July 2, 2025
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
Best wishes to our readers for a Happy 4th of July. No matter what your plans are, enjoy and be safe as you celebrate with family and friends.
MORE STAFF INTRODUCTIONS
This week we are introducing another new Morris County Park Commission staff member:
Megan Stypulkoski
Senior Horticultural Educator
Megan began working for MCPC in early March. Her love of plants is all-encompassing, but she's particularly passionate about gardening for pollinators, trying out different heirloom vegetables, and learning the many traditional uses of medicinal herbs. She studied Ecology and Ethnobotany at Marlboro College in Vermont where she gained experience with small-scale farming on the college's organic farm. Megan has spent countless hours observing and studying plants in both gardens and nature and enjoys working on botanical illustration in her free time.
Megan is the founder and current leader of the Morris County Chapter of the Native Plant Society of New Jersey and is committed to sharing her love of the botanical world with her community.
Best of luck in your new endeavors, Megan!
RUTGERS MASTER GARDENER IPM TEAM REPORT #5
This edition of the Rutgers Master Gardener IPM Team Report offers information on the impact of soggy soil on plants, Colorado potato beetle larvae, bacterial leaf spot on peppers, beneficial Assassin bugs, creeping buttercup weed and more.
Click on the report cover to access and read the whole report.
Some of the lovely flowers blooming at the Arboretum include a bunch of beautiful yellow roses, the white bottlebrush-shaped flowers of Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica) and the soft pink/blue flowers on a Hydrangea.
Thank you to Member Gerry Pappalardo for these photographs.
Click any of the pictures to open our Photo Gallery page.
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