Upcoming Events
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Cancellations
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Master Class Videos
The Friends have recorded a number of events over the past couple of years which are available on our Pre-recorded Events page.
Go there, follow the instructions and sit back and enjoy our growing catalog.
COOKING DEMONSTRATION: Let’s Wok and Roll! with Chef Paul Gatzke
Saturday 03-28-26 01:00 pm (Eastern)
Location: Interfaith Food Pantry, Central Park of Morris County, 2 Executive Drive, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
FILLED
Fun cooking with Asian Flair. Let’s take the local Chinese/Asian take-out and pump it up!
Homemade Hot and Sour Soup, Crunchie Thai Spring Rolls (vegan), Char Siu BBQ Pork and Serious Fried Rice. And we’ll make a true Vegetarian Stir Fry with Tofu for our vegan and vegetarian friends.
Healthy, tasty and really fun to make!
Questions?, contact mennist@arboretumfriends.net or lbencivengo@arboretumfriends.net
Native Plants for the Home Landscape with David Culp
Wednesday 04-15-26 01:00 pm (Eastern)
Location: Haggerty Education Center
Please 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.
This program is eligible for 1.0 Rutgers Master Gardener CEU.
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Members Only Plant Sale Preview
Friday 05-01-26 04:00 pm (Eastern)
Location: Big Tent at the top of the parking lot
There will be special early shopping along with refreshments for Members Only on Friday, May 1, from 4:00 to 7:00 PM.
Members may pick up their Member Plant Dividends at the Plant Sale Preview. Details about the 2026 Members’ Plant Dividends are here.
This event is FREE to Members, but registration is required. Register here.
REGISTRATION CLOSES AT NOON ON FRIDAY, MAY 1ST.
Questions? Contact mennist@arboretumfriends.net or lbencivengo@arboretumfriends.net
FYI, the Plant Sale is open to the public as follows:
Saturday, May 2 – 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sunday, May 3 – 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
FRIENDS’ ANNUAL PLANT SALE
Saturday 05-02-26 09:00 am (Eastern)
Location: The Tent at the The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum invite you to our Annual Plant Sale during the first weekend in May.
Throughout the sale you will be able to get advice from local plant experts and to select from a huge variety of houseplants, annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees.
Dates and hours of the 2026 Plant Sale:
Saturday, May 2: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sunday, May 3: 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Reminder: Members may pick up their plant dividend any time during the Plant Sale. Details about the Members’ Plant Dividends are here.
Volunteer Opportunities coming soon!
FRIENDS’ ANNUAL PLANT SALE
Sunday 05-03-26 12:00 pm (Eastern)
Location: The Tent at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum invite you to our Annual Plant Sale during the first weekend in May.
Throughout the sale you will be able to get advice from local plant experts and to select from a huge variety of houseplants, annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees.
Dates and hours of the 2026 Plant Sale:
Saturday, May 2: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sunday, May 3: 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Reminder: Members may pick up their plant dividend any time during the Plant Sale. Details about the Members’ Plant Dividends are here.
Volunteer Opportunities coming soon!
