October 15, 2025
Saturday, October 18 - 1:00 PM
There are still a couple of seats left for Chef Gatzke's program!
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!
In person at the:
Interfaith Food Pantry
Central Park of Morris County
2 Executive Drive, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
For more information and to register, click on Paul's photo.
Wednesday, November 5 - 7:00 PM
VIRTUAL VIA ZOOM
What supports hundreds of species, is many degrees cooler than its surroundings, soaks up stormwater, is co-created by children and their elders in spaces no bigger than a tennis court, and becomes maintenance free within a few years? A natural, native "mini-forest" planted using the Miyawaki Method, of course. Hannah will discuss what a mini-forest is, what it can do for your neighborhood, what goes into planting one, and why people all over the world are organizing their communities to plant mini-forests in the spaces around where they live and work.
Hannah Lewis is the author of Mini-Forest Revolution: Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rewild the World (Chelsea Green 2022), which was translated into French, German, and Italian, and is the 2023 winner of a Nautilus Book Award. Hannah has an MS in Sustainable Agriculture and Sociology from Iowa State University and a BA in Environmental Studies from Middlebury College. She lives in Minneapolis, where she works for the non-profit Renewing the Countryside to build sustainable local food systems and plant mini-forests.
If you are registered to attend the 2025 Tree Symposium on Saturday, November 8, you can register for Hannah's program for free. If you are not registered for the Tree Symposium, the program fee is $10.00.
For more information and to register, click on Hannah's book cover.
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. A Tree Planting sponsored by Bartlett Tree Experts will follow the tour.
This program has been approved by:
- The New Jersey Urban and Community Forestry Program for 4.0 NJUCF CEUs
- The New Jersey Board of Tree Experts for 5.0 CEUs
The program is also eligible for 4.0 Rutgers Master Gardener CEUs
Attendees will have the opportunity at the Symposium to purchase plants from Ted Hildebrand and Steve Kristoph's collections.
For information on all speakers and their lectures and to register, please click on the tree icon.
MORRIS COUNTY PARK COMMISSION PROGRAM
Festival of Trees Decorating Days
December 5th or 6th - Between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM
Celebrate the season by decorating The Frelinghuysen Arboretum's Mansion in this annual event. Scouts, families, floral designers and garden clubs are all welcome to participate.
All decorated trees will be on exhibit in the Mansion Fridays and Saturdays, December 12, 13, 19 and 20 and Friday through Wednesday, December 26 to 31. Admission $10 per person.
For more information regarding decorating rules and to sign
AT THE ARBORETUM
The annual scarecrow exhibit is currently on display in the gardens at the Arboretum. Plan to take a stroll and check them out: from Ben Franklin, to Squirrel Morgan (a history of this colorful character is posted next to his scarecrow), to a Raven and a cat who can't read the "no pets" sign, you'll be sure to have an enjoyable visit. Thanks to Lisa Bencivengo for the photos.
For a different kind of stroll, check out the roses still in bloom in the rose garden. No specific names, but the flowers are exquisite. Heather Emelander shared these lovely photos. Thank you!
Click a picture to open the Photo Gallery page on our website.
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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