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March 4, 202616th Annual Community Garden ConferenceKeynote Speakers, Christopher Bolden-Newsome and Owen Taylor, Founders of Truelove Seeds, Philadelphia, PASaturday, March 7 - 9:00 AM - (Snow Date: Sunday, March 8) In person at the Frelinghuysen ArboretumThere are still a few seats available - Last chance to register!Keynote speakers Christopher Bolden-Newsome and Owen Taylor, will discussTruelove Seeds, the farm-based seed company they founded, offering culturally important and open pollinated vegetable, herb, and flower seeds. Their seeds are grown by more than 50 small-scale urban and rural farmers committed to community food sovereignty, cultural preservation, and sustainable agriculture. This collaboration is an opportunity for growers to share their own ancestral seeds and stories and to bring in extra financial support for their food sovereignty and agroecological projects. The keynote presentation will be followed by:
Click on the Community Garden logo for more information and to register. Native Plants for the Home Landscape with David CulpWednesday, April 15 - 1:00 to 3:00 PM
In person at The Frelinghuysen ArboretumPlease join us as David Culp describes how choosing native plants for your home landscape need not be a struggle between wanting to create a healthy and robust ecosystem and yearning for gorgeous plant combinations to create seasonal interest all year long. David will show us how to have the best of both worlds, building a perfect world of beauty for you and the essential wildlife around you to share. David Culp is Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Cavano's Perennials. He is also the creator of the gardens at Brandywine Cottage in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, which are listed in the Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Gardens. The gardens have been featured on television and numerous magazine publications. David is the principal of David L. Culp Designs, owner of the Galanthus Nursery, Brandywine Snowdrops, and the developer of the Brandywine Hybrid strain of hellebores. He has been lecturing about gardens nationwide for over 25 years, and teaches herbaceous perennials at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Mr. Culp is the author of The Layered Garden (Timber Press), which won a Gold Medal from the Garden Writers Association for Best Overall Book of the Year. His second book, A Year at Brandywine Cottage: Six Seasons of Beauty, Bounty and Blooms (Timber Press), takes us further, detailing how more than 30 years creating this sensational year-round garden provides an abundance of joy, both indoors and out, whether it's choosing plants for twelve months of interest, weaving edibles into the mix, or bringing the bounty indoors with simple arrangements and homegrown recipes. A book sale and signing will follow the presentation. Light refreshments will be served. For more information and to register, click on the photo. AT THE FRELINGHUYSEN ARBORETUMOn a recent visit to the Arboretum, Lisa Bencivengo and Heather Emelander captured several lovely examples of winter interest in the garden. The red twigs of a Cornus sericea (Red Stemmed Dogwood - Lisa) and the reddish, early blooming, strappy flowers of Hamamelis vernalis (Red Imp Witch Hazel - Heather) are delightful on a late winter day, as is the exfoliating bark on the Acer griseum (Paperbark Maple - Lisa) at the entrance to the Haggerty Education Center. Subtle, but beautiful nevertheless. Thanks, Lisa & Heather! Explore these trees, shrubs, and seasonal highlights in our Garden Drop Video Series on our YouTube Channel — your source for year-round garden inspiration. 
Click on a photo to view in our photo gallery. FRIENDS VIDEOS AT THE ARBORETUMClick 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. You can view all our videos in our YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe. WATCH PREVIOUS ZOOM PRESENTATIONSSeveral of our previously recorded events are available to watch on-line. See our Prerecorded Events page for more information and to register.Retail PartnersWhen shopping at our fine Retail Partners, please remember to present your Membership card at the beginning of your check out transaction. Our Retail Partners need to enter the discount at the beginning of that process. If you have not yet used this wonderful Member Benefit, you can view our full list of Retail Partners by clicking here. You can register and pay on line on our Events page and Membership page and subscribe to this newsletter here: complete directions for subscribing. CONTACT US HERE
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Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum Post Office Box 2267 Morristown, NJ 07962 Web: https://www.arboretumfriends.org PARK INFORMATION The Frelinghuysen Arboretum is a facility of the Morris County Park Commission
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