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POSTPONED: Perfect Your Flower Arrangement Skills on Zoom

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED We've all been there - we put a bunch of flowers in a vase imagining how great they will look. They don’t. We move them around and tilt our head. Nope. So, we walk away with plans to fix them. A week later, we toss these once cheery flowers in the trash. Let's change that behavior. Join Amy Seuberth, General Manager of Back to Nature Home & Garden, for a demo on how to arrange flowers in a pleasing way. She will also share tips on how to keep them healthier and looking more beautiful longer. The $40 fee covers your flowers, a mason jar vase, and expert tutorial. Seasonal flowers may include Seeded Eucalyptus, Mini Green Hydrangea, Thistle, Stock, Wax Flower, and others. Registration closes April 18 @ 5 PM to allow time for ordering flowers so, register today! See below for pick-up instructions.   Please plan to pick up your flowers and vase at Back to Nature Home & Garden - 3055 Valley Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ / (908) 350-7506 on one of the following days: Saturday, April 24 - 9am-5pm Sunday, April  25  - 10am-2pm  

$40.00

Rolling Knolls Landfill Superfund CAG Meeting – April 27

April 27: This meeting is a follow-up to the April 15 Meeting. This will be a special session to address public comments from the April 15 meeting.   April 15: This is a public meeting on the status of the Rolling Knolls Landfill in Green Village, Chatham Township. If you are interested in joining a Community Advisory Group (CAG) and attending the April 15 meeting, please register here. The CAG will provide a public forum for the community to discuss their concerns and offer input to the EPA on the cleanup as it moves forward. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link to attend the session. Click here to download the meeting agenda for April 15. Click here to visit our Rolling Knolls page with full history and document archive.

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Landscape Design: Creating Native Habitat

Great Swamp Watershed Association HQ 568 Tempe Wick Rd, Morristown, NJ, United States

Let's talk about the evolution of a habitat garden. What does that mean? It's the concept of creating a native habitat garden focusing on 3 main fundamentals: careful design, correct installation, and ongoing maintenance. Mike Devos of Indigenous Ingenuities (and the lead of the recent wetlands restoration at our Conservation Management Area) will take us through it all. Learn how native plants can be incorporated into all types of design from formal gardens to naturalized plantings, how they are installed in ecologically sensitive ways, and how to care for them moving forward. This program will take place on Zoom and in person for a maximum of 9 attendees (first come first serve.)

Free

(Location change) Early AM Birding Hike @ Primrose Farm

Primrose Farm (Enter from Barrett Field) Barrett Field, 1413-000460000-000020001-00000, Morristown, NJ

THIS HIKE HAS BEEN MOVED TO PRIMROSE FARM We will meet at the Harding Land Trust's Primrose Farms Parking Lot at 7am. This can be a difficult location to get the GPS to bring you to properly as it doesn't have an exact address, and it often wants to take you to a location much further away. The baseball field (Barret Field) where parking is available is located on Brook Dr S, Morristown, NJ off of Bailey's Mill Rd, off of Route 202. Look for the sign saying Barret Field entrance Click HERE for a map of the exact location. If you enter "Brook Dr S, Morristown, NJ" into your GPS it should take you to the correct road but please double check to make sure that it is the one off of Baileys Mill Rd. If you have a problem finding the location, please call Adam at 908-399-5610    New Jersey birding reaches its peak in May! So start your work day off right by exploring the woods of Jockey Hollow with some of the most popular bird watching trails in the area. The park contains important breeding habitat and is home to more than 120 bird species throughout the […]

Sold Out Free – $40.00

Sustainable Foraging Hike – The Basics

Great Swamp Watershed Association's CMA 1 Tiger Lily Ln, Morristown, NJ, United States

Foraging: To search for a particular food or foods, often in the wild. Curious? Come learn more. GSWA's Education Associate and resident foraging expert, Adam Palmer, will guide you through the woods to discover the various types of forageable (and unforeagable) foods that can be found throughout the Great Swamp watershed and beyond. It's important to know how to forage safely and ethically before you try this yourself. This is an informative hike only - we will not actually be foraging. But, if you're anxious to give it a go, join us again on May 17, 5-6 PM for a "Cook with GSWA" Zoom webinar. We will show you how to prepare a delicious garlic mustard pesto made from foraged wild garlic mustard. Register on our website under "events."

