photo credit: Arjun Agarwal
Join us for spring planting sessions at the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve.
Volunteers will work under the guidance of Natural Resources and Stewardship Director, Anna Corichi, to plant 5,000+ herbaceous plugs in the Forest Restoration site. Native wildflowers, grasses, and ferns have been selected to provide quality habitat for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife, as well as to withstand tough site pressures, such as those posed by white-tailed deer and invasive species. The plantings will also help to protect local water quality by filtering and slowing runoff before it enters Mountain Brook.
Registration is required to attend. Please consider registering for one or more of the upcoming dates, and please tell a friend! Each date has a MORNING [9am-Noon] + AFTERNOON [1pm-4pm] Session.
Click on any of the following dates to register:
Saturday, April 17; 9am-Noon
Saturday, April 17; 1pm-4pm
Sunday, April 18; 9am-Noon
Sunday, April 18; 1pm-4pm
Earth Day 2021:
Thursday, April 22; 9am-Noon
Thursday, April 22, 1pm-4pm
Saturday, May 15; 9am-Noon
Saturday, May 15; 1pm-4pm
Sunday, May 16; 9am-Noon
Sunday May 16; 1pm-4pm
Saturday, June 5; 9am-Noon *
Saturday, June 5; 1pm-4pm *
*NOTE: June 5 will be Plant Care sessions at the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve! Volunteers will work under the guidance of Natural Resources and Stewardship Director, Anna Corichi, to working on plant care (weeding, mulching watering) and invasive removal in the Forest Restoration site.
BYO: Please be sure to bring your own mask, water bottle, and work gloves to the stewardship session. For work days we recommend wearing long sleeves, long pants, and good work boots--it may be muddy out there. Dressing in layers in recommended. We will follow social distancing practices by wearing a mask and maintaining a 6ft distance from others, where possible. We ask that if you are feeling sick, have traveled, or have potentially been exposed to the COVID-19 virus, to please stay home and join us at another time.
Meeting Location: We meet at the Mountain Lake House Parking lot, 57 Mountain Ave, Princeton NJ, and then walk over to the project site as a group. Be sure to take the long driveway entrance to the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, marked by a series of white mail boxes, the gravel parking lot is on your left about a 1/2 mile down the paved driveway.
Questions? Please email info@fopos.org.