spring 2013 The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum The Main

The Friends
of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
353 East Hanover Avenue, P.O. Box 1295
Morristown, NJ 07962-1295
Arboretum Leaves is published quarterly by
The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum.
973-326-7603
www.arboretumfriends.org
Karen Curry
President
Sally Hemsen
Vice President
Ilona Ontscherenki
Secretary
Beverly Highfield
Treasurer
spring 2013
The Morris County Park Commission and The
Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum invite
everyone to participate in their programs.
If you require an interpreter for the deaf or
other accommodations, please contact us at
973-326-7603 or TDD 1-800-852-7899. Please
provide two weeks notice.
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The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretums’ 18th Annual Plant Sale
The Main Event
Friend’s members and the public get the best plants at the best prices and
have their gardening questions answered by our friendly Plant Experts. This
year’s focus is “FABULOUS FOLIAGE,” featuring plants of every variegation.
Plant Sale proceeds benefit horticultural education at The Frelinghuysen
Arboretum. Cash, check and credit cards are accepted.
calendar of events
April
Weekends
Ongoing
1
3
7
13
14
15
17
20
20
22
26
29
May
Family Photo Scavenger Hunt – April Showers.... 5
Gallery Exhibit: A Walk on the
(Not So) Wild Side by Elissa Merkl...................... 7
Garden Sprouts: Here Comes The Sun!............... 5
Benjamin Blackburn Scholarship Tea.................. 3
Free Tour of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum........ 6
Willowwood: From The Manager’s Perspective.... 6
Cooking Demonstration: Spectacular Spinach..... 4
Garden Sprouts: This Is For The Birds!................ 5
Grow, Cook, Eat: Roots and Radishes................. 4
Must Have Plants For Every Garden.................... 1
Capturing the Intent of the Gardener:
Photography Workshop with Rich Pomerantz..... 4
Garden Sprouts: Plant Zoo................................... 5
Plant a Rain Garden.............................................. 4
Garden Sprouts: What Smells?.............................. 5
May
Weekends
Ongoing
3
4 & 5
Family Photo Scavenger Hunt –
Big, Bigger, Biggest............................................... 5
Gallery Exhibit Grounded in History –
Garden Preservation.............................................. 7
Members Only Plant Sale...................................... 1
Annual Plant Sale.................................................. 1
5
6
13
13
15
20
23
Free Tour of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum........ 6
Garden Sprouts: Mother May I?............................ 5
Garden Sprouts: Up We Go.................................. 5
Lifting and Dividing Perennials............................ 6
Grow, Cook, Eat: Tomatoes.................................. 4
Garden Sprouts: Ka-Bloom!.................................. 5
Viburnums: A Must For Every Garden................. 6
June
Weekends
Ongoing
2
2
9
9
18 & 19
19
23
23
Family Photo Scavenger Hunt –
Magic In The Air.................................................... 5
Gallery Exhibit: Abandoned to Nature
by Abagail Eckert.................................................. 7
Open House at Bamboo Brook............................ 6
Free Tour of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum........ 6
Friends Annual Meeting........................................ 3
Peonies and Pop-Up Shops.................................. 3
Litchfield Lark:
Overnight Bus Trip................................Insert Flyer
Grow, Cook, Eat: Beans,
Beans and More Beans......................................... 4
Fairy Day............................................................... 5
Cooking Demonstration:
Will the Zucchini Never End?............................... 4
See page 7 for a complete listing of affiliate member meetings and events.
Date: Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cost: Free
Plant Sale Highlights
Sneak Preview Talk: “Must Have Plants for Every Garden”
Start your shopping here with Plant Sale Chair Sue Acheson! Her program
highlights a long list of great plant picks including those with this year’s
focus: fabulous foliage! Pre-purchase select featured plants that day using
cash, Checks or credit cards.
Date: Saturday, April 20 – Register by April 13
Time: 1:00 pm
Cost: Free, but registration is requested
Junior Master Gardener Tomato & Pepper Sale
The Junior Master Gardeners will hold their 5th Annual Tomato and Pepper
Sale on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Gardeners in grades 3-5 will be selling
more than 15 varieties of unusual and heirloom tomatoes and 10 kinds of hot
and sweet peppers. They select the cultivars, start them from seed and nurse
them along to be ready for sale. Profits from this sale are donated to a charity
selected by these young gardeners. Cash or Check only, please.
Members Only
Plant Sale
Join us on Friday evening, May 3 from
4pm – 7pm for first dibs on fabulous
plants before we open to the public.
We won’t be having refreshments, but
we will be serving up a fine selection of
trees, shrubs, perennials, annual and
herbs that will fill your garden with color,
fragrance and texture. Plant Experts
will be on hand to help you renew and/
or rebuild your landscape. You must
be a member to attend. If you wish to
bring a guest, we suggest that they join
the Friend’s online beforehand! Cash,
check and credit cards are accepted.
Watch your mailbox for an invitation!
Member Plant Dividends
Members can pick up their Annual
Plant Dividend at the Friday, Saturday
or Sunday Plant Sale or at the Haggerty
Education Center from May 6-9 during
regular business hours. This year’s
dividends focus on foliage too! Read
about them on the Plant Sale page at
www.arboretumfriends.org
notes from the board
Karen Curry – President
Sue Acheson – Plant Sale Co-Chair
s you may have noticed, there
have been some changes to our
team. Our long-serving Administrative
Assistant, Ann Abrams has retired
after 27 years of service. She will be
missed and we wish her the best of
everything in her new chapter of life
as a retiree.
ooking back at previous year’s write-ups on the
Friends Annual Plant Sale, I am happy to see that
each one has been described as “the best ever.” And, do
you know, I think each one was. Well, this year is no
exception and we are proud to announce that the 2013
Plant Sale will be the biggest and best yet.
A
L
This sale will be better than ever because the Friday night
Members Only Sale will be FREE to all members. This
is your chance to have first pick of some of the finest
plants available. We won’t be having refreshments but we
will serve up a fine selection of trees, shrubs, perennials,
annuals, vegetables and herbs that will fill your garden
with color, fragrance and texture. Our great plant experts,
who are also our growers and leaders in the horticultural
industry, will be on hand to answer questions and help
your garden dreams come true.
Also retired from the board is Bev
Ann Abrams
Afonso our Awards Chair. And we
welcome new Awards Chair Marla Jackson. You may
remember Marla as former Plant Sale co-chairman and we
are glad to welcome her back to the board.
Patti Millar has also joined the board as a Hospitality
co-chairman. Patti will be doing such events as Arbor Day
and the Annual Meeting hospitality. We are pleased to
add her to our growing board.
Benjamin Blackburn Scholarship Tea Joining us will be Suzanne Allgair and Sefton Stallard, Partners and
Chefs at the Blue Ribbon Café in Manhattan. Both are graduates of
Morristown-Beard School and are well known in the food world. This
is a wonderful way to celebrate Spring’s arrival! Afterwards, there
will be a beautifully prepared tea for all to enjoy. Proceeds from the
tea fund the Benjamin Blackburn Scholarship, awarded annually to
County College of Morris students in the Horticulture and Landscape
Technology program. Date: Wednesday, April 3 – Register by March 23
Time: 1:00 pm
Cost: $50 members / $55 non-members
It will be better than ever because we will be open both
Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm to all
members and to the general public. Weekend visitors
can ask advice of our expert “plant geeks”, who garden
in this area and know what grows well.
