The New Jersey Calendar of Events

The Garden Conservancy Open Days Program
Admission to each private garden is $5. Rain or shine.
The Garden Conservancy
11 Old Post Road
Cold Spring
1-888-842-2442, www.opendaysprogram.org

Somerset County Park Commission Events
September 13 - Autumn in the Perennial Garden 9-11
Field study of fall blooming perennials. Discuss plant care, gardening techniques. In the Perennial Garden. Pre-registration required. Fee: $12/person (limit 30 people)
October 18 - Putting Your Garden to Bed Workshop 10-Noon
Rain date October 25. Learn how to prepare your perennial garden for winter. Bring pruners, loppers, gloves and participate as Horticulture staff demonstrates techniques used to winterize your garden. In the Perennial Garden. Pre-registration required.
Fee: $12/person (limit 30 people)
Colonial Park
Parking Lot F, East Millstone, Franklin Township
Information: 732-873-2459 ext.21, NJ Relay Service at 711 for hearing or speech impairment.
www.somersetcountyparks.org
Leonard J. Buck Garden Events
August 12 - Perennials for the Shade Garden 9:30-11:30
Rain date: 8/13. Shade gardening is more necessary as trees grow and spread. Learn suitable plants from which to choose including sturdy herbaceous perennials that grow successfully in the shade at Leonard J. Buck Garden. Fee: $12/person. Pre-registration required.
September 6 - Plants for Autumn Interest 10-Noon
Join author Judy Glattstein for class highlighting ornamental plants with colorful foliage, bark and leaf structure. Learn to select plant material that will give you the color and texture you desire during Mother Nature’s grand finale. Fee: $20/ person. Pre-registration is required.
September 25 - Art in the Garden: Watercolors in the Garden 9-3
Rain date: 9/26. Nature and wildlife artist Beatrice Bork leads one-day class. Students guided in choosing location when painting outdoors, paint application, mixing colors, composition, and how to create a finished watercolor painting. Basic drawing skills recommended. Call for art supply list and bring lunch. Fee: $35/person. Pre-registration required.
October 1 - Birding at Buck III - Why Birds Migrate 9-11
Rain or shine. Learn about bird migration and seasonal movement, which birds use stars to help them navigate, which birds utilize rising columns of warm air thermals to assist. Lecture and field study requires binoculars. Fee: $15/person Pre-registration is required.
October 28 - Flower & Landscape Photography II: Alternative Approaches 9-11:30
Rain date: 10/29. Technical instruction. Explore abstract side of photography from multiple exposure images, using filters, blur techniques and more. Lecture and shooting session in the garden. Taught by Brien Szabo. Designed for all levels of digital and film photographers. Fee: $35/person Pre-registration required.
Leonard J. Buck Garden
11 Layton Road in Far Hills
Registration: 908-234-2677 ext. 21 or www.somersetcountyparks.org

Rutgers Events
September 13 - Garden Gala
Rutgers Gardens
Cook College/Rutgers University
112 Ryders Lane
New Brunswick
rugardens@aseop.rutgers.edu
732-932-7000

Jefferson Highlights Summer Concert Series
Save gas, support kids, and have lots of fun at concerts under the stars in an outdoors amphitheatre on a lake, surrounded by nature. Serene setting, great music, food vendors including home-made ice cream, family fun. Karaoke contest before every concert, culminating on August 30 to crown Karaoke Idol. All ages Concerts, Full Concert Lighting, State of the Art Sound, Giveaways, Wheelchair Seating, Free Parking. ponsorships available: jhconcerts@optonline.net . Presented by Jefferson Highlights Community Television.
August 9: After Dark - www.afterdarkrock.com - and The Ponytails - www.theponytailsband.com
August 16: The Suburban Hillbillies and Michael Patrick's "RING OF FIRE BAND" Tribute to Johnny Cash - www.ringoffireband.com
August 23: The POETS with Frankie and The Corvettes - www.angelfire.com/pa/thepoetsplace
August 30: Rob Cannillo & Friends - www.robandfriends.com - and EIGHT DAYS OF BLUES -
www.eightdaysofblues.com
Info: 973-663-5590, jhconcerts@optonline.net
Camp Jefferson
Weldon Road (off Route 15)
Jefferson

New Jersey Botanical Garden Events
Summer Concerts 7
Grab a lawn chair or blanket and come enjoy music in magnificent surroundings. Light refreshments available. In bad weather, concerts moved into Carriage House Visitor Center. Donation: $3/person
August 8: Bob Leive & Lou Pollo - Bob Leive (Wooster Street Trolley) and Lou Pollo (Les Paul Trio) with jazz, ragtime, swing era classics and contemporary favorites.
August 22: 3M Band - Larry Morris, Bill Moen and Mike Morris from Pompton Lakes on guitar, bass, percussion. Acoustical sounds of 60s and 70s with attention to harmonizing vocals, do Crosby, Stills and Nash, Young, Chapin, Jimmy Buffet, Simon and Garfunkel... Sing-along songs.
Every Sunday - Guided Garden Tours 2
Free. Meet at Carriage House and wear comfortable shoes.
Botanical Garden at Skylands
Ringwood State Park
Morris Road, Ringwood
973-962-9534, www.njbg.org

Art Exhibit
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
71 Hamilton Street
New Brunswick
732.932.7237, www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu

