FPNL Annual Meeting

Thursday, June 7, 2012, 7:30 PM

“Raising Monarch Butterflies”

Kate and Katherine Dresdner have raised and released over 200 wild Monarch butterflies during summer seasons. They will talk about this mysterious and magical species: the Monarch’s amazing migration for thousands of miles to its winter home in a forest in Mexico, and its developmental life-cycle from egg to caterpillar and caterpillar to butterfly. Kate and Katherine will discuss how to raise Monarchs, monarch health issues, protecting them from predators, and how to grow milkweed, the sole host plant for Monarchs. Their interest and passion for this species developed from gardening with native plants and creating habitat for birds, butterflies, and pollinators.

The talk and power point presentation will be preceded by a brief business meeting, including elections to the FPNL Board of Trustees. The meeting will take place in the Education building, D&R Canal State Park Headquarters at 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston.

ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION IN THE PRESERVE–April 21, 2012

The celebration began with the official dedication of interpretive signs for the site, the former home of Princeton Nurseries.

On hand to speak about the signs were Dan Saunders of the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office, South Brunswick Township Mayor Frank Gambatese, FPNL President Karen Linder and FPNL Vice President Robert von Zumbusch, and William Flemer IV.

Mayor Gambatese, Karen Linder, Bill Flemer, and Robert von Zumbusch

These new signs were developed by Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands, with the assistance of a project grant funded by the New Jersey Historical Commission. The interpretive panels will help visitors understand the historic and cultural significance of the site.

Mrs. William Flemer III and FPNL Trustee Anne Zeman

Karen Linder then gave an abbreviated illustrated history of Princeton Nurseries, and the celebration concluded with the traditional planting of a tree–a lovely pink dogwood.