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March 11, 2026Native 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. FRIENDS ANNUAL PLANT SALE NEWSWe've been working hard getting ready for our annual plant sale. As we do every year, our Plant Sale weekend will begin with a: Members Only Plant Sale Preview Friday, May 1 - 4:00 to 7:00 PMIn the Big Tent in the Parking LotJoin us in the big tent for a Member Preview Sale and refreshments. Many hours have been spent reviewing plant availability, choosing colors, considering sizes, etc. so we can offer you the very best choices. You'll be able to get advice from local plant experts and select from a huge variety of houseplants, annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees. As in past years, we'll offer special plant dividends to our Members. Click on one of the photos below to see the full list with details and pictures to help you chose. 
Please note that two of the plugs (Stachys x 'Summer Romance' and Polystichum acrostichoides) will only be available for purchase, not as member plant dividends. The Plant Sale Preview program is free to Members, but registration is required. Click here to learn more and to register. If you are not currently a Member of the Friends, you can become one and join us on Friday evening for the Member Plant Sale Preview. Click here to join on line.  SPICY AND FRAGRANT WITCH HAZELSOne of the many plants that will be available for purchase at our Plant Sale is the fragrant Witch Hazel, Hamamelis virginiana. Read all about this wonderful species in Bruce Crawford's article. He will surely convince you that you have to have one in your own garden! Click on the photo to access and read the full article. HOME GARDEN CLUB OF MORRISTOWN PROGRAMWednesday, March 18 - 1:00 PM
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