November 5, 2025
THE FRIENDS ARE LOOKING FOR HELP
The Friends are looking for someone knowledgeable about AV matters and willing to volunteer a few times a year to ensure our speakers' have the support they need so our programs run smoothly.
We'd also like a volunteer to help with our social media accounts, i.e., posting, promoting programs, on Facebook, Instagram, etc.
If you're interested or know someone who may be, please email mennist@arboretumfriends.net or lbencivengo@arboretumfriends.net.
Thank you!
Saturday, November 8 - 9:00 AM
In person at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
Please note that registration for the Tree Symposium is closed - If you would like to be placed on a waitlist, email mennist@arboretumfriends.net.
Thank you to everyone who has registered for the program, this promises to be a day full of interesting topics, great speakers and a tour of the Arboretum's grounds to visit some of the trees talked about during the Symposium. There will also be a tree planting sponsored by Bartlett Tree Experts.
Wednesday, November 5 - 7:00 PM
VIRTUAL VIA ZOOM
LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER!
Registration for this program will close at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, November 5. Remember that if you're registered for the Tree Symposium you can register free for the Mini-Forest program. If you are not registered for the Tree Symposium, registration is only $10.00.
For more information and to register, click on Hannah's book cover.
AT THE ARBORETUM
Here are some photos of trees in the Arboretum's collection that will be talked about during the Symposium.
Heptacodium miconioides, or Seven-Sons-Tree, a member of the honeysuckle family and native to China, has creamy white scented flowers, each with a showy red calyx and a beautiful exfoliating trunk. The specimen at the Arboretum is a NJ State Champion Tree.
Oxydendrum arboreum, or Sourwood, a member of the Heath family and native to the East Coast of the United States, exhibits canoe shaped leaves, pendulous flower racemes and striking red fall color.
Ginkgo biloba, known as Maidenhair Tree, is a large shade tree native to eastern China with fan-shaped leaves that turn a lovely, lemony yellow color in fall. There are Ginkgo fossils dating back over 270 million years!
Thanks to Lisa Bencivengo for all photos, except Margery's closeup of Ginkgo leaves.
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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