Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum will offer free guided cart tours of Laurelwood Arboretum on Wednesday, July 17 at 10 am. It is an ideal opportunity to enjoy the many flowering trees and shrubs, as well as the newest Sculpture Trail installations. This is a rain-or-shine event. There is no rain date. Please meet at the […]
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Stretch your body, relax your mind and relieve your tensions at a series of 1-hour gentle chair yoga classes on Wednesdays at 10:30 am from July 7 through October 27. The chair yoga classes will be led by Patricia Engrissei, a registered yoga teacher (RYT 200) and YACEP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider®). “No experience is necessary to participate in the class, and there is no need to get up and down from the floor.”
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Columbia Bank Volunteers at Laurelwood Arboretum A hardworking crew of 20 Columbia Bank employees recently volunteered at Laurelwood Arboretum. Team Columbia divided a dense stand of ferns and transplanted them to an area along Dorothy’s Way. They also weeded and mulched at various sites in the arboretum. Teams of Columbia Bank employees have been volunteering
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The name Rhododendron comes from the Greek words “rodon” which means “rose” and “dendron” which means “tree”, hence Rose Tree.
Imagine a large shrub beautifying the landscape for three seasons while requiring little maintenance and covering a large area, keeping it weed-free. Hydrangeas are popular garden shrubs beloved by gardeners. Unfortunately, the one most often grown—the mophead or French hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)—often causes gardeners heartaches when it fails to bloom because its buds succumb to
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Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum will offer free guided tours of Laurelwood Arboretum on Sunday, June 27 at 10 am. This will be an ideal opportunity to enjoy the early summer blooms, as well as the newest Sculpture Trail installations. To join a tour, meet at the entrance patio of the Knippenberg Center for Education at
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Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum will offer free guided cart tours of Laurelwood Arboretum on Wednesday, June 16 at 10 am. It is an ideal opportunity to enjoy the many flowering trees and shrubs, as well as the newest Sculpture Trail installations. This is a rain-or-shine event. There is no rain date. Please meet at the
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So you’re looking for a tree but want something that’s not too tall? After all, many New Jersey gardens are not large enough for 70-foot trees such as oaks. Our native serviceberry might offer a solution for you. Although some are trees with a single trunk, most serviceberries are actually large multi-stemmed shrubs that can
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This is the fourth in a series of four articles on New Jersey’s overabundant deer population, focusing on the damage to our ecosystems. Links to the first three articles appear at the end of this article. Remember being in high school and having to debate or write a position paper? To learn how to support
‘Pi in the Sky III,’ a stainless steel sculpture that stands more than 17 feet high, has joined 11 other works of art on display at Laurelwood Arboretum. The monumental piece was created by Micajah Bienvenu, known for twisting and turning steel into glittering sculptures. His work combines technology with traditional, large-scale design and fabrication. “With
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Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
