FPNL Annual Meeting - The Ancient Forest - Native Plants of the Sourlands (FPNL Annual Meeting)

Wild Yam Leaves - photo by Jared Rosenbaum

Wednesday, June 2, 7:30-9 PM

Jared Rosenbaum, Associate Director of Stewardship at D&R Greenway Land Trust will be the featured speaker at the Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands Annual Meeting on June 2 from 7:30-9 pm. He will be speaking on "The Ancient Forest - Native plants of the Sourlands".

The program will be held in the Education Building at the Mapleton Preserve/D&R Canal State Park, 145 Mapleton Rd, Kingston.

The program is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served. For more information call 609-683-0483 or see www.fpnl.org.

About the Sourlands: The boulder-strewn ridge of the Sourland Mountain avoided severe disturbance during the colonial period. It continues to be a sparsely settled remnant retaining the ancient forest plant and animal communities of our region. This presentation will discuss the wildflowers, ferns and woody plants of the Sourlands, as well as the area’s unique history and ecology.

About the speaker: Jared Rosenbaum lives on the Sourland Mountain ridge, deep in a forest he cherishes for its intricacy, beauty and power to teach.

An Associate Director of Stewardship at D&R Greenway Land Trust, Jared joined the staff in 2007 after serving as a volunteer land steward for D&R Greenway for several years. This organization has preserved over 14,000 acres of open space in New Jersey. He is the guiding force behind their new Native Plant Nursery (http://www.drgreenway.org/nursery/), which is dedicated to restoring a rich diversity of native flora to the local landscape.