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JOHN P. HUMES JAPANESE STROLL GARDEN
Seasonal part-time gardener & part-time office person. Please contact the garden at strollgarden1@verizon.net

HORTICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS
The Horticultural Society of New York
148 W 37 Street, 13 Floor
New York, NY 10018
email: hsny@hsny.org
website: http://www.hsny.org
Founded in 1900, HSNY's mission is to improve the quality of life in New York through horticulture. Our cultural assets include a 12,000 volume library, art space and gallery with rotating exhibits; special events, galas, and annual Fall Luncheon. HSNY provides innovative community outreach programs: GreenBranches, which installs gardens at libraries; GreenHouse, our "jail-to-street" program that teaches horticultural skills to inmates at Riker's Island; GreenTeam, which employs inmates after their release in horticulture projects around New York City; and Apple Seed / Read & Seed, two public school-based educational programs in ecology and literacy for children.

The Garden Conservancy
P.O. Box 219
Cold Spring, New York 10516
1-888-842-2442
Website: http://www.opendaysprogram.org
For over ten years, the Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program has unlocked the gates to hundreds of America's very best private gardens by working with volunteers coast to coast to coordinate schedules, collect information, and get it to you. Many of these gardens are rarely, if ever, otherwise open to the public. This is your open invitation to these Open Days treasures. Visit us on the web or call The Garden Conservancy toll free for details.

OUTDOORS ORGANIZATIONS
The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
156 Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202)
Mahwah, NJ 07430
201-512-9438
email: info@nynjtc.org
website: www.nynjtc.org
The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference is a federation of more than 85 hiking clubs and environmental organizations and 10,000 individuals dedicated to building and maintaining marked hiking trails and protecting related open space in the bi-state region.

PUBLIC GARDENS & RESOURCES
Botanique: Portal to Gardens, Arboreta & Nature Sites
Email: jm@herald21.com
Website: http://www.botanique.com
Wish to escape to inspiring spaces featuring the flora of the United States and Canada? Botanique lists more than 2480 such places as well as a large number of resources supplying information to the botanist/horticulturist/gardener.

BOOKS
The Garden Reborn--Bringing New Life to Your Aging Landscape
by Ruby Weinberg
email: rubyhunterdon@earthlink.net
website: http://www.thegardenreborn.com
17 essays and 68 color photographs describe how to tackle weedy, messy, or overgrown parts of an older home garden -- those parts that spoil its inherent beauty. Written in a crystal clear, spirited manner, conversational in tone, the book also addresses hobby gardeners who no longer have the youthful strength to keep up with fussy, time-demanding planting areas. Some chapters describe new projects that will increase the beauty and usefulness of your home landscaping.

Best Hikes with Dogs - New Jersey
by Mary Jasch
email: mary@dig-itmag.com
website: New Jersey Dog Hikes www.njdoghikes.com
52 trails in New Jersey that are dog friendly, fun and safe no matter where you are in New Jersey or what shape you or Fido are in. Tips on canine trail etiquette, New Jersey's permits and regulations, what to pack for pooch, what to include in your doggy first-aid kit. Book includes directions, detailed trail descriptions, what you can expect to enjoy along the way, environmental and horticultural facts, vistas, and canine concerns. At Borders, Barnes & Noble, independent bookstores, and everywhere online. Check out the Mountaineers at www.mountaineersbooks.org

FARMS & GOODIES
Pochuck Valley Farms
962 Route 517
Glenwood, NJ 07418
973-764-4732
Pick your own apples and pears on a hillside orchard. At the store, buy fresh apple cider with no preservatives in fall and winter, plus 10" deep-dish pies from their own fruit - apple, pumpkin, blueberry, pecan, "fruit-of-the-farm," and others such as lemon merangue and chocolate cream by special order. Harry makes cider donuts every morning. Diane makes breakfast and lunch, including home-made soups and breads. Local goodies include honey and butters, photography, fruit baskets. Worth a visit.

WRITERS' RESOURCES
The Gila Queen's Guide to Markets
PO Box 97 Newton, NJ 07860
(973)579-1537
email: GilaQueen@att.net
website: www.gilaqueen.us
The Gila Queen email newsletter for writers and artists around the world features publishing news, guidelines for paying markets (magazines, books, anthologies), contests, and much more. A 20-issue subscription costs $20. Published every three weeks. Kathryn Ptacek, Editor/Publisher .........................................................
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