Press Releases

Just in time for Mother’s Day, Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum will host its annual Plant Sale on Saturday, May 8, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The arboretum is located at 725 Pines Lake Drive West (entrances at Vale Road and Pines Lake Drive) in Wayne.

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum will offer free guided walking tours of Laurelwood Arboretum on Sunday, April 25 at 10 am.  It is an ideal opportunity to enjoy the early spring blooms in the arboretum.  To join a tour, meet at the entrance patio of the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake

“Dyad,” a welded steel abstract sculpture by artist Martha Walker, is the newest addition to A Sculpture Trail at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Road West, Wayne, New Jersey. The 6’10” piece, fashioned from meticulously dripped molten steel, is based on the scientific double helix. Walker’s process of dripping liquid steel one drop at a time

The annual Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum plant sale will be held this year on Saturday, May 8, the day before Mother’s Day. We are now accepting pre-sale orders for flats of annuals to be picked up on May 8 at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive, West in Wayne. By ordering in advance you ensure

April is National Volunteer Month, and the volunteer season will begin at Laurelwood Arboretum on April 13. Volunteers work Tuesdays through Saturdays from April through October. Anyone who is interested in volunteering should email Carol Palmer-Yomtov, chairperson of the Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum volunteer committee, at cpygc@optonline.net. Laurelwood Arboretum is located at 725 Pines Lake

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum has launched its annual Give the Gift of Green Campaign to raise funds for the start of the gardening season. Gift of Green donations help provide the resources to recreate our Sensory Garden after its winter rest, to restore the plantings along Azalea Way now that the pond dredging project is

For the past several months, visitors to Laurelwood Arboretum have been enjoying sculptures on display that are part of A Sculpture Trail, an innovative outdoor exhibit sponsored by Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum. This multiyear project will showcase 15 sculptures by renowned artists. Seven exciting pieces have been installed so far, with five more expected this

Visitors walking through Laurelwood Arboretum this winter can enjoy the newest addition to A Sculpture Trail. “Sandalphon” by Harry Gordon, a 12-foot-tall work in stone, was recently installed at site #4 on the trail.

The newest arrival for Laurelwood Arboretum’s Sculpture Trail is “Ring Top Tower,” created by Joel Perlman. It is fabricated from welded steel and measures 108 x 36 x 36 inches. There are now six sculptures on exhibit in this exciting project sponsored by Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum to benefit the arboretum. For Perlman, sculpting is an

Ken Partyka, Vice President and Area Manager of Lakeland Bank, and a team of Lakeland Bank volunteers worked with Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum staff and volunteers to install landscaping for the arboretum’s new propagation greenhouse. Partyka was joined by Lakeland Bank Assistant Branch Managers Woudeline Cherry and Myrle-Ann Cherry, as well as family and friends.