Our annual plant sale is changing also. This year’s member
event on Friday night of the sale will be exclusively plant
shopping. We will not be serving food or beverages
which means you may bring your whole family to get the
first choice of plants before the public sale on Saturday
and Sunday. Our serving alcohol in previous years meant
we had to exclude minors at the event. We feel plants
are the most important element and they will be there in
abundance. Be sure to put it on your calendar: Friday,
May 3 from 4:00 – 7:00 pm.
It will be better than ever because there will be a special
emphasis on the role of foliage in the garden. Often overlooked by our need for flower power, foliage goes largely
unnoticed, but it is the backbone of every garden. From
the time it emerges in the Spring until it goes to rest for the
Winter, foliage is an ever-changing presence in the garden.
One other change. The program cancellation policy has
been revised by the board. As always, if the Friends
cancel a program or event, those who have registered will
get their money back. However, if you have registered for
a program or event you must cancel at least seven days
prior to the date of the program by sending an email to
[email protected] in order to receive a
refund. Please include your name, program name and
number of spaces you are canceling.
For some of us, the storms of the last few years have left
gaps in our gardens. Although terribly sad, this provides
us with an opportunity to make new and even better
choices of trees and shrubs to fill the void and enrich
our landscapes.
We’ll try to answer the question “What don’t the deer
eat?” We have gathered the best information we can find
from local growers, gardeners and universities, and have
selected plants that are deer resistant, but not necessarily
deer proof. I think they’re worth trying because the
alternative is a barren landscape without birds and bees,
devoid of color and fragrance, and a cheerless façade
for our homes.
Now, go and enjoy the spring weather and your garden.
Winter will be back sooner than you think.
— Plant Sale Fast Facts 2013 —
Visit our website arboretumfriends.org/plantsale where
you will find lots of helpful information about the plants
we are offering and a complete plant list.
Sneak Preview Talk:
Must Have Plants for Every Garden
Saturday, April 20, 1:00 pm
Free, but registration is required.
I know this is going to be The Best Plant Sale Ever!
Members Only Plant Sale
Friday, May 3, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Free, but registration is required.
Blue Ribbon Café chefs Sefton Stallard
and Suzanne Allgair
Friends Annual Meeting
Margaret Roach
in her garden,
and her book,
“The Backyard
Parables”
Membership has it benefits and the Annual Meeting is a fine
example. Margaret Roach presents “The 365-Day Garden”.
Margaret is the author of The Backyard Parables: Lessons on
Gardening and Life. In 2007, she left her job as Editorial Director
of Martha Stewart Living and headed for her garden in rural
upstate New York. There she began AWayToGarden.com (called
“the best garden blog” by Anne Raver of The New York Times)
and wrote the dropout memoir And I Shall Have Some Peace
There in 2011. Today, she writes, writes, writes and digs, digs,
digs – and lectures about “horticultural how-to and woo-woo.”
Following Margaret’s presentation, enjoy refreshments organized
by our Board of Trustees.
Date: Sunday, June 9 – Register by May 31
Time: 1:00 pm
Cost: Free, but registration is required
Peonies and Pop Up Shops
The peony has much to recommend it – its silky petals, its
perfumed scent – no wonder it is a perennial garden favorite.
Watch as artist Echo Wu captures the peony’s spirit in her lovely
brush paintings – perhaps you will win one in our hourly drawings!
Echo will be demonstrating the art of Chinese brush painting in our
Cottage Garden, whose collection includes a number of
outstanding peony cultivars. A fine selection of peony plants
will be offered for sale in our nearby Pop-Up Shop featuring
Atlock Nursery, known for its outstanding plant material.
Members will receive a 10% discount on all peony purchases.
A free peony plant will be given to the first five people to
purchase a membership in The Friends!
Date: Sunday, June 9
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Cost: Free
Main Event
Saturday & Sunday, May 4 & 5, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
We accept cash, checks and credit cards.
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notes from the board
Karen Curry – President
Sue Acheson – Plant Sale Co-Chair
s you may have noticed, there
have been some changes to our
team. Our long-serving Administrative
Assistant, Ann Abrams has retired
after 27 years of service. She will be
missed and we wish her the best of
everything in her new chapter of life
as a retiree.
ooking back at previous year’s write-ups on the
Friends Annual Plant Sale, I am happy to see that
each one has been described as “the best ever.” And, do
you know, I think each one was. Well, this year is no
exception and we are proud to announce that the 2013
Plant Sale will be the biggest and best yet.
A
L
This sale will be better than ever because the Friday night
Members Only Sale will be FREE to all members. This
is your chance to have first pick of some of the finest
plants available. We won’t be having refreshments but we
will serve up a fine selection of trees, shrubs, perennials,
annuals, vegetables and herbs that will fill your garden
with color, fragrance and texture. Our great plant experts,
who are also our growers and leaders in the horticultural
industry, will be on hand to answer questions and help
your garden dreams come true.
Also retired from the board is Bev
Ann Abrams
Afonso our Awards Chair. And we
welcome new Awards Chair Marla Jackson. You may
remember Marla as former Plant Sale co-chairman and we
are glad to welcome her back to the board.
Patti Millar has also joined the board as a Hospitality
co-chairman. Patti will be doing such events as Arbor Day
and the Annual Meeting hospitality. We are pleased to
add her to our growing board.
Benjamin Blackburn Scholarship Tea Joining us will be Suzanne Allgair and Sefton Stallard, Partners and
Chefs at the Blue Ribbon Café in Manhattan. Both are graduates of
Morristown-Beard School and are well known in the food world. This
is a wonderful way to celebrate Spring’s arrival! Afterwards, there
will be a beautifully prepared tea for all to enjoy. Proceeds from the
tea fund the Benjamin Blackburn Scholarship, awarded annually to
County College of Morris students in the Horticulture and Landscape
Technology program. Date: Wednesday, April 3 – Register by March 23
Time: 1:00 pm
Cost: $50 members / $55 non-members
It will be better than ever because we will be open both
Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm to all
members and to the general public. Weekend visitors
can ask advice of our expert “plant geeks”, who garden
in this area and know what grows well.
Our annual plant sale is changing also. This year’s member
event on Friday night of the sale will be exclusively plant
shopping. We will not be serving food or beverages
which means you may bring your whole family to get the
first choice of plants before the public sale on Saturday
and Sunday. Our serving alcohol in previous years meant
we had to exclude minors at the event. We feel plants
are the most important element and they will be there in
abundance. Be sure to put it on your calendar: Friday,
May 3 from 4:00 – 7:00 pm.
It will be better than ever because there will be a special
emphasis on the role of foliage in the garden. Often overlooked by our need for flower power, foliage goes largely
unnoticed, but it is the backbone of every garden. From
the time it emerges in the Spring until it goes to rest for the
Winter, foliage is an ever-changing presence in the garden.
One other change. The program cancellation policy has
been revised by the board. As always, if the Friends
cancel a program or event, those who have registered will
get their money back. However, if you have registered for
a program or event you must cancel at least seven days
prior to the date of the program by sending an email to
[email protected] in order to receive a
refund. Please include your name, program name and
number of spaces you are canceling.
