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July 22, 2026Cooking Demonstration: A Midsummer's Night Supper: A Perfect Al Fresco Feast with Chef Paul GatzkeSaturday, August 8 - 1:00 PMIn person at The Frelinghuysen ArboretumONLY A COUPLE OF SEATS LEFT FOR THIS PROGRAMChef 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. Pesto Anyone? Basil Tasting and Pesto Making Demonstration with Chef Cynthia TrioloSaturday, August 29 - 1:00 PMIn person at The Frelinghuysen ArboretumWho doesn't love basil? Join the Friends as they host a basil tasting and pesto making demonstration on Saturday, August 29th. The Rutgers Master Gardeners of Morris County are running a trial at several community gardens in our area of eight varieties of Genovese-style (pesto type) basil that have been bred to resist a devastating disease called Basil Downy Mildew. Vote for your favorite variety, see a pesto making demonstration and watch a 30-minute award-winning documentary called Fields of Devotion about the Rutgers basil breeding program. For more information and to register, click on the basil photo (courtesy of the Rutgars Cooperative Extension). A PENNSYLVANIA GARDENI had the good fortune of being invited to tour a private garden last week. It just goes to show what endless hours, energy and plants can produce, to say nothing about the maintenance and watering required to keep it all looking beautiful. Even the "hell strip" is a work of art! Needless to say, I left with a huge case of garden envy and a renewed determination to work on improving my own garden! Margery Ennist 
Click on an image to open 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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