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 partnership with the Morris County Park Commission, a topical horticulture lecture series - The Tubbs Lecture - is offered annually in late Spring honoring the memory of Robert and Henry Tubbs, owners of Willowwood.

Russell W, Meyers

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
Meryl Carmel, Vice President
Stathis Andris, Treasurer
Alice Cutler, Secretary
Leslie Allain, Assistant Secretary

Dr. Joseph Arvay
Bill Blackburn
Meryl Carmel
Alice Cutler
Margo Dana
Rob Diemar
Heather Emelander, President, Friends of the Frelinghuysen
David Helmer, MCPC
William Moran
Anne Peterson, 2020 25th Anniversary Lilac Party Co-Chair
Katie Porter, Trustee Emeritus
Ken Selody
Barbara Shepard, President, MCPC
Dan Will, Trustee emeritus
Peter Williams

Willowwood Foundation, PO Box 218, Gladstone, NJ 07934
Office Phone: 908 234 1815 (seasonal)
Email: wwfoundation@willowwoodfoundation.com