Master Gardeners
Meetings and Events
Mater Gardeners of Bergen County Meetings & Lectures
Rutgers Cooperative Extension offices,
1 Bergen County Plaza, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey 07601Meetings are generally on the fourth Tuesdays and start with refreshments at 7:00 PM.
January 22 Jan and Wiebke Hinsch - The Garden Under the Microscope
February 26 Walter Perry - Seed starting & Impatiens "All you need to know"
March 19 Jan Zientek - Community Gardens
April 23 Arnie Friedman - Details in the Landscape
May 21 Kim Eierman - Great Native Plants in Containers
September 24 TBA
October 22 TBA
November 19 TBA
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Bergen County
May 3 Herbaceous Perennials; Ticks & Lyme
Disease; Joel Flagler May 10 Rain Gardens Madeline Flahive DiNardo RCE Union
May 17 Urban Forestry & Street Trees Nick Polanin RCE Somerset County
May 31 Field Trip: Kolvek Nursery; 6 DeSalvo Court; Chestnut Ridge, NY
June 7 TBA J. Flagler
June 14 Field Trip; Skylands Botanical Garden J. Flagler
Garden Clubs and other Meetings
Mar. 1 1pm Demarest Garden Club, United Methodist
Church, 109 Hardenburgh Ave., Demarest Topic: Importance of Bees;
speaker: Ron Breland, established The Bee Sanctuary in both West
Nyack and Claverack, NY: All interested gardeners, visitors, and
prospective new members are welcome. May 2 7:30pm Garden Club of Harrington Park, Harringon Park Library,10 Herring St Topic: What's New in Perennials 2013 Speaker: Chris Rubino, Sales Manager for Monrovia Growers Annual Plant Swap!
May 3 2-6pm Demarest Garden Club Plant Sale, 9-1pm following Sat., 109 Hardenburgh Ave.
May 3 10-4 and 5/4 9-2, Presby Iris Gardens Plant Sale, Montclair
May 4 4-7:30pm Rutgers Gardens/Audubon Society Spring Flower Fair, 112 Ryders Lane New Brunswick
May 4 9-4pm Van Vleck House Plant Sale, 21 Van Vlevk St., Montclair, 790 Ewing Ave., Franklin Lakes
May 4 10-4pm Nature Program Cooperative Plant Sale, Stateline Lookout Palisades Int. Parkway
May 4-5 10-4pm NJBG Skyland Association Plant Sale at the Carriage House at Skyland's Manor. Rare and Unusual Plants. Many deer-resistant plants. Members Plant Sale: Friday evening.
May 4-5 9-3pm Frelinghuysen Arboretum Plant Sale, 353 E. Hanover Ave., Morris Plains
May 6 7pm Sundial Garden Club Meadowbrook School, Piermont Ave, Hillsdale Topic: Chrysanthemums Speaker: Doris Zurcher, president of the Chrysanthemum Society of NJ
May 11 8am-2pm Oakland Garden Club Plant Sale, Pond's Reformed Church Parking Grounds
May 11 10am Beautification of Downtown H.P., Barrel Planting
May 11 9-12 Tappan Zee Chapter of the Rhododendron Society Plant Sale. Memorial School, W. Grand Ave., Montvale Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Kalmia, Perennials
May 11 9am-3pm Ramsey Garden Club Plant Sale, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. 55 Wyckoff Ave., Ramsey annuals, baskets. giftware
May 11 8am-3pm Sun Dial Garden Club Plant, Hillsdale Railroad Station, rain or shine. annuals, vegetables, perennials, hanging baskets, and member's plants.
May 11 9-1pm Glen Rock Garden Club Annual Plant Sale, Main Line RR station at Rock Road, rain or shine.
May 11 8am-2pm Garden Club of Oakland's Annual Plant Sale rain or shine, 341 Ramapo Valley Road, annuals, perennials, vegetable flats, hanging baskets and children's homemade baskets for Mother's Day.
May 14 Ramsey Area Garden Club, Steven Fischer - Designing Your Garden with Texture and Color
May 15 7pm Wyckoff Area Garden Club, Wyckoff Library, 200 Woodland Ave Wyckoff Presenter: Paul Mast, will discuss the importance of incorporating native plants in the garden for maintaining integrity with regional landscape. He will offer examples of choice plants and discuss their salient features throughout the seasons. Info 201 723-1065 or www.wyckoffgc.org
May 16 7pm Hasbrouck Heights Garden Club, Library meeting room, 320 Boulevard Topic: Dahlias; Speaker: Steve Nowotarski, consultant for White Flower Farm
May 18 9-1pm HoHoKus Garden Club Plant, on the town green, corner of Sycamore Ave & Franklin Turnpike perennials, annuals, garden-related treasures, herbs, houseplants and baked goods. All proceeds benefit the club’s horticultural scholarship. Rain Date May 19th. Information: Sue Robertson (201) 652 0729
May 20 7:30pm HoHoKus Garden Club, HHK Community Church Topic: "New Plant Genetics & Varieties, some to help with suggestions for impatiens substitution". Speaker: Walter Perry from Perry's florist in Glen Rock 4
May 21 7pm Backyard Garden Club, River Vale Free Public Library. 412 Rivervale Road. River Vale Topic: Native Plants and Bird, Partners in Our Ecosystem; speaker: Don Torino, president of Bergen County Chapter of the National Audubon Society
May 21 7:45pmGlen Rock Garden Club, 678 Maple Avenue, topic: container gardening; speaker: Ray Edel