Wed Jul 1

Gallery Exhibit: Focus on Scotland

Gallery Exhibit: Focus on Scotland

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

Free.

Tue Jul 7
10:00a - 12:00N

Focus on Scotland: SCOTTIE DOG TOPIARY DEMONSTRATION

Adorable and completely house-trained! Floral designer Marge Hulstrunk demonstrates how to plant a topiary dog. Complete instructions are included and frames may be purchased at the wholesale cost of $30. There are a limited number of frames available, so we suggest that you reserve yours when you register.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$8 members / $10 non-members

Sat Jul 11
1:00p - 4:30p
and Sun Jul 12 10:00a - 2:00p

Tri-State Hosta Society: Hostas on Parade

Show and sale featuring new Hosta varieties and companion plants for shady gardens.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: TSH

Free.

Wed Jul 15
1:00p - 3:00p

Focus on Scotland: HEATHER - FROM THE MOORS TO MORRISTOWN

Jane Murphy, owner of Hickory Hill Heath and Heather in Oxford, PA, discusses heather, one of Scotland's more abundant plants and a great choice for your garden. Plants will be available to purchase.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$ 8 members / $10 non-members

Sat Jul 18
10:00a - 3:00p

North Jersey Orchid Society Auction

North Jersey Orchid Society Auction

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

Free.

Sun Jul 19
10:00a - 4:30p

Focus on Scotland - SPEAKER DAY

GARDENERS ART SWAP

Calling all thrifty gardeners -- we are trying something new! This year especially, why not trade your unused garden art with other members and area gardeners? Arrive promptly at 10a.m., bring your "stuff" to the Bus Parking Area of the parking lot.

It will be appraised based on its original value by Staff and Board Members. You will receive a "chit" which you can exchange for new "treasures." Everything must be clean and in good repair. No tools and nothing over 50 pounds, please.

What's accepted? Statues, whirligigs, containers of all sizes and designs, gnomes, chimes, tuteurs, signs, bird houses, bird feeders and yes, pink flamingoes.

Time: 10a.m. - 1 p.m.
Cost: $3

SPEAKER DAY

Scotland's legendary beauty is brought to you in two engaging 45-minute long talks. The first, "Gardens of Scotland," is presented by Friends Board President, Sue Acheson . Sue's talks always feature spectacular images and her horticulturally informed commentary. The second, "Take the High Road to Scotland," is presented by Susan Cloyd from C.I.E. Tours International. Susan is a native of the British Isles, returns there frequently, and is well familiar with her subject. A lovely spread of Scottish food specialties will follow, compliments of The Scottish Gourmet.

Time: 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $5 members / $8 non-members

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

Fri Jul 24
7:00p - 8:30p

SUNDOWNER WALKS - JULY

Evening light casts its spell as Horticulture staff members walk us through their favorite spots of the garden. Wear comfortable shoes, bring bug spray, and don't forget your camera! Afterwards, we'll all enjoy refreshments in the garden - it's the perfect plant lovers' Friday night date.

Meet at the Haggerty Education Center for a sunset tour of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum with Plantsman Pat Rolston.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$10 members; $15 non-members

Sat Jul 25
10:00a - 4:00p

Garden State Iris Society Sale

Experienced growers will be on hand to answer questions. Bring this newsletter to receive a free iris with the purchase of any three.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Other

Free.

Sat Jul 25
1:00p - 3:00p

SUMMER COOKING SERIES - PEACHES

There's nothing better than a fresh, juicy, ripe peach and July is the time that Jersey peaches come into season. We will use Jersey Fresh peaches to make a peach pie, a peach cobbler, and a peach kuchen. We'll also taste some different varieties to determine what we like best.

Chef and Master Gardener Cynthia Triolo has cooked and baked at many New Jersey restaurants and has been teaching children and adults the joys of food for just about two decades. A wide range of topics will be covered but the focus of Cynthia's Cooking Series will be on seasonal, locally-grown food. Recipes will be given as well as a tasting of each of the items made in class. Sign up for the whole series and receive a discount!

Cost per Class: $15 members / $20 non-members
Cost per Series: $40 members / $55 non-members

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

Sun Jul 26
12:00N - 5:00p

Focus on Scotland - FAMILY DAY

From 12noon - 4p.m. enjoy crafts, storytelling, and cooking demonstrations that celebrate Scotland. At 4p.m. a concert by the Pipes and Drums of the Atlantic Watch will fill the Great Lawn. Please note that the arboretum will be open by paid admission only on this day. In the event of rain, the concert will be held at the Morristown Beard School, adjacent to the arboretum, and all other activities will be held indoors at the Haggerty Education Center.

