Press Releases

The 2023 Community Art and Photography Exhibit at Laurelwood Arboretum features work by artists from Wayne and surrounding communities.  The exhibit at the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West, Wayne will continue from Sunday, September 9 through Thursday, September 28.  The opening reception will be held on September 9 […]

The Wayne Hills High School Patriot 5 Woodwind Quintet will perform at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West in Wayne on Monday, August 28th.   The concert will begin at 5:30 pm in the Knippenberg Center for Education.  The group, directed by Steve Sullivan, will perform a variety of favorites.  The event is free, and

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum will host Vital Hues, an exhibit of works by Ritika Gandhi and Joan Hain, at the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West, Wayne from August 6 through 30.  Gandhi and Hain are two friends who came together through art and nature and have exhibited together

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum invites local artists and photographers to exhibit their work at the 2023 Community Art and Photography Show from September 10 through September 27 at the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West, Wayne. Submissions will be accepted on Wednesday, September 6 between 3 pm and 6

The upcoming free GreenQuest Nature Club program for students in grades 2 through 6 will be held on Wednesday, August 16 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm at the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive in Wayne.  The children will discover the colorful world of butterflies and learn about what

Gardening for Nature is a five-part series sponsored by Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum that focuses on creating an ecologically friendly garden.  Native Groundcovers: Living Mulch, third in the series, will be a Zoom presentation on Thursday, August 10 at 7 pm.  The program will be presented by Leah Brooks, Public Programs Assistant at Mt. Cuba

Squirt by Vivien Collens. Photo Broadfoot and Broadfootby “Squirt,” a fanciful work by artist Vivien Collens, was recently installed in A Sculpture Trail at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West in Wayne, New Jersey.  “Squirt” can be seen  along Ridge Road across from the Redwood Glade.  The colorful piece made of powder-coated aluminum soars

The newest installation in A Sculpture Trail at Laurelwood Arboretum is “Egrets,” a stainless steel rendition of birds at rest and in motion created by Babette Bloch.  It can be seen at site #1 in the grassy knoll behind Laurel Pond.  TULIPULA, also by Bloch, is at Sculpture Trail site #5. Laurelwood Arboretum is located

The free monthly GreenQuest programs are sponsored by Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum and led by Aadhith Balaji, a senior at Wayne Hills High School.  He is a member of the Wayne Hills Environmental Club and led the 2022 GreenQuest Nature Club at the Wayne Public Library.  

Gardening for Nature is a five-part series of programs focusing on creating an ecologically friendly garden.   The Magical World of Fireflies, second in the series, will be presented by Lourdes Osorio on Thursday, July 13 at 6:30 pm in the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West in Wayne.  The