September 3, 2025
Saturday, October 18 - 1:00 PM
In person at the:
Interfaith Food Pantry
Central Park of Morris County
2 Executive Drive, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
Easy, fun and delicious Quick Pickles. No canning needed. Just jars and your fridge.
French style Tarragon Cornichon, Spiced Pickled Beets, Korean Style KimChi and some
homemade fermented Sauerkraut.
And for the serious home cook!
Traditional Home Canned Bread and Butter Pickles. Savory, Sweet and Spicy at the same
time. A little more work but you’ll see, they are worth the effort and it’s FUN! You can
keep these in your cupboard for more than a year, and they make a great gift!
For more information and to register, click on Paul's photo.
Saturday, November 8 - 9:00 AM
In person at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
- 9:00 - 10:00 AM - Registration, coffee and welcome
Attendees will be hearing a series of four presentations covering a wide variety of topics:
- 10:00 - 11:00 AM - Hazardous Tree Identification, Ted Szczawinski
- 11:00 - 12:00 PM - Tree Care Fundamentals to Reduce Stress and Disease, Jean Epiphan
- 12:00 - 1:00 PM - LUNCH BREAK
- 1:00 - 2:00 PM - Current and Future Threats to Urban Trees and Shrubs, Kevin Chase
- 2:00 - 3:00 PM - NJ Champions and Special Trees at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Bruce Crawford
- 3:00 PM - Bruce will conduct a brief tour around the grounds so that everyone can become personally 'acquainted' with a few specimens followed by a Tree Planting sponsored by Bartlett Tree Experts.
Attendees will have the opportunity at the Symposium to purchase plants from Ted Hildebrand and Steve Kristoph's collections.
For information on all the speakers, their lectures and to register, please click on the aapple tree icon, above.
RUTGERS MASTER GARDENER COMMUNITY GARDEN IPM TEAM REPORT #9
This is the final edition of the Rutgers IPM Team Report for this season. It contains information on Hawthorn lacebugs, sunflower seed maggots, the saddleback caterpillar, Goldenrod and much more.
To access the full report, click on the cover.
AT THE FRELINGHUYSEN ARBORETUM
I took a walk around The Frelinghuysen Arboretum last week, and, as usual, found much to see and enjoy. The Cottage Garden next to Matilda's was gorgeous, full of blossoms, bees and butterflies; my eye was caught by a beautiful Dahlia flower framed by the airy, delicate purple flowers of Verbena bonariensis. On the pergola, a new passion flower vine has been planted. The vine is young but full of amazing red flowers; the gardener I spoke with couldn't recall the exact variety, perhaps Passiflora 'Lady Margaret'? - regardless of her name, she was lovely to see. A sunny sunflower and a magenta flowered Bougainvillea standard behind the Crescent Garden were also a delight to the eye.
Plan to visit soon, September is a lovely time in the garden!
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FRIENDS VIDEOS AT THE ARBORETUM
Click here for a brief video by Lisa Bencivengo featuring Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture Division of Cultural and Environmental Resources at the Morris County Park Commission in which he discusses the All American Garden at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum. Be sure to subscribe to our channel.
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Several of our previously recorded events are available to watch on-line.
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