Environment

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 …

Andrea Riese told the council that the park was “overcrowded.” Township cricket players will have another place to hold their matches now that the Township Council has approved the plans for Catalpa Park. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the …

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 Pellowski playground in Colonial Park will be the site of a children’s garden workshop on May 16. Photo: Somerset County park Commission. 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 …

Volunteers with the township’s Shade Tree and open Space committee’s celebrated Arbor Day April 25 by planting 40 trees in the Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve on Skillmans Lane. The trees planted were American Holly, anew ere supplemented by cranberry bushes, said Chris Williams of the Shade Tree Committee. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you …

The Somerset County Park Commission Environmental Education Center at 190 Lord Stirling Road in Basking Ridge has scheduled the following Naturalist-led programs to help children and adults enjoy the wonders of nature as nature blooms in Somerset County. The Environmental Education Center provides many entertaining and educational programs for children and adults year around. Pre-registration is required for programs and …

New Jersey Water Supply Authority’s Bob O’Neil explains the planting program along Cedar Grove Brook. The New Jersey Water Supply Authority will do some plantings along Cedar Grove Brook to help stem the flow of sediment into the water. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …

The Somerset County Park Commission Environmental Education Center (EEC), Horticulture Department, and Go Green Committee are planning an Arbor Day Celebration with a Native Tree Give-Away on Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25, 2015. A full complement of activities will accompany the tree give-away at the Rudolf van der Goot Rose Garden at 156 Mettlers Road, in Colonial Park …

The Somerset County Park Commission Leonard J. Buck Garden has scheduled a “Flower & Landscape Photography” workshop on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 from 9:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. The session will take place at Leonard J. Buck Garden, 11 Layton Road in Far Hills, New Jersey. Presenter of the workshop will be professional photographer Brien Szabo (www.natureimages321.com) of Nature Images …

Somerset County Park Commission Leonard J. Buck Garden will celebrate Earth Day and the return of spring, hosting the 25th annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday and Sunday, April 25 and 26, 2015, at 11 Layton Road in Far Hills. Event hours are 10:00 AM to 5:00 P.M. on Saturday and from 12:00 Noon to 5:00 P.M. on Sunday. Buck …