As you stroll past the notice board towards the Knippenberg Center in August, a wonderful fragrance permeates the air. You might look around and wonder where it’s coming from or whether you are just imagining it.
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“Mingus II” by Richard Heinrich “Mingus II,” a steel sculpture by artist Richard Heinrich, is now on exhibit at Laurelwood Arboretum. The piece is the third of 15 sculptures to be featured in A Sculpture Trail, a multiyear project sponsored by Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum to benefit the arboretum. The project is designed to enhance
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Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum invites local artists and photographers to exhibit their work in the 2020 Festival of Friends Virtual Community Art/Photography Show. Individuals may submit one piece of art or photography created in Laurelwood Arboretum or inspired by nature. The virtual exhibit will be featured on the arboretum’s website, www.laurelwoodarboretum.org in September and in
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Two beautiful hand-hewn benches created by artist David Robinson for Laurelwood Arboretum are now on display in the garden. One is in the Sensory Garden and the other is inside the front door of the Knippenberg Center for Education. There are many reasons to donate a bench—to celebrate a milestone in life or to honor
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Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum now offers a self-paced cell phone tour to guide people from the Knippenberg Center for Education along many of the arboretum’s scenic paths, through natural and designed spaces, and back to the center. At each of the 19 tour stops they can hear details of the history and horticulture of this special place.
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The Sculpture Trail has installed “Oxidized Pod,” a welded work by artist Robert Koch, which can now be seen along Brook Road. The striking 72-inch sculpture, fabricated from steel rebar rods that have been welded together, is designed to capture the organic movements found in nature.
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Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum will host its long-postponed Plant Sale on Friday, June 19 and Saturday, June 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Social distancing and masks are strongly recommended. The arboretum is located at 725 Pines Lake Drive West (entrances at Vale Road and Pines Lake Drive West) in Wayne. Linda Wescott
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With remote learning, home school supervision and warmer weather, do you have any ideas for flower gardening? We would love to get out of the house and grow something gorgeous and useful.
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With schools and businesses closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, is Laurelwood Arboretum open for tours or educational programs? Any ideas for the gardeners and children?
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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 to provide the resources to rejuvenate the popular Sensory Garden after its winter rest, to landscape the grounds around the new propagation greenhouse, to purchase historic
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Donations to Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum help to support the garden’s maintenance, operations and public programs.
Dues and donations are deductible for income tax purposes to the extent allowed by law.
Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
