July 15, 2026
A Perfect Al Fresco Feast with Chef Paul Gatzke
Saturday, August 8 - 1:00 PM
In person at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
ONLY A COUPLE OF SEATS LEFT FOR THIS PROGRAM
Chef Paul Gatzke will demonstrate a menu that you can recreate in order to chill out on a hot summer night with a fresh and delicious supper that tantalizes the taste buds and celebrates the bounty of the season.
The menu includes chilled Andalusian gazpacho, curried apple walnut deviled eggs, green eggs and ham, Asian veggie noodle salad, grilled balsamic peaches with fresh peach ice cream, butter cookies with peach preserves ... Yum!
For more information and to register, please click on Chef Paul's photo.
RUTGERS MASTER GARDENERS OF MORRIS COUNTY
COMMUNITY GARDEN IPM TEAM REPORT #6
This issue of the IPM Team Report contains information on caring for your soil, eggplant lace bug, Japanese beetle, squash vine borer larvae, bumble bees and a whole lot more!
To access and read the full report, click on the Report cover.
Please note that all IPM team reports can be found here:
https://morris.njaes.rutgers.edu/master-gardeners
MORRIS COUNTY PARK COMMISSION PROGRAM
Bruce Crawford Retirement Lecture:
Lessons Learned from Plants
Wednesday, October 7 - 1:00 to 2:30 PM
In person at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
Save the date and plan to attend Bruce Crawford's retirement lecture. If you know Bruce, you can be sure this will be an informative as well as an entertaining program!
Click on the program flyer for details and to register.
AT THE FRELINGHUYSEN ARBORETUM
Last Sunday, the Friends hosted Barbara Melera who presented a very interesting history covering a wide variety of topics, from the Tomato Story, to Luther Burbank's Shasta Daisy, to the Great Potato Famine and the Constitutional Convention story and how a visit to Bartram's Gardens on the outskirts of Philadelphia helped the delegates from the 13 quarrelling states vote to become One Nation. The presentation was followed by a sale of plants and Heirloom Seeds and light refreshments. See photos of the refreshment table and plant/seed sale table.
What a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
There are so many lovely plants currently blooming in the Arboretum's gardens; here's just a small sampling of what you'll see when you visit. The flowering panicle of a Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora), Southern Globethistle and friend (Echinops ritro), Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorus), Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa), and a lovely deep red Bee Balm (Monarda spp).
Plan a visit soon to this lovely public garden.
Click on an image to open our photo gallery.
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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