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Great Swamp Great Music Festival

Giralda Farms Preserve Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ, United States

TICKES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE ONLINE - PLEASE GET YOUR TICKETS AT THE GATE SEE YOU THERE! 4th Annual Great Swamp Great Music Festival Sunday, May 23, 1-6 PM (rain or shine!) It's time to reacquaint yourself with fresh air and live music. We've brought back fan-favorites and a few new faces for 5 hours of continuous entertainment! Bring your own blankets and chairs and spread out on the sprawling, tree-lined lawn of Giralda Farms in Chatham Twp. You are welcome to bring along your own pop-ups and/or umbrellas, but you MUST secure them in place in case of wind. As always, a great selection of food and adult beverages will be available for purchase and you can browse the unique merchandise from our vendors.     LINEUP Live music with:  Lenox Underground *Big Train *  The Big Fuss Solo artists: Jeff Webb * Introducing Nick Amling Featuring: The Holiday Ramblers         FOOD VENDORS (click the name to view their menus!) Pie Oh My! * A Taco Affair * Thistle Catering * Nothing Bundt Cakes * Sip & Swirl Ice cream MERCH VENDORS Crafts by Alice (unique, handmade, nature-themed decor) * Daydream Creations (paintings & birdhoused) * […]

Free – $25.00

Cook with GSWA: Garlic Mustard Pesto & Beyond

This event has been rescheduled for Monday, May 24 at 5 pm.  Let’s get wild! Join us for a cooking demonstration where we will showcase items we have foraged and then turn them into food. We will talk about the benefits of foraging for edible invasive (non-native) species, for example, garlic mustard. Garlic mustard is one of the worst invaders of Northeast and Midwest American forests, reducing the diversity of all species. April through end of May is garlic mustard season so you will be able to easily find it and make your own pesto. Come learn about these and other types of plants where we can reduce their presence simply by eating them!

Free – $40.00

Volunteer for Stream Cleanup

City Of Water Day - Help clean our streams COW Day is a celebration of the waters that surround us. Great Swamp Watershed Association (GSWA)* invites you to observe this important day by helping us clean up the stream. Our theme this year is climate change and the impacts of flooding on water quality. We will highlight this issue by tracking and sharing the single-use plastic collected by our volunteers. VOLUNTEER CLEANUP LOCATIONS: Chatham River Park - Berkley Heights, Spring Garden Brook - Madison Loantaka Headwaters - Morristown, Canoe Launch - Livingston, Passaic River - Long Hill/Millington   Join in the fun and help get our streams healthy! Select your location and register to volunteer below *GSWA in partnership with NY/NJ HEP and the Hudson River Foundation

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Volunteers Needed to Spruce-up CMA

Great Swamp Watershed Association's CMA 1 Tiger Lily Ln, Morristown, NJ, United States

Ready to get a little dirty and sweaty in the swamp? Need community service hours. College students - looking for something to add to your resume? Join us on Friday mornings at the GSWA Conservation Management Area (CMA) to help us steward the land on the following days: July 16, 23, 30, and August 20, 27. We will work from 9 AM to 12:30 PM and enjoy some well-earned snacks provided by GSWA Director of Land Stewardship, Hazel England. We could really use your help getting our CMA tidied up by helping us with the following tasks: Carry in lumber, build and elevate boardwalks which will allow hikers to get through now flooded areas, clear branches and limbs that came down in recent storms, remove invasive plants, and woodchip the trails. Be sure to wear long pants, long sleeves, and hiking boots or old shoes you don’t mind getting muddy. Bring a hat and a reusable water bottle. We will provide bug spray, sun block, gloves, and all tools you will need. You’ll work hard, share some laughs, and enjoy some snacks. What better way to spend a Friday morning? See you there!

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Volunteers Needed to Spruce-up CMA

Great Swamp Watershed Association's CMA 1 Tiger Lily Ln, Morristown, NJ, United States

Ready to get a little dirty and sweaty in the swamp? Need community service hours? College students - looking for something to add to your resume? Join us on Friday mornings at the GSWA Conservation Management Area (CMA) to help us steward the land on the following days: July 23, 30, and August 20, 27. We will work from 9 AM to 12:30 PM and enjoy some well-earned snacks provided by GSWA Director of Land Stewardship, Hazel England. We could really use your help getting our CMA tidied up by helping us with the following tasks: Carry in lumber, build and elevate boardwalks which will allow hikers to get through now flooded areas, clear branches and limbs that came down in recent storms, remove invasive plants, and woodchip the trails. Be sure to wear long pants, long sleeves, and hiking boots or old shoes you don’t mind getting muddy. Bring a hat and a reusable water bottle. We will provide bug spray, sun block, gloves, and all tools you will need. You’ll work hard, share some laughs, and enjoy some snacks. What better way to spend a Friday morning? See you there!

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