Camden Childrens Garden Events
Themed educational exhibits including Dinosaur Garden, Giant Picnic Garden, Storybook Gardens, Red Oak Run and Tree House, Cityscapes Garden. Indoors: Philadelphia Eagles Butterfly House, Benjamin Franklin's Workshop, Plaza de Aibonito. Commerce Carousel, Arrow River Express Train Ride, Spring Butterfly Ride for small fee. Educational programs and festivals every second and fourth Saturday, April thru November
August 20 - Eat This! Flowers to Tickle Your Taste Buds 10-11:30
Herbalist Andrea Sparano introduces common garden flowers safe to eat, how to use them in hors d'oeuvres, salads, more. Parents make easy spread, pot up an edible perennial to take home. Kids plant chives to nurture over winter. Fee.
Camden Children's Garden
3 Riverside Drive, Camden
856.365.TREE (8733), info@CamdenChildrensGarden.org
www.camdenchildrensgarden.org

Frelinghuysen Arboretum Events
August 7 - Drawing Summer Fruits & Vegetables 10-1
And August 20, 6-9. Learn to draw and paint summer’s bountiful harvest. Mindy Lighthipe demonstrates drawing, composing, applying watercolor & colored pencil. Fee. Register by August 1.
August 10 - Tomato Day with Slow Food New Jersey 1-4:30
Tomato sampling, learn how to grow them and save seeds. Talks, walks and demos offered. Cooking demos presented for small fee on first-come basis. FREE
The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
53 East Hanover Avenue
Morris Township (across from the County Library)
973-326-7603 or www.morrisparks.net or www.arboretumfriends.org

Hutcheson Memorial Forest Tours
Hutcheson Memorial Forest
2150 Amwell Rd
Somerset
Info: 732-932-3313, woodcreeper@gmail.com

Catalpa Ridge Farm Events
www.jerseygrown.com or jerseygrown@gmail.com

New Jersey Conservation Foundation Events
If no time listed, call or check website.
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
170 Longview Road
Far Hills
Info: www.jnconservation.org 908-234-1225, Carol@njconservation.org

Pequest Trout Hatchery & Natural Resource Education Center Events
August 14 - Rizzo’s Reptile Discovery 6:30
Get close to a boa constrictor in presentation that highlights importance of reptiles and amphibians as environmental indicators of natural and man-made world. Water pollution such as litter, animal waste and motor oil has a significant negative impact on these delicate creatures. Come to learn what you can do to help. Presentation also focuses on native and introduced species, and threatened and endangered reptiles and amphibians found in New Jersey. Free. Registration required.
Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center
605 Pequest Rd.
Oxford
908-637-4125 or www.njfishandwildlife.com

Palisades Interstate Park Commission Events
Tuesdays in August - Summertime Hiking Adventures for Children 10
Rachel's Rangers." Guided hikes cover about 3 mi. round-trip in about 2 hrs. over relatively easy trails (younger children may need assistance over rocky areas). "Drizzle or shine." Free. Children must be accompanied by adult. To confirm on morning of hike if weather seems questionable: 201 768-1360 ext. 108.
• Aug. 12: "Cliff Dale" - meet at Park Headquarters in Alpine (PIP Exit 2).
• Aug. 19: "Canoe Beach" - meet at Bloomer's Beach at north end of Englewood Boat Basin & Picnic Area (PIP Exit 1).
• Aug. 26: "Who Rock" - meet at State Line Lookout (northbound PIP opposite Exit 3 in Alpine).
More info: http://www.njpalisades.org/children_summer08.htm
August 10 - Hikes for Dogs: "UNDERCLIFF" 10
Guided hike for dogs. Meet at entrance to Englewood Boat Basin & Picnic Area (PIP Exit 1). Dogs must be leashed. Free admission; $5 parking. About 2 mi., 2 hrs., easy hiking with some rocky areas. Information or confirm morning of hike if weather questionable: 201 768-1360 ext. 107.
August 10 - "HUYLER'S LANDING" 2
Guided hike. Meet 2 at entrance to Alpine Boat Basin & Picnic Area (PIP Exit 2). Free admission; $5 parking. About 5 mi., 3 hrs., moderate hiking. Information or confirm on day of hike if weather questionable: 201 768-1360 ext. 107.
August 30 - "WILDFLOWER WALK ALONG THE SHORE TRAIL" 10
Guided walk. Meet at Kearney House at Alpine Boat Basin & Picnic Area (PIP Exit 2). Free admission; $5 parking. About 3 mi., 3 hrs., relatively easy. No dogs. Information: 201 768-1360, ext. 101.
Palisades Interstate Park - NJ Section
PO Box 155, Alpine, NJ 07620
201 768-1360 www.njpalisades.org/
Friends of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission
Bear Mountain
845.786.2701, admin@friendsofpalisades.org
www.friendsofpalisades.org

Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension of Middlesex County Events
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County
EARTH Center
Davidson's Mill Pond Park, South Brunswick
732 398 5262, www.co.middlesex.nj.us/extensionservices

October 5 - 13th Annual Pinelands Discovery Festival 11-4
Day of environmental exhibits, presentations, guided tours, food, music, children's activities. $5 parking. Sponsored by Pinelands Preservation Alliance.
Historic Whitesbog Village
Rt. 530 (mile marker 13)
Browns Mills, Pemberton Township
(609) 859-8860, www.pinelandsalliance.org

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