For some of us, the storms of the last few years have left
gaps in our gardens. Although terribly sad, this provides
us with an opportunity to make new and even better
choices of trees and shrubs to fill the void and enrich
our landscapes.
We’ll try to answer the question “What don’t the deer
eat?” We have gathered the best information we can find
from local growers, gardeners and universities, and have
selected plants that are deer resistant, but not necessarily
deer proof. I think they’re worth trying because the
alternative is a barren landscape without birds and bees,
devoid of color and fragrance, and a cheerless façade
for our homes.
Now, go and enjoy the spring weather and your garden.
Winter will be back sooner than you think.
— Plant Sale Fast Facts 2013 —
Visit our website arboretumfriends.org/plantsale where
you will find lots of helpful information about the plants
we are offering and a complete plant list.
Sneak Preview Talk:
Must Have Plants for Every Garden
Saturday, April 20, 1:00 pm
Free, but registration is required.
I know this is going to be The Best Plant Sale Ever!
Members Only Plant Sale
Friday, May 3, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Free, but registration is required.
Blue Ribbon Café chefs Sefton Stallard
and Suzanne Allgair
Friends Annual Meeting
Margaret Roach
in her garden,
and her book,
“The Backyard
Parables”
Membership has it benefits and the Annual Meeting is a fine
example. Margaret Roach presents “The 365-Day Garden”.
Margaret is the author of The Backyard Parables: Lessons on
Gardening and Life. In 2007, she left her job as Editorial Director
of Martha Stewart Living and headed for her garden in rural
upstate New York. There she began AWayToGarden.com (called
“the best garden blog” by Anne Raver of The New York Times)
and wrote the dropout memoir And I Shall Have Some Peace
There in 2011. Today, she writes, writes, writes and digs, digs,
digs – and lectures about “horticultural how-to and woo-woo.”
Following Margaret’s presentation, enjoy refreshments organized
by our Board of Trustees.
Date: Sunday, June 9 – Register by May 31
Time: 1:00 pm
Cost: Free, but registration is required
Peonies and Pop Up Shops
The peony has much to recommend it – its silky petals, its
perfumed scent – no wonder it is a perennial garden favorite.
Watch as artist Echo Wu captures the peony’s spirit in her lovely
brush paintings – perhaps you will win one in our hourly drawings!
Echo will be demonstrating the art of Chinese brush painting in our
Cottage Garden, whose collection includes a number of
outstanding peony cultivars. A fine selection of peony plants
will be offered for sale in our nearby Pop-Up Shop featuring
Atlock Nursery, known for its outstanding plant material.
Members will receive a 10% discount on all peony purchases.
A free peony plant will be given to the first five people to
purchase a membership in The Friends!
Date: Sunday, June 9
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Cost: Free
Main Event
Saturday & Sunday, May 4 & 5, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
We accept cash, checks and credit cards.
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Grow, Cook, Eat
A New Garden Series
Join Chef and Horticultural Program Specialist Cynthia Triolo for these cooking demonstrations.
Do you like to eat as much as you like to garden?
Want to learn more about new and different varieties
of vegetables? Wondering what to do when all those
summer squash ripen on the same day?
Cooking Demonstration: Spectacular Spinach
Versatile, delicious, and loaded with vitamins and minerals,
fresh spinach is wonderful either raw or cooked. Learn
some new recipes with Chef Cynthia Triolo so that it
becomes a staple in your kitchen.
Horticultural Program Specialists Gwen Montgomery
and Cynthia Triolo focus on a different garden
vegetable each month to help bring gardening full circle
for you and your family. They provide planting tips for
those tried and true varieties and take a closer look at
some new and unusual cultivars. Seeds, recipes and
best of all, tastes of a sample prepared dish will inspire
you to get outside and plant something so that you too
can go from garden to table.
Date: Sunday, April 14 – Register by April 7
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Cost: $20 members / $25 non-members
Cooking Demonstration: Will The Zucchini Never End?
We all feel that way when zucchini comes into season
here in New Jersey. Learn some new ways to prepare it
and take the ho-hum out of your zucchini harvest.
April 17 – Roots and Radishes
Date: Sunday, June 23 – Register by June 16
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Cost: $20 members / $25 non-members
Cost: $5 per child for members / $7 for non-members
Fairy Day
Here Comes The Sun! – Monday, April 1
Discover what every living thing, including plants, needs to live and see
how it all works.
This Is For The Birds! – Monday, April 15
June 19 – Beans, Beans, and More Beans
Birds are returning from their winter trips and looking around for places
to nest and lay eggs. We’ll look for nests and help the birds find the right
materials for perfect nest building.
August 21 – Cooking Greens (Chard, Kale
and others)
September 18 – Eggplants and their relatives
October 16 – Edible Alliums
November 20 – Winter Squash
Dates: See above
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Cost: $15 members / $20 non-members
Join acclaimed
Connecticut-based
photographer Rich
Pomerantz for this
day-long garden
photography
workshop. Learn to
capture beauty and
form in a garden
setting with availPhoto by Rich Pomerantz
able light, flash
and reflectors. Look for the essential elements of every
garden. Find the gardener’s intent and translate it into
beautiful, compelling imagery. Bring your camera (and
its manual), charged battery, storage cards, lenses and
enthusiasm! After lunch, we will download our imagery
to review our work, and then shoot some more. Rich’s
critique is one of the most popular parts of his workshop.
Workshop size is strictly limited to insure Rich’s personal
attention. Be sure to dress for the weather and bring
sturdy shoes, your hat, bug spray, and a lunch. The rain
date for this workshop is Saturday, April 27.
Celebrate Spring by bringing your favorite preschooler to the arboretum for
this series of programs designed for the budding nature explorer. Each week
young people along with a favorite grownup will explore different gardens
and learn how important plants are and how they do what they do. Each
walk will include an activity and a story. Classes begin at 11:00 am (please
be prompt) on the following Mondays. Participants may sign up for as many
or as few as they choose.
May 15 – Tomatoes
July 17 – Summer Squash
Capturing the Intent of the Gardener
A Photography Workshop with Rich Pomerantz
Garden Sprouts
Plant Zoo – Monday, April 22 Plants are named for all sorts of things. Take a walk around to discover all
the plants that look like animals and try to guess their names.
What Smells? – Monday, April 29
Most plants have an aroma of some sort, but is it nice or awful? Put your
nose to work and smell how plants attract and repel insects and animals
Mother May I? – Monday, May 6
Lots of young plants and animals live in the garden. A walk around the
arboretum will show us signs of new life all over. We’ll look for mother
plants and mother animals and make a small gift for Mom.
Up We Go – Monday, May 13
Trees are leafing out and everything is turning green. Look up! What else is
going on up on top of the garden?
Plant a Rain Garden
Rain gardens are a beautiful and beneficial addition
to any landscape. By capturing rainwater, they help
reduce storm water pollution, and protect local streams,
lakes and rivers. Here is a chance to learn from New
Jersey’s own expert, Dr. Chris Obropta. Dr. Obropta is
the Extension Specialist in Water Resources with Rutgers
Cooperative Extension, and Associate Professor with the
Department of Environmental Sciences at the School of
Environmental & Biological Sciences, Rutgers University.
