Press Releases

Do you want to enhance your landscape with native plants?  Growing native plants from seed is not the same as starting vegetables or annuals and Fall is the best time to start many of them.  You can learn how on

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 12 and Sunday, October

The October exhibit at the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum spotlights the work of award-winning photographic artist Elisabeth Ladwig.  This joyful show embraces the idea of “Breathing Room” as a guilt-free way of life. Featured artworks touch on

Join the GreenQuest Nature Club at Laurelwood Arboretum for wood-erful presentation on the New Jersey Woodlands on Wednesday, September 25 from 5 pm to 6:30 pm.  Students will be taught how woodlands benefit our ecosystems, what organisms use them as

The Ridgewood Camera Club invites visitors to step into a world where nature intertwines with artistic expression at its exhibit, Blossoms & Branches: A Photographic Celebration of Nature’s Elegance.  The photographs will be on display from September 4 to September

Laurelwood Arboretum will once again welcome the Wayne Hills High School Patriot 5 Woodwind Quintet for a free late-afternoon concert on Monday, August 26th.  The popular concert will begin at 5:30 pm in the Knippenberg Center for Education, 725 Pines

Celebrate summer’s end at Family Fun Day in the Garden at Laurelwood Arboretum on Saturday, August 24 from 11 AM to 3 PM, rain or shine.  This event will feature activities for kids of all ages–scavenger hunts, art projects, nature

The featured exhibit for August at Laurelwood Arboretum will be watercolors by landscape painter, George Polazzi.  His work will be on view from August 2 to August 31at the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive

Group visits to Laurelwood Arboretum are limited to 25 or fewer people.  All groups must register by completing an application at least two weeks prior to visiting.  Parking is limited, and no buses or large vans are allowed.  For additional

Celebrate summer’s end at Family Fun Day in the Garden at Laurelwood Arboretum on Saturday, August 24 from 11 AM to 3 PM, rain or shine.  This first-ever event will feature activities for kids of all ages–scavenger hunts, art projects,

A Webinar presented by Leslie Parness Meet the horticulture superstars of New Jersey at a webinar hosted by Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum on Thursday, July 11 at 6:30 pm. Leslie Parness, former Superintendent of Horticultural Education at the Morris County

Organic Impressions: Nature’s Palette Unveiled is the theme of an exhibit of paintings by Mahwah artist Elaine Dalto.  Her work will be on view from July 2 to July 31at the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines