14th ANNUAL GARDEN PARTY IN COLONIAL PARK
Saturday, July 20, 2013 – 11:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, NJ - The Somerset County Park Commission Horticulture Department invites the public to the 14th annual “Garden Party” featuring lectures; unusual specialty plants, perennials, and garden sculptures for sale by Daisy Garden Center & Sculpture; complimentary refreshments; and live classical music.
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The Garden Party will be held in the Perennial Garden, Colonial Park, Parking Lot F, Somerset, Franklin Township, on Saturday, July 20, 2013 from 11:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Admission is free with a suggested donation of $3 per adult and $1 per senior or child.
The schedule for the afternoon is as follows:
11:30 to 12:15pm “PLANT SEX IN THE GARDEN”
Lecture by Clare Liptak, Research Center Horticulturist, Soil Testing Lab, Cook College.
12:45 to 1:30pm “WHERE IN THE WORLD DO YOUR GARDEN
PLANTS COME FROM?”
Lecture by Hank Snyder, a world traveler whose hobby is horticultural history and is a grower in Hunterdon County.
2:00 to 2:45pm “SUMMER BLOOMING PERENNIALS” Lecture by
Bruce Crawford, Director of Rutgers Gardens.
3:00 pm Program ends
Live classical music throughout the event will be provided by by “Flutique” with Flutists Sara Berger, Terri Garippa, and Anne Lang-Ree.
Visitors are invited to bring chairs and blankets to enjoy the music.
Sponsors include Messina Wildelife Management; Storr Tractor Company; Four Seasons Nursery & Landscape Company; Wegmans Food Market; ShopRite of Somerset; Deer Park, Division of Nestle Waters North America, Inc.; Barton Nursery; and Somerville Spade & Hoe Garden Club.
For information, call 732-873-2459 or the NJ Relay Service at 711 for individuals with a hearing or speech impairment.
The five-acre Perennial Garden was established in 1976 as a lilac collection, evolving over the decades into a garden that provides year-round interest and color. In spring, the garden comes alive with the colors and fragrances of daffodils, lilacs, daphnes and pinks. Late spring and summer bring added color and form to the garden. Irises, peonies, roses, lilies, and coreopsis bloom among the many perennials and shrubs. In autumn, asters, ornamental grasses and butterfly bushes reach their peak bloom. Evergreens and winterberry hollies provide interest well into the winter months. Amid green lawns and beds of colorful perennials, bulbs, trees, and shrubs, lies the focal point of the garden, the gazebo.
The Perennial Garden is open daily from sunrise to sunset and is managed and maintained by the Horticulture Department of the Somerset County Park Commission.
Information on this event and other Somerset County Park Commission activities may be found on the Internet at www.somersetcountyparks.org