By planting a rain garden, you can become part of
that solution.
Date: Friday, April 26 – Register by April 19
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Cost: $15 members / $20 non-members
Date: Saturday, April 20 – Register by April 6
Time: 7:30 am – 3:30 pm
Cost: $75 members / $95 non-members
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The Fairies are coming! Bring your
family to the 7th Annual Fairy
Day and create a house for The
Frelinghuysen Arboretum’s visiting
fairies, just in time for the Summer
Solstice. To prepare for their stay,
houses need to be built and you are
invited to celebrate with us on the
Sylvan Terrace. Greet the fairies with
music and fairy snacks and learn
which plants and trees will attract
fairies to your own backyard. All
supplies – bark, branches, lichens,
mosses, feathers, stones and leaves –
will be provided, or bring your
own as long as it’s natural. Fairies
shun man-made materials. All the
fairy houses will be on display
through the end of July. To see
photos of previous Fairy Houses
or to get ideas for your own house
visit www.arboretumfriends.org.
The rain date for this event is
Sunday, June 30.
Date: Sunday, June 23
Register by June 16
Ka-Bloom! – Monday, May 20
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Summer is stretching out in front of us. Everything is growing like crazy.
Help harvest fresh herbs from the garden and make a snack for a picnic
and story-time on the Great Lawn.
Cost: $30 per house
Spring Weekend Photo Scavenger Hunt
Grab a camera or phone and stop by the Haggerty Education Center for a Nature
Photo Scavenger Hunt. Visitors can pick up the list, head outside and shoot away.
Take a picture of every item, return to the Education Center and pick up your prize.
Scavenger lists change every month. April’s theme is “April Showers”; May’s is “Big,
Bigger, Biggest”; and the theme for June is “Magic in the Air”. What a great way to
explore the arboretum and to get the family outside in the fresh air.
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Date: Saturdays and Sundays in
April, May and June
Time: Families welcome to
participate any time between
9:00 am and 3:30 pm
Cost: $10 per family
Grow, Cook, Eat
A New Garden Series
Join Chef and Horticultural Program Specialist Cynthia Triolo for these cooking demonstrations.
Do you like to eat as much as you like to garden?
Want to learn more about new and different varieties
of vegetables? Wondering what to do when all those
summer squash ripen on the same day?
Cooking Demonstration: Spectacular Spinach
Versatile, delicious, and loaded with vitamins and minerals,
fresh spinach is wonderful either raw or cooked. Learn
some new recipes with Chef Cynthia Triolo so that it
becomes a staple in your kitchen.
Horticultural Program Specialists Gwen Montgomery
and Cynthia Triolo focus on a different garden
vegetable each month to help bring gardening full circle
for you and your family. They provide planting tips for
those tried and true varieties and take a closer look at
some new and unusual cultivars. Seeds, recipes and
best of all, tastes of a sample prepared dish will inspire
you to get outside and plant something so that you too
can go from garden to table.
Date: Sunday, April 14 – Register by April 7
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Cost: $20 members / $25 non-members
Cooking Demonstration: Will The Zucchini Never End?
We all feel that way when zucchini comes into season
here in New Jersey. Learn some new ways to prepare it
and take the ho-hum out of your zucchini harvest.
April 17 – Roots and Radishes
Date: Sunday, June 23 – Register by June 16
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Cost: $20 members / $25 non-members
Cost: $5 per child for members / $7 for non-members
Fairy Day
Here Comes The Sun! – Monday, April 1
Discover what every living thing, including plants, needs to live and see
how it all works.
This Is For The Birds! – Monday, April 15
June 19 – Beans, Beans, and More Beans
Birds are returning from their winter trips and looking around for places
to nest and lay eggs. We’ll look for nests and help the birds find the right
materials for perfect nest building.
August 21 – Cooking Greens (Chard, Kale
and others)
September 18 – Eggplants and their relatives
October 16 – Edible Alliums
November 20 – Winter Squash
Dates: See above
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Cost: $15 members / $20 non-members
Join acclaimed
Connecticut-based
photographer Rich
Pomerantz for this
day-long garden
photography
workshop. Learn to
capture beauty and
form in a garden
setting with availPhoto by Rich Pomerantz
able light, flash
and reflectors. Look for the essential elements of every
garden. Find the gardener’s intent and translate it into
beautiful, compelling imagery. Bring your camera (and
its manual), charged battery, storage cards, lenses and
enthusiasm! After lunch, we will download our imagery
to review our work, and then shoot some more. Rich’s
critique is one of the most popular parts of his workshop.
Workshop size is strictly limited to insure Rich’s personal
attention. Be sure to dress for the weather and bring
sturdy shoes, your hat, bug spray, and a lunch. The rain
date for this workshop is Saturday, April 27.
Celebrate Spring by bringing your favorite preschooler to the arboretum for
this series of programs designed for the budding nature explorer. Each week
young people along with a favorite grownup will explore different gardens
and learn how important plants are and how they do what they do. Each
walk will include an activity and a story. Classes begin at 11:00 am (please
be prompt) on the following Mondays. Participants may sign up for as many
or as few as they choose.
May 15 – Tomatoes
July 17 – Summer Squash
Capturing the Intent of the Gardener
A Photography Workshop with Rich Pomerantz
Garden Sprouts
Plant Zoo – Monday, April 22 Plants are named for all sorts of things. Take a walk around to discover all
the plants that look like animals and try to guess their names.
What Smells? – Monday, April 29
Most plants have an aroma of some sort, but is it nice or awful? Put your
nose to work and smell how plants attract and repel insects and animals
Mother May I? – Monday, May 6
Lots of young plants and animals live in the garden. A walk around the
arboretum will show us signs of new life all over. We’ll look for mother
plants and mother animals and make a small gift for Mom.
Up We Go – Monday, May 13
Trees are leafing out and everything is turning green. Look up! What else is
going on up on top of the garden?
Plant a Rain Garden
Rain gardens are a beautiful and beneficial addition
to any landscape. By capturing rainwater, they help
reduce storm water pollution, and protect local streams,
lakes and rivers. Here is a chance to learn from New
Jersey’s own expert, Dr. Chris Obropta. Dr. Obropta is
the Extension Specialist in Water Resources with Rutgers
Cooperative Extension, and Associate Professor with the
Department of Environmental Sciences at the School of
Environmental & Biological Sciences, Rutgers University.
By planting a rain garden, you can become part of
that solution.
Date: Friday, April 26 – Register by April 19
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Cost: $15 members / $20 non-members
Date: Saturday, April 20 – Register by April 6
Time: 7:30 am – 3:30 pm
Cost: $75 members / $95 non-members
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The Fairies are coming! Bring your
family to the 7th Annual Fairy
Day and create a house for The
Frelinghuysen Arboretum’s visiting
fairies, just in time for the Summer
Solstice. To prepare for their stay,
houses need to be built and you are
invited to celebrate with us on the
Sylvan Terrace. Greet the fairies with
music and fairy snacks and learn
which plants and trees will attract
fairies to your own backyard. All
supplies – bark, branches, lichens,
mosses, feathers, stones and leaves –
will be provided, or bring your
own as long as it’s natural. Fairies
shun man-made materials. All the
fairy houses will be on display
through the end of July. To see
photos of previous Fairy Houses
or to get ideas for your own house
visit www.arboretumfriends.org.
