Cultivate Your Green Thumb: Indoor Gardening Program at Laurelwood Arboretum

“Getting started with your own indoor paradise? Afraid you don’t have a green thumb? Anyone can have a green thumb once they understand a plant’s needs,” said Master Gardener Ritika Gandhi.  In Indoor Gardening 101, she will discuss easy-to-grow houseplants and caring for them so they thrive, and dealing with plant pests. “You will leave […]

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'Great Eastern'

The Knippenberg Rhododendrons

‘Great Eastern’ Photo by Dorothy Knippenberg ‘Laurel Pink’ Photo by Dorothy Knippenberg ‘Paul Vossberg’ Photo by Joe Di Giacomo Dorothy Knippenberg began hybridizing rhododendrons in 1955 at Laurelwood Gardens, and she continued to strive for plants with new interests and improvements, such as hardy large-leaf plants, more flower substance, and later-blooming periods. Together with her

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Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum Plant Sale Pre-sale Now Underway

The annual Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum plant sale will be held this year during Mother’s Day weekend, Saturday, May 10th and Sunday, May 11th.. The Plant Sale Pre-Sale is now underway. This year’s sale offers annual flats, grasses, perennials, shrubs and trees. Many native plants are featured to help support a healthy ecosystem. Plants ordered

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New Sculpture Trail Installation At Laurelwood Arboretum

The newest sculpture along Laurelwood Arboretum’s Sculpture Trail is Allonge by Robert Koch. The 8’ x 7” x 10” milled steel work replaces Koch’s Ferrous Couture, which was recently sold.  Allonge was installed in the same location at site #1 overlooking Laurel Pond.  The sculpture was inspired by organic movements found in nature. Growing up

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Holiday Fine Art Showcase and Sale At Laurelwood Arboretum

Holiday shoppers will find unique gifts including tabletop sculptures, paintings, ornaments and other exceptional items at the Holiday Fine Art Showcase and Sale at the Knippenberg Center for Education, Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West in Wayne.  The Showcase and Sale is open from 12 noon to 4 pm on Saturday, November 23 and

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New Sculpture Trail Installation At Laurelwood Arboretum

Rejuvenation by Elaine Lorenz, a brilliantly white sculpture fashioned from fiber-reinforced cement, is now on view alongside Brook Road at Laurelwood Arboretum.  It replaces Up and Away, a Lorenz sculpture at the same site that was recently sold.  Rejuvenation, which is also for sale, is priced at $15,000. “I revisited my earlier sculpture to recreate

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