Garden Club of Princeton recently presents their Interactive Native Plant Seminar
Native Plant Talk and Native Plant Sales at D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center
PRINCETON, N.J. — In September, D&R Greenway announced that their variety of native plants perfect for fall planting are ready for purchase at their annual Native Plant Sale sales.
The event took place on Sept. 17 and 18 at the Native Plant Nursery at the Johnson Education Center.
Prior to the sale, at 10:30 a.m., the day’s schedule included Miles Franklin and Erin Gomez of the Garden Club of Princeton to present an interactive seminar focused on creating habitat for birds, butterflies, bees, bats and moths.
D&R Greenway’s stewardship team and volunteers were also to help visitors choose the perfect native plants to flourish in different garden soils and conditions and bloom in the spring. The participants had invitations to spend some time enjoying the beauty of nature in the fall by exploring the grounds surrounding the Johnson Education Center, and walking the labyrinth.
The full list of available varieties is posted on the website: Pick from various deer-resistant varieties of plants, including Wreath Golden Rod, Virginia Mountain Mint, New England Aster and more. There are also various trees and shrubs including button bush, black cherry, and swamp white oak.
Since its founding in 1989, D&R Greenway Land Trust has preserved 335 Properties totaling 22,442 acres celebrating 37 years of connecting people, wildlife, community and land.
The land trust is committed to inspiring a conservation ethic through all of its programs, including increasing awareness of the benefits of native species.
Habitat restoration projects began on D&R Greenway lands. Native plants’ usefulness extends even beyond home gardens to local schools, municipalities and other non-profits. The Johnson Education Center, a circa 1900 restored barn at One Preservation Place, Princeton, is D&R Greenway’s home. Through programs, art exhibits and related lectures, D&R Greenway inspires greater public commitment to preserving and safeguarding land.
The Garden Club of Princeton’s mission is to further the interest in, and knowledge of gardening and kindred matters among its members and the Princeton community, to promote activities initiated by The Garden Club of America, and to engage in such other educational and charitable enterprises as the membership may elect from time to time. Their goal is to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening through our projects, programs and activities.
