Press Releases

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum (FOLA) is sponsoring the first of a series of  monthly Storytime programs for children on Sunday, April 10, at 2 p.m. at the Knippenberg Center for Education, Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive East in Wayne. The title of the program is “Roots and Stems.” The reading of the story will

April is National Volunteer Month, and the volunteer season will begin at Laurelwood Arboretum on April 12 at 9 am at the arboretum’s pavilion. Laurelwood Arboretum is located at 725 Pines Lake Drive West in Wayne. The volunteers will work until noon and then enjoy refreshments and a Volunteer Recognition event and educational program starting

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum (FOLA) opened its 2016 membership year with a talk at the Wayne Public Library on, “Beatrix Potter’s Gardens” given by Marta McDowell, author of Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life. McDowell teaches landscape history and gardening at the New York Botanical Garden and Drew University. She has a special interest in the relationship

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum (FOLA) has been awarded a grant in the amount of $20,000 from the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust for the development of a horticultural master plan for the arboretum development of educational programs for the public. Grant funds will be used in 2016 to increase the work schedule of Laurelwood’s Executive Director

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum (FOLA) will sponsor a free “Beauty of the Season” tour on Sunday, December 13 at 12:30 pm at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West, Wayne. The tour, led by Master Gardener and FOLA board member Sara McHugh, will provide a unique view of the arboretum’s trees and overall landscape design.

Members of Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum (FOLA) elected two new members to the Board of Directors, each for a one-year term. Ray Vanaria, a Certified Public Account with the firm of Malesardi, Quackenbush, Swift & Co. LLC. was elected treasurer. David Kooistra, who worked in the past for the Wayne Township Department of Parks and