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t h e G a r D e N c l u b o f h u N t e r D o N h I l l S
Next Monthly Meeting: Wednesday, March 28, 9:30 am
High Bridge Emergency Squad Building,
95 West Main Street High Bridge, NJ 08829
The Garden Club of Hunterdon Hills invites anyone in the northern
Hunterdon County area who shares an interest in gardening,
horticulture, agriculture and conservation to join us! General
Membership Meeting:
9:30 am Coffee
10:00 am Business Meeting
11:00 am Program: Deer Resistant Native Plants
Speaker: Rachel Mackow, Owner of Wild Ridge Native Plants, LLC
Rachel will teach us about native wildflowers, shrubs, grasses and ferns that
are deer resistant, attractive and functional to use in our gardens, landscapes and
any restoration projects. Native deer resistant wildflowers like wild bergamot,
spiderwort, golden ragwort, mountain mint and milkweeds can bloom in your
garden even in deer country! Come join us! There will be plants for sale from
Rachel's nursery and a raffle.
Please come, meet our members and learn about our exciting outings,
programs and committees. Meetings will be held on the fourth Wednesday of
every month through June.
Notable community services include; Christmas decoration of the Doric
House and Flemington Court House, yearly scholarships, Arbor Day tree
planting and fresh flower arrangements added to food packages provided by
Meals on Wheels.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! We will sponsor two $1,000 scholarships to
Hunterdon County students furthering their education in the following areas
of study; horticulture, botany, floriculture, landscape design, agriculture,
forestry, environmental studies and urban planning. The scholarship is open
to high school seniors and current undergraduate or graduate students.
To request an application contact the Garden Club at: gcohh@
gardenclubhunterdonhills.com. Deadline for application is April 2.
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S I e r r a c l u b I N a P r I l
Michael Hebling will present Adventures on the Highlands Trail at the
April meeting of the South Highlands Group of the Sierra Club. Mr Hebling is
the founder of Metrotrails, a hiking group that began informally in 1997 and
evolved into a non-profit corporation. Michael leads 15-20 mile hikes on a weekly
basis, usually on Sundays, all over NJ, PA, NY and sometimes DE.
To hike the Highlands Trail is to journey along the spine of Northwest New
Jersey on a path that showcases the best outdoor, ecological, historical points
of interest the area has to offer. "I absolutely love this trail," Helbing remarks.
"It highlights the diversity of our area. It really promotes it." That diversity
includes deep forests, spectacular vistas, waterfalls, small rural communities
and remnants of historic features such as the 19th Century Morris Canal and
iron industry areas that date to colonial days, now reclaimed by forest.
Join us on Wednesday, April 4 at the North County Branch Library
in Clinton at 7:00 pm! The program is free and open to the public.
