Articles tagged with: New Jersey

If it’s February it must be the time for orchid shows. The wild tropical plant that’s become a reliable greenhouse bloomer brightens the days as the countdown to spring continues.
Orchidaceae, the Orchid family, is a …

Special to Road Trips for Gardeners
By Brenda Ryan for LawnStarter
What says romance better than a dozen roses? How about thousands of roses, along with lilies, tulips, philodendrons, and every other flower you can imagine.
You …

Held on the last Saturday in January each year, National Seed Swap Day is a chance for growers to exchange seeds for flowers, vegetables, herbs, and, well, anything that grows from seed.
There are multitudes of …

A Butterfly Festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. August 3, 2019, in the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington, New Jersey
Tour the Kate Gorrie Butterfly House, where you can see …

The annual show and sale organized by the North Jersey Orchid Society takes place January 18, 19 and 20, 2018, in the Douglass Cook Student Center, Rutgers University, 100 George Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The …

Special to Road Trips for Gardeners
Princeton University’s Vertical Farming Project is partnering with Hopewell Elementary School in Hopewell, New Jersey, to develop their vertical farm-to-cafeteria program.
Fifth grade teacher at Hopewell Elementary, Helen Corveleyn oversees …

Traveling in New Jersey, Road Trips Gardeners? There’s a presentation sponsored by the New Jersey State Chrysanthemum Society on “Rain Gardens…A Plethora of Benefits” beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday (September 4, 2015).
Following the talk by …

Butterflies and flowers naturally go together, the latter tethered to the earth, and the former free to flit, bringing both color and motion to a garden.
Many conservatories host butterfly exhibits. Some are seasonal, others are …

“Every Tree Tells a Story”, but some stand as living reminders of our country’s past. Twelve extraordinary trees and tree groupings at twelve sites in the United States have been collected into a “landslide” exhibit …

The 32nd annual Spring Flower Festival is set for April 30, 2011 (with a rain date of May 1, 2011).
Admission to the event, held in Rotary Park, Lafayette Street, Cape May, New Jersey, is free. …