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

Join us as we make wreaths to decorate the Maplewood Train Station, Durand-Hedden House, and other public buildings in town. Make one for yourself, too! We will meet on Saturday, December 7, 10 am at the Woodland Parlor, Woodland Road, Maplewood. We supply all the materials. Bring your clippers and gloves. Refreshments will be served. ~ Josephine Daker-Brathwaite

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

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