. Groups of 8 or more must make a reservation by calling at 973-326-7601. Cost: Suggested $2.00 per person donation. Seniors and children under the age of 13, suggested $1.00 per person. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends
Thu Dec 16 4:00p - 5:30p Register by Dec. 2	Youth Holiday Centerpiece Workshop Just in time for the holidays, young people in grades 1-4, can create their own centerpieces with fresh seasonal greens. All materials -- greens, containers, candles and decorations -- will be provided. Young people should bring a flat box in which to carry home their arrangements and small hand pruners. Location: Haggerty Center. Sponsor: Friends $25 members / $30 non-members

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