Tag: gardening
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Creative container planting topic of discussion for Garden Club of Metuchen
Beyond Thriller, Spiller and Filler—Planting Creatively in Containers is the topic of the May 6 meeting of the Garden Club of Metuchen. Combining demonstration with some hands-on activity, presenter Peggy Koehler will offer a range of suggestions for enhancing the beauty and uses of containers for gardening. The meeting will take place at St. Luke’s…
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Learn how to garden in small spaces
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will offer a free workshop on square foot and container gardening at 11 a.m. on April 20 at the Middlesex County EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. Gardening can give urban gardeners a way to safely and productively grow their favorite crops.…
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East Brunswick Library expands gardening initiatives
With local gardeners getting ready to start their spring plantings, the East Brunswick Library is opening its EB Grow seed library to the public for a second season. EB Grow began in 2018 as a joint project between the library and the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission. Housed at the library, the goal…
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Preschoolers, seniors join together on gardening project
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRIGHT HORIZONS/THE CHELSEA AT EAST BRUNSWICK Students from Bright Horizons at East Brunswick joined seniors from The Chelsea at East Brunswick on May 22 to help with a gardening project.
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Workshop to address deer-resistant gardens
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will present “Deer Resistant Gardens with Native Plants” from 10 a.m. to noon on June 9 at the EARTH Center, located in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. Learn strategies that will help deter deer from dining on vegetable gardens and landscape plantings. In…
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Grant offers students with disabilities offer to garden, donate produce to area food pantry
The Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools will use a $10,000 grant from Sustainable Jersey for Schools to fund a summer internship program in which students with disabilities will work on gardens on the East Brunswick and Piscataway campuses. Ten students will be paid to work three days a week for nine weeks on the…
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Actual library offers seed library in East Brunswick
EAST BRUNSWICK – Due to a partnership between the East Brunswick Library and the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission, gardeners will be able to get some “seed money” to start their first crops for the year. The EB Grow seed library is housed inside the library on Civic Center Drive in an effort…
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Children have a field day while going to ‘work’
NORTH BRUNSWICK – A young girl asked Janice Larkin, confidential assistant to North Brunswick Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack, what the mayor does. “He makes a lot of decisions for the town and the people who work here,” Larkin said. “He is an attorney, so he’s in court. When he’s here, he oversees all the different…
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Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County announces summer programs
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will hold the following events free of charge at the EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick, unless otherwise noted. Registration is required for most events. Call 732-398-5262. Growing the Best Strawberries, 6:30 p.m. on May 2. Discuss different varieties of strawberries, how to…