Ongoing Crafts: Nessie

There's nothing scary about the Loch Ness Monster! Youngsters can sculpt their own to take home! Ages 5+

Ongoing Crafts: Family Crest

The MacPherson family had a crest, and so can yours. Design your family crest with construction paper and wit. Ages 5+

Fen Garden Craft for Kids ($10 materials fee)

Scots Faeries are often found in the marshy areas around woods called fens like we have in New Jersey. Build your own and see if faeries arrive to check it out. Ages 6+. 12:30p.m., 1:30p.m., & 2:30p.m.

Cooking Demonstration with Chef Cynthia Triolo

Learn to prepare treats from Scotland. Samples provided. 12:30p.m., 1:30p.m., & 2:30p.m.

Tales of Scotland

The Whispering Bench of the shady Fern Garden is the perfect backdrop for storyteller Jesslyn Wheeless, who will weave a web of enchantment with Scottish tales and tunes for families. 1p.m & 3p.m.

Frelinghuysen Arboretum Garden Tour

Join a Garden Guide to hear the history of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum and see the seasonal blooms. 1p.m, 2p.m., & 3p.m.

Concert: Pipes and Drums of the Atlantic Watch

The rich and powerful sounds of bagpipes will fill the arboretum and your heart. For an advance clip of this popular group, visit them at www.atlantic-watch.com. 4p.m.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$5/PERSON OR $10/CARLOAD

Fri Jul 31
7:00p - 9:00p

Focus on Scotland: MOVIE NIGHT FOR KIDS: TREASURE ISLAND

Ahoy there lads and lassies! Scotsman Robert Lewis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island in 1883 on an island off the coast of Scotland. We'll be showing the modern Muppets version which has plenty of pirates, buried treasure, and adventure, and we will serve butterscotch sundaes and oatmeal cookies. Wear your pirate gear or prepare to walk the plank.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$7 per person (ages 5+ please)

Sat Aug 1

Gallery Exhibit: Global Landscapes

Artist: Joyce Hoch
Medium: Watercolors

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

Free.

Wed Aug 5
10:00a - 4:00p

Private Garden Tours with DIG IT! (NOTE CORRECTED DATE)

(NOTE CORRECTED DATE)

We are going down the shore! The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum and DIG IT! Magazine teamed up this summer to create some exceptional private garden tour experiences. Enjoy a fun day of touring four spectacular seaside gardens in Monmouth County. These gardens in Rumson and Fair Haven offer a diverse palette of Zone 7 plants.

THE GARDENS

Haven on Shipee's Pond, Fair Haven

This terraced hillside garden on a half-acre with a 100-acre view overlooks a pond and the Navesink River. Enter a courtyard garden with raised beds of trees, blooming shrubs, and perennials. A flagstone path leads through a shrub garden down to a stone terrace where mixed borders, with roses and a profusion of hydrangeas, surround a free form pool with a waterfall under tall trees. The path continues past several terraced gardens with roses, hollies, and herbs down to the dock with intimate views of Shipee's Pond. Around back, a shade garden with potting bench under birch, oak, a Bloodgood maple, and viburnum affords gardener and guests privacy.

Garden of Stories, Rumson

Shrub borders with annuals, perennials, and specimen trees surround a circular drive with a central garden. Lots of hydrangea, day lilies, roses, and Rose of Sharon comprise the pool garden. Other highlights consist of park-like woods and flowering vines that clamber up to the house's second story. Many plants started as cuttings from other places that carry family memories and enhance the energy and drama of this Rumson garden.

Shanley Garden, Rumson

"Spacious, luxurious and manicured" describes this garden dominated by a Mediterranean-style house and grand trees. Atlantic White Cedar with shaggy red trunks greet the visitor. Large sections of intense shrub borders undulate along the property's edge. Shade gardens seem to shimmer with hemlock, ericaceous shrubs, hydrangea, cherry laurel, and magnolia. Urns of bright tropicals decorate entrances and patio steps. A grove of skinny spruce and wide maples is underplanted with curvaceous shade gardens with blocks of hydrangea, holly, ericaceous shrubs, and hosta. A carpet of lawn is the perfect foil for the dark-trunked trees and beige stucco house.

