Check Out These Awesome Programs!

 

This Week: HANDS-ON HISTORY HAND SPINNING WITH WOOL – March 16 We are giving it a whorl at Fosterfields with our hands-on experience creating yarn. Beginners of all ages will use wool hand cards to prepare fibers for spinning, then use a drop spindle to create yarn. Take a spin on our spinning wheel or bring your own! This program is intended for children and adults. Click here for more info. Cost: $10 per person. Preregistration is required.   POPCORN & S’MORES PARTY! March 17 Make popcorn the old-fashioned way and learn how they did it before the microwave! Toast a marshmallow and enjoy a s’more. Learn more here. Cost: $10 per person. Preregistration is required.   SENSORY FRIENDLY SATURDAY March 18 Visit Fosterfields for our new Sensory Friendly Saturdays. This is an event that is designed to be less overwhelming to those with sensory sensitivities. This hour-long program allows families to come to the farm and enjoy the open, quiet spaces with no crowds. Learn more here. Cost: $5 per person. Preregistration is required.   PRUNING WORKSHOP WITH BRUCE CRAWFORD March 18 at Frelinghuysen Arboretum and March 25 at Willowwood Arboretum Learn the how’s and why’s of pruning, the science behind it, and what tools to use from Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture. Practice your new skills on the trees and shrubs in the gardens. Dress for the weather and bring your garden gloves and pruners. Click here for more! Cost: $40 per child. Preregistration is required.   Forest Bathing with Rich Collins, ANFT Guide March 18 at Bamboo Brook  and March 25 at Frelinghuysen Arboretum Enjoy a combination of Japanese oriented walking, meditation, mindfulness, and wellness promotion. Wear comfortable shoes for walking. See more here. Cost: $20 per person. Preregistration is required.   FROG JAMBOREE March 19, March 25, March 29, and March 30 The spring peepers and wood frogs are singing in the forest pools.  Learn all about these two frogs, looking and listening for them from the trails on a naturalist-led walk. Rain or shine. Check it out! Cost: $5 per person. Preregistration is required.

Spotlight On: TOURNAMENT OF TREES Visit Frelinghuysen Arboretum to vote in-person for your favorite trees! Each week, the bracket will narrow until a winner is found! You can also vote on Instagram Stories @morriscountygardens on Mondays! PARANORMAL EVENINGS: THE VAIL HOUSE March 31 Join staff and the New Jersey Paranormal Project team as they investigate Historic Speedwell’s Vail House to see what goes bump in the night! Check it out! Cost: $45 per person. Preregistration is required. TUBBS LECTURE - THE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY DOGWOOD BREEDING PROGRAM: A LONG HISTORY SUPPORTS AN EXCITING FUTURE April 23 Associate Professor of Plant Biology at Rutgers University, Tom Molnar, will speak on the university's long history of research and breeding of Dogwoods from its beginning in the 1960s through his own new cultivar Cornus kousa Scarlet Fire®.  Learn the history of this great landscape tree and get a glimpse of new plants in the pipeline. Join Dr. Molnar in the Stone Barn at Willowwood Arboretum. Click here to learn more. Cost: $25 per person. Preregistration is required.

Look What’s Coming: MAKERS DAY March 25 It's Makers Day! Science, technology, and gardening come together to produce soilless crops. Join the Education Staff at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum and discover the secrets behind hydroponic gardening. Kids will make their own simple hydroponic system to bring home and grow their plants. Click here for more! Cost: FREE.   SUNSHINE YOGA FOR KIDS: BIRDS March 25 An awesome class for kids who want to play games, use their imaginations and have FUN! Each class is taught by a licensed instructor and centers around a nature theme. Kids learn 5 yoga poses to use in our games. At the end of every class, we will talk about a “big feeling”, such as being mad, and learn a new tool to help us cope with that feeling. Find out more! Cost: $12 per child. Preregistration is required.   GARDEN SPROUTS: SMALL SEEDS, BIG ROOTS March 29 With some time, teeny tiny seeds grow into very big plants. How? Sprouts will discover what is inside a seed, and will start their own. Click here for more! Cost: $10 per child with an adult. Preregistration is required.   FROG WALK FOR LITTLES March 30 at Pyramid Mountain Join us with your toddler to take a walk with a naturalist to visit the vernal pools and the many frogs that are singing. Enjoy a frog-themed story too! This program is rain or shine, frogs don't mind the rain! Learn more here. Cost: $7 per child. Preregistration is required. Want Better Trails? Take Our Trails Survey Here. Now Hiring! See Open Positions Here!