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The Laurelwood Arboretum Project is a massive gardening project that began as an agreement between the all-volunteer, nonprofit organization, Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum and the Township of Wayne. Within this project, the Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum accepted the role of sole manager of all horticultural maintenance and improvement within the Arboretum, a thirty-acre horticultural oasis consisting of rare specimens and unusual plants. Project Accomplishments Since January 2007, over one hundred volunteers ahve contributed well over 10,000 hours to the Laurelwood Arboretum Project. The project accomplishments include: Dorothy's Way A 6'x300 yard woodlands trail (in memory of Dorothy Knippenberg) was created by clearing rock and debris, then lining with logs and mulch. The trail wanders through rhododendron beds and spring ephemerals. Education Clinics and workshops have been given on the topics of plant propagation, pruning and plant identification. Greenhouse Volunteers have been refurbishing the original greenhouses so that plants can be propagated from Arboretum specimens for use in the gardens as well as stock for the spring plant sale. Plant ID/Tree Tour The Arboretum has been mapped and volunteers are systematically identifying the major trees and shrubs. A tour was developed to showcase indigenous as well as rare trees and a brochure was created so that the tour can be docent lead or self-guided. Lilac Walk A 100' lilac garden walk is being created in a portion of the Arboretum by transplanting many varieties of lilacs from other areas onsite and is underplanted with spring bulbs. Improvements Volunter crews have built wooden steps down to a memorial bench by the pond, hand shoveled and raked graveled roads, repaired serious water pipe leads, remedied stream bank damage and cleared debris from catch basins, piping and ponds. History Laurelwood Arboretum was deeded to Wayne Township in 2007 by Dorothy Knippenberg, a founding member of the Pines Lake Garden Club, who along with her husband John, was a renowned rhododendron and azalea hybridizer. It was her vision that created the masterpiece that is Laurelwood Arboretum today. It is the mission of the Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum to keep her vision alive.... | |||||||
