Alice Moskowitz

For many, a trip to the annual Philadelphia Flower Show heralds the coming of Spring. Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum is hosting a bus trip to this year’s show on Wednesday, March 7. The trip is open to the public at a cost of $70 per person, which includes the bus and admission to the show. […]

Once again, Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum volunteers are decorating the main entrance and grand staircase at historic Skylands Manor for the annual Holiday Open House, sponsored by the New Jersey Botanical Garden. This year’s theme is, “A Magical Holiday.” The Manor will be decorated floor-to-ceiling to create a warm and welcoming start to the holiday

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum will offer free guided tours of Laurelwood Arboretum on Sunday, November 12 at 12:30 pm before the Annual Meeting, which is at 2 pm. To join a tour, meet at the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Road West in Wayne. Trained tour guides will lead visitors

The Annual Meeting of Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum (FOLA) will be held on Sunday, November 12, at 2 PM in the Knippeberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Road West, Wayne.  All members, as well as guests and members of the public, are invited to attend. Free guided tours of the arboretum

Nancy Alexander and John Crowell, Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum volunteers, have been helping to install deer netting to protect the arboretum’s most valuable plants. Deer have done significant damage throughout the arboretum and threaten to destroy the renowned azalea and rhododendron collections, as well as many other shrubs and trees. In the absence of fencing

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum has been awarded a $2,850 grant from the American Rhododendron Society for the publication of a brochure on the history of rhododendron hybridization at Laurelwood and in the region. The 20-page brochure will focus on the history of Laurelwood Gardens, now Laurelwood Arboretum, in East Coast rhododendron hybridizing. It will also

This stainless steel sculpture by artist John Sanders is now on display at Laurelwood Arboretum’s entrance, 725 Pines Lake Drive West in Wayne. Sanders loaned the sculpture to the arboretum following last year’s Art Gala. The price of the piece is available on request. Sanders, who lives in Roxbury, New York, concentrates on creating steel

The Wayne Township nonprofit Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum has joined #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that encourages philanthropy and celebrates generosity worldwide. #GivingTuesday is held annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, the week after the popular shopping events of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This year #GivingTuesday is on Tuesday, November 28.It will kick