Category: Events

Lilac Party 2025

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Lilac Party 2025 Invitation

The 25th Celebration of

A Lilac Party

Sunday, May 4, 2025 from 4:30 to 7:00 pm

At the Willowwood Arboretum

Get details about the party, the wine tasting, the music and the unusual plants silent auction by clicking the invitation.

We offer two ways to register for our long-awaited reprise of Lilac Parties of the past.

Lilac Party 2025 Response Card

Either Via Mail

Download our response card by clicking the image at right.

Print it, fill it out and mail it back to us with your check.

Or, Pay On-Line

Paying on-line with our credit card processor, PayPal, is the safe, quick and easy way to reserve your places. PayPal accepts credit cards and many different payment methods.

Select your ticket level and click the button to begin the process.

Select Level + Quantity

Then Check Out in Cart

Can adjust number of tickets also.

8th Annual Tubbs Lecture – 5/18/24

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Saturday May 18: 1 pm – 3 pm

$25 per person.

To Register Call 973-326-7601

Tubbs Annual Lecture 2024
Tubbs Annual Lecture 2024

The Willowwood Foundation, in partnership with the Morris County Park Commission, is proud to present the 8th Annual Tubbs Lecture, featuring Louis Bauer, Founding Director of Greenwood Gardens and former Director of Horticulture at Wave Hill Gardens in New York. He will speak about flowers, trees and shrubs that make an old garden look new and modern.

The Tubbs Lectures are presented in honor of the Tubbs Brothers, owners and developers of the Willowwood Farm property that eventually became the Willowwood Arboretum.. Read about their history on our About Willowwood page.

Light refreshments will be served after the lecture in the Historic Tubbs House.

The World of French Impressionism (11/11)

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Take a stroll through 19th century France and learn how the Impressionists changed the art world forever. Learn a Victorian craft: yarn pom-poms! Children and adults will be instructed on the handicraft’s unusual French history and go home with a handmade pompon of their own. Topics include Caillebotte’s Paris Street; Rainy Day (1877), Renoir’s Two Sisters on the Terrace (1881), and Claude Monet.
  • Dates: November 11
  • Time: 10 am – 11 am and 1 pm – 2 pm
  • Age: All ages.
  • Where: Willowwood Arboretum, 300 Longview Road, Chester Township, NJ 07930
  • Cost: $15 per person.
  • Contact: Preregistration is required. For more information, call 973.326.7601.

Plants Through Time (10/19)

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Travel through time on this exploration of plants and their adaptability to the changing world.
  • Dates: October 19
  • Time: 1 pm – 2 pm
  • Age: Adults.
  • Where: Willowwood Arboretum, 300 Longview Road, Chester Township, NJ 07930
  • Cost: $15 per person.
  • Contact: Preregistration is required. For more information, call 973.326.7601.

Nature Through the Senses (10/5)

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Join us for a guided, tranquil tour to immerse yourself in the environment and feel the benefits the natural world has to provide.
  • Dates: October 5
  • Time: 10 am – 11 am and 3 pm – 4 pm
  • Age: Adults.
  • Where: Willowwood Arboretum, 300 Longview Road, Chester Township, NJ 07930
  • Cost: $15 per person.
  • Contact: Preregistration is required. For more information, call 973.326.7601.