Alice Moskowitz

A first-ever Holiday Plant Sale will be featured during Laurelwood Arboretum’s Holiday Craft Boutique on Saturday, November 22 and Sunday, November 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Knippenberg Center for Education, 725 Pines Lake Drive West, Wayne.  Admission is free.   A shuttle from the Pines Lake School will be available to bring […]

Enjoy the many beautiful forms and colors of mum blooms when the New Jersey State Chrysanthemum Society returns to Laurelwood Arboretum.  The Society’s judged Show will be free and open to the public on Saturday, October 11 and Sunday, October 12 from 12 PM to 4 PM at the arboretum’s Knippenberg Center for Education, 725

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum welcomes the sights and sounds of New Jersey’s beautiful birds with a morning walk on Saturdays, October 12, 19 and 26 at 8 am (rain dates October 13, 20 and 27). Walkers meet at the Sensory Garden located near the Vale Road parking lot at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive

Photographer Glen Evans invites visitors on a 13-year, 10,000 mile walk through Laurelwood Arboretum and landscapes in Minnesota and beyond in his October exhibit.  “Capturing an image of any particular plant or scene is often the result of studying it for weeks, months, or years to decide when is the best time to push the

Did you know that the average American generates about 8 pounds of waste every day?  Did you also know that 40 percent of what a household puts out to the curb for trash could actually be organically recycled to be turned into compost? Come to Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West in Wayne on

Chrysanthemums—the beloved “mums” of fall—will take center stage at Laurelwood Arboretum on Wednesday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m. Cindy Hedin, a longtime member of the New Jersey State Chrysanthemum Society, will present a free program, Knowing and Growing Chrysanthemums, at the Knippenberg Center for Education, 725 Pines Lake Drive West, Wayne. Drawing on more than

The GreenQuest Nature Club invites children in grades 2 through 6 to an exciting program on Wednesday, September 24, from 4:30 to 6:00 PM at the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive, Wayne.  This month’s topic is farm animals. Children will learn how they grow, stay healthy and play a

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum welcomes the sights and sounds of New Jersey’s migrating birds with a free morning walk on Saturdays, September 13 (rain date 9/14), September 27 (rain date 9/28), October 12, 25 and November 2 at 8:30 am. Heavy rain reschedules. Walkers meet at the Sensory Garden located near the Vale Road parking

Laurelwood Arboretum Level II Accreditation has been renewed by the ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and The Morton Arboretum.  Accreditation is awarded for achieving standards of professional practices deemed important for arboreta and botanic gardens.  Level II criteria include having a minimum of 100 species, varieties or cultivars of trees or woody plants; having a defined

The September art exhibit at Laurelwood Arboretum will feature works by the Landscape Painters of North Jersey, a collective of women artists united by their passion for portraying the beauty of the natural world.  Their paintings explore the ever-changing effects of light on water, mountains, trees, fields, clouds, and even architectural forms.  “Our shared goal