The rain date for this event is
Sunday, June 30.
Date: Sunday, June 23
Register by June 16
Ka-Bloom! – Monday, May 20
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Summer is stretching out in front of us. Everything is growing like crazy.
Help harvest fresh herbs from the garden and make a snack for a picnic
and story-time on the Great Lawn.
Cost: $30 per house
Spring Weekend Photo Scavenger Hunt
Grab a camera or phone and stop by the Haggerty Education Center for a Nature
Photo Scavenger Hunt. Visitors can pick up the list, head outside and shoot away.
Take a picture of every item, return to the Education Center and pick up your prize.
Scavenger lists change every month. April’s theme is “April Showers”; May’s is “Big,
Bigger, Biggest”; and the theme for June is “Magic in the Air”. What a great way to
explore the arboretum and to get the family outside in the fresh air.
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Date: Saturdays and Sundays in
April, May and June
Time: Families welcome to
participate any time between
9:00 am and 3:30 pm
Cost: $10 per family
affiliate member programs
All are free and open to the public
Garden Tours Return
Lifting and Dividing Perennials
On the first Sunday of the
month, from April through
October, meet us in the lobby
of the Haggerty Education
The Cutler Gazebo
Center for a free tour of the
grounds of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum. Learn some of
the history and enjoy the beauty of this exceptional horticultural site with a knowledgeable volunteer tour guide.
Join Frelinghuysen Arboretum Gardener Scott Scarafile for
this hands-on approach to dividing perennials. Become
enlightened on the proper tools to use to lift out the
plants, the proper timing for doing so, how to root prune
and even how to tell if your plant material needs to be
divided. Delight your friends and neighbors with the
divisions or use them to expand your own garden. Dress
for the weather as the work will be done outside. We
supply the tools but bring your garden gloves.
Dates:Sunday(s), April 7, May 5, June 2, July 7,
August 4, September 1 and October 6
Time: 2:00 pm
Cost: Free
Date: Monday, May 13 – Register by May 6
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 pm
Cost: $12 members / $15 non-members
Willowwood: From The Manager’s
Perspective
Viburnums: A Must for Every Garden
From leaves to flowers to berries, discover why you should
have this wonderful shrub in your yard. With instructor
Bryan Lowe, examine the characteristics of Viburnum in
a lecture in the Stone Barn and then get up close and
personal with a tour of the collection at Willowwood
Arboretum. Appropriate footwear is a must! This program
is being held at WILLOWWOOD ARBORETUM.
Join John Morse, Manager of
Horticulture, for his personal
tour of Willowwood Arboretum
and find out why this
magnificent site is one of the
finest horticultural facilities in
New Jersey. No one knows the
grounds or the plants better,
and John shares his unique
The Stone Barn
perspective in this Saturday
afternoon tour. Meet at the Stone Barn, wear good
walking shoes and prepare to be wowed by the beauty
of the gardens, the grounds and the buildings of this
very special place.
Date: Thursday, May 23 – Register by May 16
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Cost: $12 members / $15 non-members
African Violet Club of Morris County
North American Butterfly Association
18th Annual Show and Sale
Saturday, April 6 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Sunday, April 7 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Butterflies of Turkey by Christopher Williams. Chris
reports on a trip he took to eastern Turkey in 2012,
showing superb photos of many species of butterflies
and scenery from this fascinating country.
Tuesday, April 9 – 7:30 pm
What do I do with that plant I just bought? – Basic
information about African Violets and what to do with
plants just purchased at the annual sale.
Wednesday, April 10 – 7:30 pm
A Little More Nature and a Taste of the Culture of Turkey
by Sharon Ann Wander. This is the companion talk to
the Butterflies of Turkey. Sharon will take us through the
historic sights of Istanbul as well as mountain villages,
and then show us the other wildlife and scenery enjoyed
on the trip.
Tuesday, May 7 – 7:30 pm
The Frelinghuysen Arboretum Gesneriad Society
Slide program on the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Regional
Gesneriad Show.
Thursday, April 4 – 8:00 pm
Butterflies of Arizona, speaker to be announced. Chapter
members who attended the NABA Biennial Meeting found
a dazzling array of butterflies amid the grasslands and “sky
island” mountain ranges of southeastern Arizona.
Tuesday, June 4 – 7:30 pm
Gesneriad Seed – pollination of Gesneriads, harvest, storing
and sowing seed will be discussed & demonstrated.
Thursday, May 2 – 8:00 pm
Great Swamp Bonsai Society
Tri-State African Violet Council
General meeting and lecture.
Tuesday, April 9 – 7:00 pm
Joint meeting of The Tristate African Violet Council and
the NJ Council of African Violet Judges.
Saturday, June 15 – 10:00 am
Lecture with guest speaker Peter Warren.
Tuesday, April 23 – 7:00 pm
Tri-State Hosta Society
General meeting and lecture.
Tuesday, May 14 – 7:00 pm
Annual Hosta Plant Sale originally scheduled for March 30.
The public may gain entry by purchasing a one year
membership at the door for $10.
Sunday, April 14 – 12:30
Annual Bonsai Open House
Sunday, June 2 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
In Our Gallery
Date: Saturday, April 13 – Register by April 6
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Cost: $10 members / $12 non-members
“Contain Your Enthusiasm” Container Design Contest
Do you have a talent for putting great looking containers
together? Container plantings can be sophisticated or
quirky, subtle or bold. Enter your container in the First
Annual “Contain Your Enthusiasm” Container Design
Contest and your design work will be on display at one of
New Jersey’s leading public gardens – The Frelinghuysen
Arboretum. The contest is sponsored by The Friends of
The Frelinghuysen Arboretum and LI Compost, Inc. There
are a variety of categories in which to enter and each
entrant will receive a bag of Hampton Estate Professional
Potting Mix which will provide the plants with a healthy
start and an excellent growing medium. If you are not
entering the contest, come see the container exhibit on
Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14. You will surely be
inspired by this collection of containers – every one
brimming with “enthusiasm” for the world of plants.
For more information and an entry form, visit
www.arboretumfriends.org. Sign-ups begin May 3
at the Plant Sale.
Bamboo Brook
Open House
Tours, children’s activities,
lectures and refreshments
entice all to come to
Bamboo Brook for a visit.
The Morris County Park
Commission is proud
to show this garden’s
restored splendor with
The Bamboo Brook Pond
help from the New
Jersey Conservation Foundation and the Association of
Professional Landscape Designers. Bring binoculars, a
magnifying glass and wear a sturdy pair of walking shoes.
