Submitted by the Somerset County Park Commission. The Somerset County Park Commission’s Colonial Park Gardens will offer an interactive “Peony Propagation Workshop” from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Colonial Park Garden, 156 Mettlers Road, Somerset. Led by Kathleen Gagan, National Peony Expert and owner of Peony’s Envy, the educational hands-on workshop will include an hour in which participants will …

The Somerset County Park Commission Colonial Park Gardens will welcome participants to the “Flower and Garden Photography” workshop led by professional photographer Brien Szabo on Saturday, September 16, 2017 at 11:30 A.M. The session will begin in the Horticulture Building next to the Colonial Park Rose Garden, Parking Lot A, Colonial Park. The workshop will begin with a brief lecture …

The Somerset County Park Commission Horticulture Department invites the public to the 18th annual “Garden Party” featuring garden lectures and music from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 15. The Garden Party will be held in the Perennial Garden at the Colonial Park Gardens, Parking Lot F. Admission is free with donations kindly accepted. The schedule for the afternoon is …

Tennis lessons at the Colonial Park Tennis Center will begin on July 10. Lessons at the center, located on Colonial Drive in East Millstone, are for Beginner, Beginner/Advanced Beginner, and Intermediate/Advanced and run from 9-10:30 a.m. Registration for the one-week classes will only be accepted at the Green Knoll Tennis Center on Garretson Road in Bridgewater. The fee is $70. …

Submitted by Somerset County Park Commission. The Horticulture staff at Colonial Park Gardens will present a children’s workshop, “Little Wigglers”, How to Make Your Own Composting Bin” from 10 a.m. to noon May 27. Children age 5 to 12 (limit 10 children who must be accompanied by an adult) will learn about ‘vermicomposting,’ the term used for composting with worms. …

Submitted by Somerset County Park Commission. The tennis courts at the Colonial Park Tennis Center on Mettlers Road will open for the season on Saturday, April 1. Courts at the Green Knoll Tennis Center in Bridgewater will also open on April 1. The 18 courts at Green Knoll and Colonial Park will be open for reserved and open play with …

Submitted by Somerset County Park Commission. Reservations for wedding ceremonies and photographs at several gardens in Colonial Park are now being accepted by the Horticulture Department of the Somerset County Park Commission. Reservations are being accepted for the Arboretum, the Perennial Garden, and the Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden (for wedding photos only). The one-acre Rudolf W. van …

The Quail Brook Golf Course on New Brunswick Road will close for the winter season at the conclusion of play on Saturday, December 31, but Spooky Brook Golf Course at Colonial Park will remain open for the winter golf season, according to the Somerset County Park Commission. Quail Brook joins Warrenbrook Golf Course on Warrenville Road in Warren Township and …

Somerset County Park Commission Naturalists are looking for individuals, local and civic groups, clubs, businesses, scout troops, and others to design, decorate, and submit a tree for the month-long holiday display. The Park Commission Environmental Education Center will present Somerset County’s most creative and beautiful winter spectacular, the 39th Annual Festival of Trees, from Friday, December 2 through Wednesday, December …

At an Oct. 7 ceremony at the Rudolf van der Goot Rose Garden at Colonial Park in Somerset, Somerset County Park Commissioners and Staff formally accepted the 2015 World Federation of Rose Societies’ (WFRS) Garden of Excellence Award. The nomination was submitted by Dr. Suni Bolar, Vice President of the Jersey Shore Rose Society and a national level rose exhibitor …