Upcoming Events:
Don’t miss these fun and informative programs!
Outreach Programs
House and Garden Tours of Historic Flemington
June 6th, 11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Dvoor Farm, 111 Mine Street, Flemington, NJ 08822 (Google Maps)
Our Dvoor Farm headquarters will be featured in this year’s House and Garden Tours of Historic Flemington! Both the historic 1798 farmhouse and the bank barn will be available to tour participants. Learn more and purchase tickets on the event website.
Invasive Species Walk at Holland Township’s O’sakame Preserve
June 7th, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sign Up)
355 Riegelsville Milford Rd, Milford, NJ 08848 (Google Maps)
Learn about invasive species identification and removal with HLT & Holland Township! We’ll be at the beautiful O’sakame park that overlooks the Delaware River and the bluffs across it in PA.
Holland Highlands Group Hike: Explore the New Trail
June 13th, 9:00 AM-11:30 AM (Sign Up)
200 Andersen Rd, Milford, NJ 08848 (Google Maps)
Explore HLT’s Holland Highlands Preserve with a moderate 2.5 mile out-and-back hike. We’ll be checking out the newly improved & rerouted Red Trail that volunteers helped create this spring and ending at a pond. Along the way, we’ll look for signs of wildlife and observe changes in habitat.
Bird Walk at the Hunterdon Community Farmers Market
June 14th, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM (Sign Up)
111 Mine St, Flemington, NJ 08822 (Google Maps)
Come out to the Farmers Market and join us for a bird walk around Dvoor Farm! To celebrate Pollination Day, we’ll talk about the incredible interactions between birds and plants – from pollination to seed dispersal. Bring your binoculars!
Invasive Plants Walk with Raritan Township
July 16th, 7:00 PM -8:30 PM
103 Capner St, Flemington, NJ 08822 (Google Maps)
Explore Bernadette Morales Nature Preserve with HLT and Raritan Township’s Environmental Commission! We will learn how to identify common invasive species and discuss methods of management.
Beginner Birding at Dvoor Farm
July 23rd, 6:00 PM -7:30 PM (Sign Up)
111 Mine St, Flemington, NJ 08822 (Google Maps)
Join us at the Wagon House at Dvoor Farm to learn and practice some backyard birding basics! Great if you’re new to birding or have been curious about starting, we will meet in the Wagon House to learn some identification tips and get to know some of the many beautiful common species of our region. Then, we’ll head out on a short walk down the trail to practice listening and observing for birds. Binoculars NOT required (or recommended) for this introductory session.
Flowers and Pollinators of Meadows: Walk at Muddy Run Preserve
August 15th, 10:00 AM -11:30 AM (Sign Up)
184 Kingwood Locktown Rd, Stockton, NJ 08559 (Google Maps)
Have you ever frolicked through a meadow and wondered what those butterflies fluttering by are and what kind of flower they’re landing on? If so, this walk is for you! We’ll learn how to identify some of the native flowers and grasses common to New Jersey meadows and the strategies they use for successful pollination. We’ll also meet some of the butterflies and other pollinators that call meadows home.
Volunteer Events
BLD Action Team: First Meet-Up at Zega-Lockatong Preserve
June 25th, 6:00 PM-7:30 PM (Sign Up)
Raven Rock Rosemont Rd, Stockton, NJ 08559 (Google Maps)
Zega-Lockatong Preserve contains acres of old-growth forest, which includes many healthy beech trees. Beech Leaf Disease (BLD) is causing these trees to die back, creating light gaps on the forest floor. The BLD Action Team will work to help mitigate the effects of this disturbance by reducing invasive species encroachment and protecting native sapling recruitment from herbivory in these gap areas. There are many roles that can be taken on for the team: from keeping up with research, monitoring BLD effects, or mapping, to the hands-on invasive species removal and tree caging.
Stewardship Saturday at Zega-Lockatong Preserve
June 27th, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sign Up)
Raven Rock Rosemont Rd, Stockton, NJ 08559 (Google Maps)
Help protect the old-growth forest system at Zega! We will be working on removing shrubby invasive plants, caging saplings growing in canopy gaps, and maintaining active stewardship areas. We’ll record observations of beech trees and the level of beech leaf disease present. Stewardship work in forests with beeches is especially important right now, to ensure that as they decline, the resulting gaps in the canopy can support new native saplings.
Stewardship Saturday at Idell Preserve
July 11th, 9:00 AM -12:00 PM (Sign Up)
50 Barbertown Idell Rd, Frenchtown, NJ 08825 (Google Maps)
This month we will work on maintaining the new and old deer exclosures and explore what’s been growing inside. We’ll hopefully find some plants that are preferred by deer, who don’t get much of a chance to grow unless they’re protected from browsing. We will also remove invasives from the exclosures and repair any damages, and work on removal of larger trailside shrubby invasives.
Stewardship Saturday at Quakertown Preserve
August 29th, 9:00 AM -12:00 PM (Sign Up)
1175 Croton Rd, Flemington, NJ 08822 (Google Maps)
We will be working on improving the shrubland at Quakertown Preserve by removing the woody invasive shrubs to make room for the diversity of native shrubs growing there. We’ll also collect cuttings of dogwoods for propagation. Shrubland is a habitat that is declining in many areas, so it’s even more critical for birds that depend on it such as prairie warblers, indigo buntings, and eastern towhees.