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Garlic and Potatoes

August 10, 2019
Althea Llewellyn

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Why Garlic and Potatoes?

I've been on a quest to master the art of growing garlic, and potatoes are simply fun for children to grow and harvest.
This quest to grow garlic began in 2017, when I planted the first garlic crop, in the Reeves-Reed Arboretum's Square Foot Garden, and harvested dismally tiny garlic bulbs, in the summer of 2018.

The second planting...

We Are a Monarch Waystation

July 02, 2019
Marilyn Kelly

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Yes, we are! A "Monarch Waystation" that is. After researching about the Monarch Waystation program, I discovered that we already had a designated ID #, which means we have been a waystation for quite some time. We are station #194 on the www.monarchwatch.org/waystations/ monarch map. Annually we have seen the monarch and her eggs and the caterpillar on our milkweed plants.

ART in the Garden 2019

May 16, 2019

Art in the Garden Food Fundraiser Music Nature Spring

ART in the Garden® 2019
Saturday, June 8, 6 to 11 pm

Reeves-Reed Arboretum
165 Hobart Avenue
Summit, NJ 07901

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