Environment

The Environmental Education Center (EEC), 190 Lord Stirling Road in Basking Ridge, will be the location for a fun-filled weekend for children and their parents in celebration of Halloween, 2015. “By the Light of the Moon,” for children and adults of all ages, is scheduled for Friday, October 16, 2015 with walks beginning every 15 minutes between 6:30 P.M. 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 38th Annual Festival of Trees, from Friday, December 4 through Sunday, December …

The Somerset County Park Commission Environmental Education Center, located at 190 Lord Stirling Road in Basking Ridge, New Jersey has opened registration for the October Young Explorers Club, a science and nature program for children age infant to 5 years old with a parent. Because it is never too early to get little ones outdoors to experience the wonders of …

The township is included in a wide swath of New Jersey that has been placed under a water supply drought watch by the state Department of Environmental Protection. The DEP is asking residents in the area affected by the watch – all or parts of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset and Union counties – …

The Somerset County Park Commission Horticulture Department at the Colonial Park Gardens has scheduled a fall “Flower & Garden Photography Workshop” on Saturday, September 12, 2015 from 9:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. The session will take place in the Rose Garden at the Colonial Park Gardens, Parking Lot A, Somerset, Franklin Township, New Jersey. The workshop will be presented by …

The Trails Advisory Committee picked eight winners July 8 in its annual photo contest. The eight winners were picked from more than 50 entries. Contestants submitted photos taken along the township’s trails and natural areas. The photos will be used in the 2016 Trails Advisory Committee calendar. The winners are: Bunker Hill & Franklin Park Natural Areas: Scott Slobodzian Butler Road …

The Somerset County Park Commission Horticulture Department invites the public to the 16th annual “Garden Party” featuring garden lectures; music, specialty plants, perennials, and garden sculptures for sale by Daisy Garden Center & Sculpture; and Steven Kristoph Nursery. Complimentary refreshments and light snacks will be available. The Garden Party will be held in the Perennial Garden at the Colonial Park …

Township cricket players will have another place to hold their matches now that the Township Council has approved the plans for Catalpa Park. The council voted after a 3 1/2-hour special hearing on June 30, exactly one year to the day an earlier version of the park was lambasted by area residents and withdrawn for retooling. Those residents were still …

An annual Somerset County sign of spring is the official opening of the Somerset County Park Commission award-winning Putting Course and the Paddle Boats on Powder Mill Pond at Colonial Park in Franklin Township. Both facilities are open for the season. The Colonial Park Putting Course offers the player gardens and natural landscaping rather than the amusements found at traditional …

The Somerset County Park Commission Horticulture Department will present “Flower Buds – Children’s Garden Workshop” on Saturday, May 16, 2015 from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon (Rain date Saturday, May 23, 2015). The program will be held at the Colonial Park Morgan Pellowski Playground, Parking Lot C, Somerset, New Jersey. Children age 5 to 8 will join Horticulture staff and …