Garden of Green, Rumson

A quiet, humble formality pervades this Rumson garden surrounding the recently-constructed "antique colonial" home. This is a garden of green, of grasses and specimen trees. It is the home of a woman who enjoys the personalities of plants and of osmanthus, her deer-proof favorite plant. Once a nursery, this organically-grown landscape has Norway spruces all in a row. Twenty-foot enkianthus, camellia, stewartia, solid beds of cherry laurel, and patches of fern and holly show the way to "the wild way back."

There is no bus service to these gardens, but we do encourage carpooling with a friend.

*You will receive directions to each garden with your registration confirmation. Staff will be at each garden to assist you. Please do not bring unregistered guests.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$25 members / $40 non-members

Wed Aug 5
and Wednesdays Aug. 12 and 26
1:00p - 3:30p

2009 FLOWER ARRANGING WORKSHOPS - Beginner

Three Beginner Workshops covering basic techniques, styles, and designs.

In order to take three classes for this nominal fee, you will be required to sign an agreement that says all participants will be scheduled to do flower arrangements three times for the Haggerty Education Center or a special Friends' event between September 2009 and September 2010.

In addition to being the Volunteer Coordinator, Instructor Marge Hulstrunk has been a professional floral designer for over twenty years.

The deadline for reservations is Monday, July 27. Please call Marge at 973-631-5049, any Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday between 9a.m. and 4.p.m. Space is limited.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$45 for series of three classes

Fri Aug 7
7:00p - 8:30p

SUNDOWNER WALKS - AUGUST

Evening light casts its spell as Horticulture staff members walk us through their favorite spots of the garden. Wear comfortable shoes, bring bug spray, and don't forget your camera! Afterwards, we'll all enjoy refreshments in the garden - it's the perfect plant lovers' Friday night date.

Meet at the Stone Barn for a sunset tour of The Willowwood Arboretum with Manager of Horticulture John Morse.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$10 members; $15 non-members

Sun Aug 16
1:00p - 3:00p

SUMMER COOKING SERIES - TOMATOES

New Jersey is renowned for its tomatoes. In this class we will taste many different varieties, including the famous Ramapo, and we will make a fresh tomato soup, a green tomato pie (delicious, really) and a traditional Sicilian pasta dish using a raw tomato sauce.

Chef and Master Gardener Cynthia Triolo has cooked and baked at many New Jersey restaurants and has been teaching children and adults the joys of food for just about two decades. A wide range of topics will be covered but the focus of Cynthia's Cooking Series will be on seasonal, locally-grown food. Recipes will be given as well as a tasting of each of the items made in class. Sign up for the whole series and receive a discount!

Cost per Class: $15 members / $20 non-members
Cost per Series: $40 members / $55 non-members

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

Wed Aug 19
10:00a - 12:00N

Autumn Urn

Made of chicken wire and lined with moss, this urn is ready to plant your ornamental millet or chrysanthemums in. Bring a pair of thick gloves such as you prune roses with, a pair of thinner garden gloves, wire cutters, and needle-nosed pliers. All else will be supplied for creating this charming touch of autumn outdoor decor.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$15 members; $20 non-members

Sat Aug 22
1:30p - 3:00p

North Jersey Dahlia Society Dahlia Show

North Jersey Dahlia Society Dahlia Show

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: NJDS

Free.

Tue Sep 1

Gallery Exhibit: Aaron Strubel

Artist: Aaron Strubel
Medium: Photography

A reception with the artist will take place on Friday, September 18, at 7p.m.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

Free.

Wed Sep 9
and Wed. Sep 23 and Oct 7
1:30p - 3:30p
2:00p - 4:00p (Oct 7)

2009 FLOWER ARRANGING WORKSHOPS - Advanced

Three Workshops for more Advanced Flower Arrangers

In order to take three classes for this nominal fee, you will be required to sign an agreement that says all participants will be scheduled to do flower arrangements three times for the Haggerty Education Center or a special Friends' event between September 2009 and September 2010.

In addition to being the Volunteer Coordinator, Instructor Marge Hulstrunk has been a professional floral designer for over twenty years.

