About the Willowwood Foundation
The Willowwood Foundation:
Currently, the Willowwood Foundation primarily supports restoration and garden projects at the Willowwood Arboretum, and provides annual grants for horticultural interns, garden maintenance and restoration and plantings for the gardens and key collections.
The Willowwood Foundation celebrates the “Lilac Party” tradition of Hal Tubbs and Dr. Ben Blackburn the third Sunday of May each year as its primary fundraiser.
In 1960, Dr. Ben Blackburn and Russell W. Myers, Landscape Architect and Secretary Director of the Morris County Park Commission (1957-1983), established the Willowwood Foundation to protect the Willowwood treasure.
The Willowwood Foundation is a non profit (Section 501(c)(3) under the Internal Revenue code) educational organization incorporated in 1960 in the State of New Jersey to nurture an appreciation for and knowledge of botany, horticulture and the natural world through its support of public education, written materials and facilities to promote use, access and information about native and exotic plants.
The Willowwood Foundation needs and welcomes your support and invites you to join a most unique organization which is working to preserve New Jersey’s Garden Heritage.
Yes, I want to help. All donations are tax deductible as allowable by law. Click here to go to the Contact Us page with our address.
Willowwood Board of Trustees:
| Brace Krag, President Jason Andris, Vice President Stathis Andris, Treasurer Meryl Carmel, Secretary Leslie Allain, Assistant Secretary Dr. Joseph Arvay |
Anne Peterson, 2018 23rd Anniversary Lilac Party Co-Chair Katie Porter, Trustee Emeritus George Rochat Ken Selody Barbara Shepard, President, MCPC Judy Snow, President, Friends of Frelinghuysen Becky Terry, 2018 23rd Anniversary Lilac Party Co-Chair Dan Will Peter Williams |
Willowwood Foundation, PO Box 218, Gladstone, NJ 07934
Kathleen Shea Mistretta, Administrator Phone: 908 234 1815
Email: wwfoundation@willowwoodfoundation.com
Newsletters
Spring 2018
Click on our latest newsletter (above) to download it to your browser.
Want to subscribe? Click here for our on-line subscription form.
You may look at older newsletters here:
- Fall 2017
- Spring 2017
- Winter 2017
- Fall 2016
- Spring 2016
- Winter 2016
- Fall 2015
- Spring 2015
- Feb., 2015
- Fall, 2014
- Spring, 2014
- March, 2014
- Fall, 2013
- Spring 2013
- Feb. 2013
- Fall 2012
- Spring 2012
- February 2012
- Fall 2011
See the article about the Spring 2018 Lilac Party in the latest Black River Journal (BRJ) by clicking the image above.
Willowwood is not new to the BRJ -- here is an article from 2008 commemorating Willowwood's Centennial.
The Willowwood Arboretum
Open 8 am to sunset daily. No Dogs, Horses etc. permitted.
A facility of the
Morris County
Park Commission.