16th Annual Community Garden Conference

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The Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum and Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Morris County are teaming up to present their Annual Community Garden Conference for the 16th year in a row. This year we are very excited to have Christopher Bolden-Newsome and Owen Taylor, Founders of Truelove Seeds in Philadelphia as our keynote speakers. We have an impressive list of session speakers too, all experts in their field. They will cover topics relevant to not just community gardeners but backyard vegetable gardeners as well as garden managers, and those trying to establish a new community garden. 

The other speakers are:

Morris County Agricultural and Natural Resource Agent, Rutgers Vegetable Expert and Conference Co-sponsor Peter Nitzsche will discuss the findings from the season-long community garden demonstration plot trial on the Cucumber Beetle Trap Study.

Claudia Urdanivia, Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent of Essex and Hudson Counties presents her talk on Honoring Cultural Crops and Traditions in Community Gardens.

Jennifer Salt Taylor, Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) Educator for Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Passaic County will present her talk on Preparing to Preserve: Make the Most of your Harvest.

The Coordinator’s Round Table moderated by Ned Gardner, Manager of the Ted Largman Community Garden in Morris Township and Mike Dziomba, Manager of the Randolph Community Garden. This is a chance for managers of community gardens to connect with other managers and get questions answered and share successful and perhaps not so successful endeavors they’ve encountered.

Please bring a donation for the Interfaith Food Pantry. You can see a list of their current needs here. https://www.mcifp.org/donate/donate-food/

This program is eligible for 5.0 Rutgers Master Gardener CEU’s. 

Date: Saturday, March 7, Snow date Sunday, March 8

Time: 9:00 am

Cost: $70 without lunch / $85 with lunch. Feel free to bring your own.