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While you may view our full program on the Events Page of our website, we are pleased to highlight these upcoming programs.

March 30, 2022

2022 FRIENDS PLANT SALE

Welcome spring and plan to shop at our Plant Sale!

Members Only Early Bird Shopping:

Friday, April 29 - 4:00 to 7:00 PM

Members may register for the Early Bird shopping by clicking here. Not a member? Why not join now on-line by going to our Membership Page and then register for Early Bird shopping.

Public Plant Sale:

Saturday, April 30 - 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sunday, May 1 - Noon to 4:00 PM

Virtual Plant Sale

SHOP NOW at our online plant sale featuring many special plants then pick your order up at the tent at the end of April. Shop early, as many of these plants sold out last year, and may not be available at our live sale. Take a look at our whole plant list here

Register for the following FREE Plant Sale related programs:




BIBLICAL BOTANY with Dr. Jon Greenberg

Thursday, April 7 - 7:00 PM

VIRTUAL ZOOM PROGRAM

Dr. Jon Greenberg, an agronomist and Biblical and Talmudic ethnobotanist, is familiar to many of us from his annual Biblical Botany walking tours at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum. In April, as Passover approaches, he will share insights from his research and from Fruits of Freedom, the Torah Flora Hagadah, his botanical guide to the Passover celebration published in 2021.

Dr. Greenberg will explain how every detail of the ritual Passover meal, or seder, carries deep theological meaning, from the choices of vegetables and recipes for the ritual foods to the use of red or green grapes to make the wine for the meal - he will also talk about table settings.

Please click on the photo for more information and to register.



THE STATE AND CHALLENGES OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION IN NEW JERSEY with Michele Byers

Thursday, April 21 - 7:00 PM

VIRTUAL ZOOM PROGRAM

Recently retired as Executive Director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Michele Byers will review the status of New Jersey's land preservation program and share some of the planning tools used to identify important conservation lands; she will also discuss current threats to New Jersey's lands and environment as well as offer some solutions and proposed actions.

Ms Byers has a BA in Biology from Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado. She is the 2022 recipient of the Garden Club of America's Francs K. Hutchinson Medal, awarded for distinguished service to conservation, in recognition of her decades of work to conserve natural lands.

Please click on the photo for more information and to register.

This program is eligible for 1.0 Rutgers Master Gardener CEU.



UNEARTHING THE SECRET GARDEN with Marta McDowell

Thursday, May 12 - 7:00 PM

VIRTUAL ZOOM PROGRAM

Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, The Secret Garden, has inspired generations of readers to cultivate their own bits of earth. Join Marta McDowell as she remembers the thrill of reading about Mary Lennox turning the key in the door to the locked garden at Misselthwaite Manor for the first time. This lecture explores Burnett's life, work, and the passion for flowers and gardening that inspired her book before, during, and after publication in 1910. Marta will focus on the three gardens Burnett planted in England, America and Bermuda.

Marta McDowell lives, writes and gardens in Chatham, New Jersey. Her garden writing has appeared in popular publications such as Women's Day, Country Gardening, The New York Times and she is a regular contributor to the British journal, Hortus. Marta teaches landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden and consults for private clients and public gardens. She was the 2019 recipient of the Garden Club of America's Sarah Chapman Francis Medal for outstanding literary achievement.

This program is eligible for 1.0 Rutgers Master Gardener CEU.

Please click on the photo of Marta for more information and to register.



MORRIS COUNTY PARK COMMISSION PROGRAMS

Virtual Flower Arranging with Supermarket Flowers


The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
Tuesday, April 5 - 10:00 - 11:00 AM


Click on the flyer for more information and how to register.




TODAY AT THE FRELINGHUYSEN ARBORETUM

A sad sight greeted me at the Arboretum today, the unseasonably cold weather caused the Magnolia x loebneri cv. Merrill (Loebner Magnolia) flowers to freeze and turn brown; I was encouraged, however, by the fact that not all of the buds have opened, so it's possible that we may still get to enjoy some of the magnificent flowers. Several of the Hellebores were blooming very nicely, a lovely white one and a pale pink spotted one, were a sight for sore eyes.



Click an image to see them all in our website's picture gallery. Picture credits: Margery Ennist.



FRIENDS YOUTUBE CHANNEL

We are happy to announce that the Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum now have a YouTube channel.

Please visit by clicking the image (or go to: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCwLu6l-05_VnSNQlkvi3Aw)





YOU CAN STILL REGISTER FOR PREVIOUS ZOOM PRESENTATIONS

We are pleased to make several of our previously recorded events available in case you missed one or another of them.

Go to our new prerecorded-events Events page for more information and to register and pay online.



Retail Partners

When shopping at our fine Retail Partners, please remember to present your Membership card at the beginning of your check out transaction. Our Retail Partners need to enter the discount at the beginning of that process.

If you have not yet used this wonderful Member Benefit, you can view our full list of Retail Partners by clicking here.


Amazon Smile

Don't forget to "SMILE!"Amazon Smile, that is!

Amazon, through the AmazonSmile Foundation will contribute 0.5% of your purchases on Amazon to a charitable organization you select. Please consider selecting The Friends of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum as your designated recipient from this wonderful program.

Click here and log in to your amazon account to designate the Friends as your charity.


All our events can be found on our Events Page where, we are happy to say, you can register and pay on line -- just click on the "Add to Cart" buttons on our Events page and Membership page. Questions or need more information? Email Lisa Bencivengo: info@arboretumfriends.net or leave a message at (973) 937-8803.


That's it for this time. Hope you enjoyed this edition of the newsletter. Tell your friends about this handy way to keep up with activities at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum (click here for complete directions for subscribing.


IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Friends Staff will be out of the office until Fall 2021, however we will continue working remotely. Please note our new Post Office Box number and staff emails.

MAIL:
Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
Post Office Box 2267
Morristown, NJ 07962



SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENTS

PANDEMIC SCHEDULE

Morris County Park Commission has reopened the Frelinghuysen, Willowwood and Bamboo Brook Arboreta 7 days a week, from 8am to dusk.

  • Parking is limited. Buildings remain closed. Portajohns are available.
  • HUNTING IN THE PARKS - Be aware that deer hunting is permitted in many of the MCPC facilities, including the arboreta, during the fall and winter. The schedule and type (bow or firearm) is listed on the MCPC website here.

We will keep you posted as further updates become available.



Visit our website: https://www.arboretumfriends.org.
Email your comments or suggestions to webmaster@arboretumfriends.org.

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The Frelinghuysen Arboretum is a facility of the Morris County Park Commission

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