Date: Sunday, June 2
Time: Noon – 4:00 pm
Cost: Free
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April – A Walk on the (Not So) Wild Side
Explore stunning depictions of nature through exciting landscapes, florals and animals from
local and distant places created by Elissa Merkl, noted silk screen artist. Her serigraphs will
certainly delight your eyes. Ms. Merkl has exhibited throughout the U.S. and Canada and has also shown in Korea, Japan,
England, Spain and Bangladesh. She is listed in “Who’s Who in American Art”, “Who’s Who
in American Women” and is editor and publisher of “Cultural Events of NJ”. May – Grounded in History: Garden Preservation
In honor of National Preservation Month, the Morris County Park Commission highlights over
five-decades of dedication to preservation through a very unique exhibit focusing on its garden
preservation. This exhibit showcases some of the people, places, and plants that the Park
Commission has both saved and restored. Learn about the preservation of an important
constellation of gardens and landscapes, unique in the country. June – Abandoned to Nature
Visit this wonderful photography exhibit by Abagail Eckert that explores the toll nature takes on
abandoned structures throughout the Tri-State area, and the inner beauty that can be found in
the dilapidation and decay. This is an excellent way to teach young people about preservation
and to remind ourselves about this cycle of nature, too.
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Would you like
to receive a paperless version of
Arboretum Leaves & the Annual Report?
Help us go green, and
get your Arboretum
Leaves sooner!
If you would like to receive
Arboretum Leaves via email,
please contact Cynthia Triolo
at [email protected]
with your preferred email
address. You will receive
the next issue of Arboretum
Leaves as a PDF instead of
receiving a paper copy in the
mail. PDFs will be emailed on
the same day that the paper
copies are mailed, so you will
get Arboretum Leaves first!
affiliate member programs
All are free and open to the public
Garden Tours Return
Lifting and Dividing Perennials
On the first Sunday of the
month, from April through
October, meet us in the lobby
of the Haggerty Education
The Cutler Gazebo
Center for a free tour of the
grounds of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum. Learn some of
the history and enjoy the beauty of this exceptional horticultural site with a knowledgeable volunteer tour guide.
Join Frelinghuysen Arboretum Gardener Scott Scarafile for
this hands-on approach to dividing perennials. Become
enlightened on the proper tools to use to lift out the
plants, the proper timing for doing so, how to root prune
and even how to tell if your plant material needs to be
divided. Delight your friends and neighbors with the
divisions or use them to expand your own garden. Dress
for the weather as the work will be done outside. We
supply the tools but bring your garden gloves.
Dates:Sunday(s), April 7, May 5, June 2, July 7,
August 4, September 1 and October 6
Time: 2:00 pm
Cost: Free
Date: Monday, May 13 – Register by May 6
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 pm
Cost: $12 members / $15 non-members
Willowwood: From The Manager’s
Perspective
Viburnums: A Must for Every Garden
From leaves to flowers to berries, discover why you should
have this wonderful shrub in your yard. With instructor
Bryan Lowe, examine the characteristics of Viburnum in
a lecture in the Stone Barn and then get up close and
personal with a tour of the collection at Willowwood
Arboretum. Appropriate footwear is a must! This program
is being held at WILLOWWOOD ARBORETUM.
Join John Morse, Manager of
Horticulture, for his personal
tour of Willowwood Arboretum
and find out why this
magnificent site is one of the
finest horticultural facilities in
New Jersey. No one knows the
grounds or the plants better,
and John shares his unique
The Stone Barn
perspective in this Saturday
afternoon tour. Meet at the Stone Barn, wear good
walking shoes and prepare to be wowed by the beauty
of the gardens, the grounds and the buildings of this
very special place.
Date: Thursday, May 23 – Register by May 16
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Cost: $12 members / $15 non-members
African Violet Club of Morris County
North American Butterfly Association
18th Annual Show and Sale
Saturday, April 6 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Sunday, April 7 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Butterflies of Turkey by Christopher Williams. Chris
reports on a trip he took to eastern Turkey in 2012,
showing superb photos of many species of butterflies
and scenery from this fascinating country.
Tuesday, April 9 – 7:30 pm
What do I do with that plant I just bought? – Basic
information about African Violets and what to do with
plants just purchased at the annual sale.
Wednesday, April 10 – 7:30 pm
A Little More Nature and a Taste of the Culture of Turkey
by Sharon Ann Wander. This is the companion talk to
the Butterflies of Turkey. Sharon will take us through the
historic sights of Istanbul as well as mountain villages,
and then show us the other wildlife and scenery enjoyed
on the trip.
Tuesday, May 7 – 7:30 pm
The Frelinghuysen Arboretum Gesneriad Society
Slide program on the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Regional
Gesneriad Show.
Thursday, April 4 – 8:00 pm
Butterflies of Arizona, speaker to be announced. Chapter
members who attended the NABA Biennial Meeting found
a dazzling array of butterflies amid the grasslands and “sky
island” mountain ranges of southeastern Arizona.
Tuesday, June 4 – 7:30 pm
Gesneriad Seed – pollination of Gesneriads, harvest, storing
and sowing seed will be discussed & demonstrated.
Thursday, May 2 – 8:00 pm
Great Swamp Bonsai Society
Tri-State African Violet Council
General meeting and lecture.
Tuesday, April 9 – 7:00 pm
Joint meeting of The Tristate African Violet Council and
the NJ Council of African Violet Judges.
Saturday, June 15 – 10:00 am
Lecture with guest speaker Peter Warren.
Tuesday, April 23 – 7:00 pm
Tri-State Hosta Society
General meeting and lecture.
Tuesday, May 14 – 7:00 pm
Annual Hosta Plant Sale originally scheduled for March 30.
The public may gain entry by purchasing a one year
membership at the door for $10.
Sunday, April 14 – 12:30
Annual Bonsai Open House
Sunday, June 2 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
In Our Gallery
Date: Saturday, April 13 – Register by April 6
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Cost: $10 members / $12 non-members
“Contain Your Enthusiasm” Container Design Contest
Do you have a talent for putting great looking containers
together? Container plantings can be sophisticated or
quirky, subtle or bold. Enter your container in the First
Annual “Contain Your Enthusiasm” Container Design
Contest and your design work will be on display at one of
New Jersey’s leading public gardens – The Frelinghuysen
Arboretum. The contest is sponsored by The Friends of
The Frelinghuysen Arboretum and LI Compost, Inc. There
are a variety of categories in which to enter and each
entrant will receive a bag of Hampton Estate Professional
Potting Mix which will provide the plants with a healthy
start and an excellent growing medium. If you are not
entering the contest, come see the container exhibit on
Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14. You will surely be
inspired by this collection of containers – every one
brimming with “enthusiasm” for the world of plants.
For more information and an entry form, visit
www.arboretumfriends.org. Sign-ups begin May 3
at the Plant Sale.
Bamboo Brook
Open House
Tours, children’s activities,
lectures and refreshments
entice all to come to
Bamboo Brook for a visit.
The Morris County Park
Commission is proud
to show this garden’s
restored splendor with
The Bamboo Brook Pond
help from the New
Jersey Conservation Foundation and the Association of
Professional Landscape Designers. Bring binoculars, a
magnifying glass and wear a sturdy pair of walking shoes.