The deadline for reservations is Monday, July 27. Please call Marge at 973-631-5049, any Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday between 9a.m. and 4.p.m. Space is limited.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$60 for series of three classes

Sat Sep 12
10:00a

North American Rock Garden Society: Watnong Chapter

Allen Lacy: Reflections on a Gardening Life in New Jersey

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: NARG

Free.

Sun Sep 13
10:00a - 5:30p

BUS TRIP: MORRIS ARBORETUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum will travel to the Morris Arboretum of The University of Pennsylvania. There, the group will enjoy docent-led small group tours of the extensive gardens, have a catered lunch in a private tent, and then even have some time to revisit areas of special interest, such as the Garden Railway display.

Please wear comfortable clothing and good walking shoes. The bus will depart from The Frelinghuysen Arboretum at 10a.m. SHARP! Please be prompt. Register in advance; space is limited.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$75 members / $85 non-members

Sun Sep 13
12:00N - 4:00p

TOMATO DAY

Sample tens of tomatoes grown by Rutgers University, area farmers, and us. Learn how to grow healthy tomatoes, save tomato seeds, pick the right variety, and prepare delicious, easy tomato dishes. Walks, talks, tastings, and demonstrations are offered throughout the day.

No advance registration! Pay at door.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$5 per person; children under 10 - $2.

Mon Sep 14
and Mon Sep 21 and 28
9:30a - 10:30a

TAI CHI IN THE MOMENT

Tai Chi in the Moment will not be offered in July or August, but will resume in September. Start a new healthy cycle or continue your path to health. Instructor Brian Coffey is a graduate of the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Instructor Brian Coffey will give a FREE demo on Monday, August 31, at 10a.m.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$30 members / $40 non-members

Tue Sep 15
7:00p

Great Swamp Bonsai Society

Speaker: California bonsai artist and teacher Roy Nagatoshi

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: GSBS

Free.

Wed Sep 16
1:00p

Home Garden Club of Morristown

Marta McDowell: Historic Landscapes

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: HGC

Free.

Fri Sep 18
7:00p - 8:30p

SUNDOWNER WALKS - SEPTEMBER

Evening light casts its spell as Horticulture staff members walk us through their favorite spots of the garden. Wear comfortable shoes, bring bug spray, and don't forget your camera! Afterwards, we'll all enjoy refreshments in the garden - it's the perfect plant lovers' Friday night date.

Meet at the Haggerty Education Center for a sunset tour of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum with Plantsman Scott Scarafile.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$10 members; $15 non-members

Sun Sep 20
1:00p - 3:00p

SUMMER COOKING SERIES - PRESERVING YOUR HARVEST

This class will provide demonstrations on canning, freezing, drying and pickling so that all your hard work in the garden won't go to waste. Don't know what to do with all the zucchini and tomatoes you've grown, or all the basil that is taking over? This class aims to answer many of your questions.

Chef and Master Gardener Cynthia Triolo has cooked and baked at many New Jersey restaurants and has been teaching children and adults the joys of food for just about two decades. A wide range of topics will be covered but the focus of Cynthia's Cooking Series will be on seasonal, locally-grown food. Recipes will be given as well as a tasting of each of the items made in class. Sign up for the whole series and receive a discount!

Cost per Class: $15 members / $20 non-members
Cost per Series: $40 members / $55 non-members

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

Tue Sep 22
10:00a - 12:00N or
7:00p - 9:00p

Herbal Vinegars Workshop

Make a trio of tasty herbal vinegars to last all winter long using herbs grown at the arboretum and three different types of vinegar. Handsome bottles, personalized labels and matching ribbon make this a nice hostess gift for the upcoming holidays - but you won't want to give them away!

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Friends

$12 members / $14 non-members (includes all materials )

Tue Sep 22
7:00p

Native Plant Society of New Jersey

Dr. Randi Eckel: Native Plants That are Best Planted in Fall

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Other

Free.

Sun Sep 27
10:00a - 4:00p

NJ Mycological Association Fungus Fest

Come to the annual "science fair of mushrooms." Bring your mushrooms to be identified by experts, learn about wild mushrooms and mushroom cultivation, and see live cooking demonstrations.

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Other

Free.

Sun Oct 4
11:00a - 3:00p

Frelinghuysen Arboretum Gesneriad Society

Show and Sale

Location: Haggerty Center.

Sponsor: Other

Free.

Please note that bus trips are open to all. Please see Bus Excursion rules and general information for more details.