September 2024 Monday, September 9, at 7:30 PM Subject: Better Together – Plant Combinations that WOW!Speaker: Caitlin Boyle You match your clothes and you pair your food with wine because they are better together. Learn how to pair plants for maximum impact using colors, textures and shapes as building blocks. BiographyCaitilin (Dirt Diva Designs) grew up in Sagaponack, NY, part of
October 2024 Monday, October 7, at 7:30 PM Subject: Great Gardens of the Garden StateSpeaker: Michael Gross Join us on a virtual tour of the almost 30 New Jersey public gardens that are members of the Garden State Gardens Consortium. You will learn the history and unique characteristics of each garden. Discover more about your favorites and those you have yet to
November 2024 Monday, November 4, at 7:30 PM Subject: Gardening Can Be Murder – How Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery WritersSpeaker: Marta McDowell From the cozy to the hardboiled, the literary to the pulp, and the classic to the contemporary, Gardening Can Be Murder explores the 23 mystery genre’s many surprising horticultural connections. Meet plant obsessed detectives, groundskeeper suspects, toxic teas
December 2024 Monday, December 2, at 7:30 PM Subject: Demonstration of the Art and History of Ikenobo IkebanaSpeaker: Professor Robert Pagan Professor Roberto Pagan will demonstrate the Shokaand Freestyle methods of Ikenobo Ikebana through instruction and hands-on exhibition of various arrangements. He will also provide a history of the origins of Ikenobo Ikebana. Professor Pagan would like to showcase the beauty
January 2024 Monday, January 6, at 7:30 PM Subject: Growing Citrus Trees – Essential Knowledge for Producing Your Own Citrus FruitSpeaker: Barbara Melera Of the many plants that you can grow, that last for years and years, that produce delicious fruit and heavenly fragrances and are beautiful to look at, citrus trees top the list. YES, they can be grown inside
February 2024 Monday, February 3, at 7:30 PM Subject: Pruning for Gardeners Speaker: Nisha Khanna This talk will focus on basic pruning techniques for common types of plants found in New Jersey home gardens. Pruning for health and aesthetics will be discussed. While all types of plants like herbaceous perennials and annuals will be touched upon, the focus is woody plants (trees,
March 2025 Monday, March 3, at 7:30 PM Subject: Plant Forward Cooking – Nourish Yourself with the Goodness of Plants Speaker: Vanessa Young Plant forward dishes are vibrant and delicious, and they can nourish us in many ways. With this versatile and sustainable approach to food, you don’t necessarily have to exclude meat, but rather allow plants to take center stage. In this
April 2025 Monday, April 7, at 7:30 PM Subject: Small Space Gardening (Terraces, Patios and Decks) Speaker: Anthony Bracco The thrust of this Small Space Garden talk is to raise awareness as to where our food comes from, share growing methods, and demonstrate how backyard growing methods can be adapted to a small garden space. Get inspired to build and prepare an
May 2025 Monday, May 5, at 7:30 PM Subject: 88th Annual Plant SaleSpeakers: Plant Sale Committee Members Get some behind-the-scenes glimpses of New Jersey’s “Big Momma of Plant Sales” and learn what makes the sale so popular and so much fun. We’ll also preview some of the many (many!) perennials, annuals, herbs and other special and unique plants that