Date: Sunday, June 2
Time: Noon – 4:00 pm
Cost: Free
6
April – A Walk on the (Not So) Wild Side
Explore stunning depictions of nature through exciting landscapes, florals and animals from
local and distant places created by Elissa Merkl, noted silk screen artist. Her serigraphs will
certainly delight your eyes. Ms. Merkl has exhibited throughout the U.S. and Canada and has also shown in Korea, Japan,
England, Spain and Bangladesh. She is listed in “Who’s Who in American Art”, “Who’s Who
in American Women” and is editor and publisher of “Cultural Events of NJ”. May – Grounded in History: Garden Preservation
In honor of National Preservation Month, the Morris County Park Commission highlights over
five-decades of dedication to preservation through a very unique exhibit focusing on its garden
preservation. This exhibit showcases some of the people, places, and plants that the Park
Commission has both saved and restored. Learn about the preservation of an important
constellation of gardens and landscapes, unique in the country. June – Abandoned to Nature
Visit this wonderful photography exhibit by Abagail Eckert that explores the toll nature takes on
abandoned structures throughout the Tri-State area, and the inner beauty that can be found in
the dilapidation and decay. This is an excellent way to teach young people about preservation
and to remind ourselves about this cycle of nature, too.
7
Would you like
to receive a paperless version of
Arboretum Leaves & the Annual Report?
Help us go green, and
get your Arboretum
Leaves sooner!
If you would like to receive
Arboretum Leaves via email,
please contact Cynthia Triolo
at [email protected]
with your preferred email
address. You will receive
the next issue of Arboretum
Leaves as a PDF instead of
receiving a paper copy in the
mail. PDFs will be emailed on
the same day that the paper
copies are mailed, so you will
get Arboretum Leaves first!
The Friends
of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
353 East Hanover Avenue, P.O. Box 1295
Morristown, NJ 07962-1295
Arboretum Leaves is published quarterly by
The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum.
973-326-7603
www.arboretumfriends.org
Karen Curry
President
Sally Hemsen
Vice President
Ilona Ontscherenki
Secretary
Beverly Highfield
Treasurer
spring 2013
The Morris County Park Commission and The
Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum invite
everyone to participate in their programs.
If you require an interpreter for the deaf or
other accommodations, please contact us at
973-326-7603 or TDD 1-800-852-7899. Please
provide two weeks notice.
The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
FIRST CLASS MAIL
The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretums’ 18th Annual Plant Sale
The Main Event
Friend’s members and the public get the best plants at the best prices and
have their gardening questions answered by our friendly Plant Experts. This
year’s focus is “FABULOUS FOLIAGE,” featuring plants of every variegation.
Plant Sale proceeds benefit horticultural education at The Frelinghuysen
Arboretum. Cash, check and credit cards are accepted.
calendar of events
April
Weekends
Ongoing
1
3
7
13
14
15
17
20
20
22
26
29
May
Family Photo Scavenger Hunt – April Showers.... 5
Gallery Exhibit: A Walk on the
(Not So) Wild Side by Elissa Merkl...................... 7
Garden Sprouts: Here Comes The Sun!............... 5
Benjamin Blackburn Scholarship Tea.................. 3
Free Tour of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum........ 6
Willowwood: From The Manager’s Perspective.... 6
Cooking Demonstration: Spectacular Spinach..... 4
Garden Sprouts: This Is For The Birds!................ 5
Grow, Cook, Eat: Roots and Radishes................. 4
Must Have Plants For Every Garden.................... 1
Capturing the Intent of the Gardener:
Photography Workshop with Rich Pomerantz..... 4
Garden Sprouts: Plant Zoo................................... 5
Plant a Rain Garden.............................................. 4
Garden Sprouts: What Smells?.............................. 5
May
Weekends
Ongoing
3
4 & 5
Family Photo Scavenger Hunt –
Big, Bigger, Biggest............................................... 5
Gallery Exhibit Grounded in History –
Garden Preservation.............................................. 7
Members Only Plant Sale...................................... 1
Annual Plant Sale.................................................. 1
5
6
13
13
15
20
23
Free Tour of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum........ 6
Garden Sprouts: Mother May I?............................ 5
Garden Sprouts: Up We Go.................................. 5
Lifting and Dividing Perennials............................ 6
Grow, Cook, Eat: Tomatoes.................................. 4
Garden Sprouts: Ka-Bloom!.................................. 5
Viburnums: A Must For Every Garden................. 6
June
Weekends
Ongoing
2
2
9
9
18 & 19
19
23
23
Family Photo Scavenger Hunt –
Magic In The Air.................................................... 5
Gallery Exhibit: Abandoned to Nature
by Abagail Eckert.................................................. 7
Open House at Bamboo Brook............................ 6
Free Tour of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum........ 6
Friends Annual Meeting........................................ 3
Peonies and Pop-Up Shops.................................. 3
Litchfield Lark:
Overnight Bus Trip................................Insert Flyer
Grow, Cook, Eat: Beans,
Beans and More Beans......................................... 4
Fairy Day............................................................... 5
Cooking Demonstration:
Will the Zucchini Never End?............................... 4
See page 7 for a complete listing of affiliate member meetings and events.
Date: Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cost: Free
Plant Sale Highlights
Sneak Preview Talk: “Must Have Plants for Every Garden”
Start your shopping here with Plant Sale Chair Sue Acheson! Her program
highlights a long list of great plant picks including those with this year’s
focus: fabulous foliage! Pre-purchase select featured plants that day using
cash, Checks or credit cards.
Date: Saturday, April 20 – Register by April 13
Time: 1:00 pm
Cost: Free, but registration is requested
Junior Master Gardener Tomato & Pepper Sale
The Junior Master Gardeners will hold their 5th Annual Tomato and Pepper
Sale on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Gardeners in grades 3-5 will be selling
more than 15 varieties of unusual and heirloom tomatoes and 10 kinds of hot
and sweet peppers. They select the cultivars, start them from seed and nurse
them along to be ready for sale. Profits from this sale are donated to a charity
selected by these young gardeners. Cash or Check only, please.
Members Only
Plant Sale
Join us on Friday evening, May 3 from
4pm – 7pm for first dibs on fabulous
plants before we open to the public.
We won’t be having refreshments, but
we will be serving up a fine selection of
trees, shrubs, perennials, annual and
herbs that will fill your garden with color,
fragrance and texture. Plant Experts
will be on hand to help you renew and/
or rebuild your landscape. You must
be a member to attend. If you wish to
bring a guest, we suggest that they join
the Friend’s online beforehand! Cash,
check and credit cards are accepted.
Watch your mailbox for an invitation!
Member Plant Dividends
Members can pick up their Annual
Plant Dividend at the Friday, Saturday
or Sunday Plant Sale or at the Haggerty
Education Center from May 6-9 during
regular business hours. This year’s
dividends focus on foliage too! Read
about them on the Plant Sale page at
www.arboretumfriends.org
Litchfield Lark: Overnight Bus Trip
June 18 –19, 2013
The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum and DIG IT! bring you a very
special garden experience this June on a Litchfield Lark! Leave the driving
to us on an overnight garden-intensive adventure to Litchfield County,
Connecticut. Hotel accommodations (single rooms only) and all but one
meal are included.
Enjoy guided tours at four celebrated private estates with stellar gardens;
stay at a fun, historic hotel; have a guided tour at an iconic flower farm
and do some passion quenching shopping! Bus seats are limited!
