Press Releases

Earth Day 2023 will be celebrated in Wayne at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West on Saturday, April 22 from 12 pm to 4 pm, rain or shine.  A free shuttle service will be on hand to bring people from the Pines Lake School parking area at 511 Pines Lake Drive to the arboretum. […]

Wayne resident Katie McEwan will be the speaker for a free virtual program, “Earth Day Past & Present,” on Monday, April 10 at 1 pm.  The event is sponsored by the Wayne Public Library and Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum.  To register for the program, go to waynepubliclibrary.libcal.com/event/10538754 or go to the link on the library’s

Volunteers Help to Beautify Laurelwood Arboretum April is National Volunteer Month, and the volunteer season will begin at Laurelwood Arboretum on Tuesday, April 11.  Volunteers can work any day Tuesday through Saturday from April through October from 9 am to 12 noon.  In addition to working in the gardens on Tuesdays, there are opportunities to

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum invites students in grades 2 through 6 to register for the GreenQuest Nature Club, a free environmentally themed program and activity held once a month, April through October, from 4 pm to 5:30 pm.  All sessions will be held at the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake

Spring is on its way, and Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum has launched its annual Gift of Green campaign to raise funds for the start of the gardening season.  Gift of Green donations help provide the resources to recreate our Sensory Garden after its winter rest, to landscape the Summer Garden and to add annuals for

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum will host a Fine Art & Collectibles Appraisal Event on Sunday, April 30th from 1 pm to 4 pm at the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West in Wayne, New Jersey.  Jon Telz, owner of RZM Fine Arts & Antiques in Pearl River, New York,

The annual Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum plant sale will be held this year during Mother’s Day weekend, Saturday, May 13th and Sunday, May 14th. We are now accepting pre-sale orders for specially selected shrubs and grasses, as well as annual flats. Shrubs, grasses and native perennials must be ordered by March 8th. and annual flats

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum will welcome holiday shoppers to a Holiday Fine Art Boutique at the Knippenberg Center for Education, Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West in Wayne.  The boutique will be open Saturdays and Sundays 12 noon to 4 pm from November 19 through December 18.  It will feature unique gifts including small

Holiday Boutique Saturdays and SundaysNovember 19 to December 18, 12 Noon to 4PM   Scott A. Broadfoot of Broadfoot and Broadfoot Galleries in Boonton will once again host a Holiday Boutique in the Knippenberg Center for Education. Tabletop sculptures made by A Sculpture Trail artists will be featured, along with other fine art. Holiday ornaments, handmade by Barbara Corcoran Clark, will

A Sculpture Trail at Laurelwood Arboretum recently welcomed two new sculptures —TULIPULA by Babette Bloch and Ferrous Couture by Robert Koch. The multiyear Sculpture Trail project, which showcases 15 unique works of art placed throughout the arboretum, is sponsored by Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum.  Laurelwood Arboretum, a public park located at 725 Pines Lake Drive