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February 21, 2024

14TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY GARDEN CONFERENCE

Saturday, March 2 - 9:00 AM

The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum and Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Morris County are teaming up once again to present their Annual Community Garden Conference. This year Ben Flanner, Co-Founder and CEO of Brooklyn Grange is the Keynote Speaker. We have an impressive list of session speakers too, all experts in their field. They will cover topics relevant to not just community gardeners, but backyard vegetable gardeners as well as garden managers, and those trying to establish a new community garden.

This program is eligible for 5.0 Rutgers Master Gardener CEU's.

For more information and to register, click on the graphic.

BUS TRIP WITH THE FRIENDS TO THE 2024 PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW

Tuesday, March 5

The bus leaves from the Arboretum parking lot at 10:00 AM SHARP

This wonderful annual trip will be here before you know it! There are still seats left on the bus - don't wait, register now.

This 2024 Flower Show’s theme, United by Flowers, will illustrate the beauty and power of flowers to transform, inspire, delight, and connect us to one another.

Join the Friends on this always popular and highly anticipated trip. Chat with garden experts and watch how-to gardening demonstrations in the Gardener’s Studio, shop acres of vendor booths brimming with merchandise in the Marketplace and enjoy lunch and/or dinner on your own at the show or at nearby Reading Terminal Market.

The bus leaves at 10:00 AM from the bus parking spot at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum; we will leave Philadelphia at 6:00 PM and arrive back at the Arboretum at 8:00 PM approximately.

For more information and to register, click on the Flower Show banner.

MORRIS COUNTY PARK COMMISSION PROGRAM

RECIPES, REMEDIES, AND RITUALS

Rare Book Botanicals, 1500s–1800s on loan from the Elizabeth Donnell Kay Rare Book Collection to the Morris Museum

Morris Museum
6 Normandy Heights Road
Morristown, NJ 07960

Exhibition on view through April 7, 2024

Collaboration and the exchange of botanical information were the foundation for these indexed and richly illustrated volumes which defined the relationship between humans and the natural world. Authors drew readers into the pages of books in this exhibition, with layers of translations, additions, and annotations which personalized herbal recipes, medical remedies, and gardening rituals.

These literary conversations reveal confidence in encyclopedic narratives and expectations that locally sourced old and new plant varieties were beneficial for mind, body, and soul. Explore selections of bound printed and manuscript works representing crowdsourced Western botanical knowledge accumulated during the Renaissance through the Victorian era.

AT THE ARBORETUM

Another snowfall over the weekend is keeping the grounds covered under a white blanket. Crisp, clear and cold today, but the sky was a magnificent shade of blue. The fuzzy buds of a Magnolia x 'Butterflies' (Hybrid Magnolia) were lovely against the azure sky. I was lucky enough to capture a male Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) flitting about in the shrubs along the Four Seasons Garden path. A patch of lemon yellow Eranthis hyemalis (Winter Aconite) is blooming in the snow under the Cornus alba cv. Siberica (Red Twig Dogwood) providing a nice contrast between the yellow flowers and the red twigs on the Dogwood.

The days are getting longer, Daylight Saving Time is due to arrive on Sunday, March 10th and Spring is less than a month away. To quote Leo Tolstoy in Anna Karenina "Spring is the time of plans and projects", for me that means thinking about my garden, creating new beds and introducing new plants.

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

WATCH PREVIOUS ZOOM PRESENTATIONS

Several of our previously recorded events are available to watch on-line.

See our Prerecorded Events page for more information and to register.

Retail Partners

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

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PARK INFORMATION

• Frelinghuysen, Willowwood and Bamboo Brook Arboreta grounds are open 7 days a week, from 8am to dusk
• The Haggerty Education Center is now open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The building remains closed on Sundays and Mondays.
• Parking is limited. Other buildings remain closed. Portajohns are available.
• HUNTING IN THE PARKS - See the Morris County Park Commission website.

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