First stop is Maywood Garden is a hilltop estate
with 40 acres of eco-sensitive formal and
naturalized gardens including a loggia and sunken
terraced garden with stone pergola, parterre,
mixed borders, herb, vegetable and cutting
gardens, French-style rose garden, vineyard,
greenhouse and conservatory. Ride a hay wagon
(with seats!) uphill to tour the gardens, then walk
back down to the conservatory gardens to savor
a catered lunch. www.maywoodgardens.com/
Next, the iconic Hollister House Garden –
a classic garden in the English manner. Within
Hollister House
its formal structure, exuberant plantings create
surprise, drama and all that satisfies a garden lover’s soul. Our tour guide is
waiting! http://hollisterhousegarden.org/aboutus.html
www.dig-itmag.com/features/grounds_story/349_0_4_20_M/
Finally - Highmeadows is the hilltop home of Linda Allard, retired fashion
designer/director for Ellen Tracy. The formal Italianate gardens, including
an impressive potager, and villa frame nature’s grand views of the
Litchfield Hills and orchard beyond the Ha-ha.
www.dig-itmag.com/features/grounds_story/348_0_4_20_M/
We rest for the evening at the homey and historic Yankee Pedlar Inn in
Torrington CT. You can enjoy Main Street with its artsy stores and myriad of
reasonably priced restaurants for dinner on your own. In the morning, have
a full breakfast at the Inn before we head out for a second day of larking in
the Litchfield area. www.pedlarinn.com
It’s early morning in the garden of Bunny
Williams, interior designer and garden book
author. The 15-acre estate has a plenitude of
gardens including a sunken garden with fish
pond and perennial borders, parterre, potager, conservatory with tropicals, woodland
garden, waterfall, orchard and aviary with
unusual chickens and fantail doves.
The garden of Bunny Williams
Then, White Flower Farm. If you have been enjoying their catalog for years,
you will really like visiting and learning more about them. Plus, shopping
in person is much nicer than online, especially since they have added many
new garden “rooms” to their store. Visit their website to pre-plan your
shopping strategy. www.whiteflowerfarm.com
Finally a late lunch at John’s Café in Woodbury, CT puts a bow on a busy,
two days of garden visits and gives you a chance to chat with friends, old
and new. (johnscafe.com)
This entire trip, including all gardens, is in the Litchfield Hills. All properties
have rolling terrain with varying paths to walk on such as stone steps bordered by plants, loose gravel, mulch, soil, bark ships and lawn. Please wear
sturdy, secure shoes. NO SANDALS OR HEELS. Nothing is handi-capped
accessible. Prepare to do some walking.
The Litchfield Lark Itinerary
June 18
8:45am SHARP!
Depart from The
Frelinghuysen Arboretum
10:45am Arrive Maywood Gardens
Guided Tour, Lunch
2:30pm
Depart Maywood Gardens
2:50pm
Arrive Hollister House
Guided Tour
4:20pm
Depart Hollister House
4:30pm
Arrive Highmeadows Guided Tour
6:00pm
Depart Highmeadows
6:30pm
Arrive Yankee Pedlar Inn
Evening
*Dinner on your own in Torrington, CT
June 19
8:00am
SHARP!
Breakfast at
Yankee Pedlar Inn
9:00am
Depart Inn
9:35am
Arrive Bunny Williams
Garden Guided Tour
11:05am Depart Bunny Williams
Garden
11:45am Arrive White Flower Farm Guided Tour, Shop
1:30pm
Depart White Flower Farm (snacks served)
2:00pm
Arrive John’s Café Lunch, Shop
3:30pm
Depart Johns Café
6:00pm
Arrive at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
* The only meal not included in the fee
Date:
Tuesday, June 18 & Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Bus leaves arboretum
Tuesday at 8:45 SHARP and
returns approximately
6:00pm on Wednesday.
Cost:
$375 includes bus, hotel,
breakfast and 2 lunches, all
garden admissions and tours. The only thing you buy is dinner!
— BUS SEATS ARE LIMITED! —
registration form
• Registrations are accepted on a first-come,
first-served basis and will be confirmed when
payment is received.
• Credit cards are accepted at our website:
www.arboretumfriends.org. Be sure to follow the
Paypal instructions to complete the transaction.
Bring your receipt to the program.
• Make checks payable to “Friends”.
Mail registration form and checks to:
Friends, PO Box 1295, Morristown, NJ 07962-1295
• All activities are scheduled in the Haggerty
Education Center at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum,
353 East Hanover Avenue, Morris Township, NJ,
unless otherwise noted.
• In order to receive a refund, cancellations must be
made at least 7 days in advance of the program.
To cancel your registration, please send an email to
[email protected]. Please include
your name, the name of the program and the number
of spaces you are cancelling.
• For questions or more information, call 973-326-7603.
No. attending
SPRING PROGRAMS
Name_ ___________________________________________________________________________
Address_ _________________________________________________________________________
City_____________________________________ State__________ Zip_______________________
Home phone_ _____________________________________________________________________
Secondary phone q Work q Cell q Other___________________________________________
Email_____________________________________________________________________________
Would you like an email confirmation?
Cost
q Yes
q No
SPRING PROGRAMS
No. attending
Cost
___________ Garden Sprouts: Here Comes The Sun!
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___________ Members Only Plant Sale ___________ Benjamin Blackburn Scholarship Tea
_____________
___________ Garden Sprouts: Mother May I?
_____________
___________ Willowwood: From
The Manager’s Perspective
___________ Lifting and Dividing Perennials
_____________
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___________ Garden Sprouts: Up We Go
_____________
___________ Cooking Demonstration:
Spectacular Spinach
_____________
___________ Grow, Cook, Eat: Tomatoes
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___________ Garden Sprouts: This Is For The Birds!
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___________ Garden Sprouts: Ka-Bloom!
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___________ Grow, Cook, Eat: Roots and Radishes
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___________ Viburnums: A Must For Every Garden
_____________
___________ Must Have Plants For Every Garden
– FREE –
___________ Capturing the Intent of the Gardener:
Photography Workshop with Rich Pomerantz_____________
___________ Garden Sprouts: Plant Zoo
_____________
___________ Plant a Rain Garden _____________
___________ Garden Sprouts: What Smells?
_____________
___________ Friends Annual Meeting
– FREE –
– FREE –
___________ Litchfield Lark-Overnight Bus Trip
_____________
___________ Grow, Cook, Eat:
Beans, Beans and More Beans
_____________
___________ Fairy Day
_____________
___________ Cooking Demonstration:
Will The Zucchini Never End?
_____________
membership form
Yes, I would like to join The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum.
q Individual Membership...................................$25
q Family Membership........................................$35
q Extended Family Membership........................$45
q Associate Member.........................................$50
q Supporting Member.....................................$100
Name_ ___________________________________________________________________________
Address_ _________________________________________________________________________
City_____________________________________ State__________ Zip_______________________
q Contributing Member...................................$250
q Patron..........................................................$500
q Student Membership......................................$15
must be 18+ and provide appropriate ID
Home phone_ _____________________________________________________________________
Make checks payable to “Friends” and mail with
membership form to: Friends, PO Box 1295,
Morristown, NJ 07962-1295
Secondary phone q Work q Cell q Other___________________________________________
Please write a separate check for membership, and
do not combine with program registration fees.
Email_____________________________________________________________________________
For more information about membership call
973-326-7603, or visit www.arboretumfriends.org