Upcoming Events

Drop-in Saturday Morning Storytime- Stop by for stories, songs and a craft. Ages 2-7.

History's greatest playwright was also one heck of a gardener. The age of Elizabeth I provided William Shakespeare with a rich and varied plant palette, both from England' s considerable bounty as well as foreign introductions.  These he "planted" in his prolific contributions to English literature, and they still bloom today in language filled with plant lore and flower symbolism.  Learn Elizabeth I's role in the advancement of English horticulture and peruse Elizabethan garden elements including mounts and mazes, spouting sundials, fantastical topiary and the pleached bower to add to your garden.  Explore some Tudor and Shakespearean gardens in the UK and the USA to visit for inspiration. Turns out, the world's not only a stage, it's also a garden!

Lesley Parness has worked in public gardens in America and abroad for the past four decades. She is a founding member and past president of Garden State Gardens, a non-profit consortium of New Jersey’s public gardens, and a member of the Herb Society of America and the Council on Botanic and Horticultural Libraries. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Friends of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum’s Annual and Arbor Day Awards, The Friends of Berry Lane Park’s Annual Award and The North Jersey Civil War Roundtable’s Special Achievement Award.

Funded by a generous gift to the AWPL Foundation by Glenn P. and Susan D. Dickes.

Every TAB Meeting earns 1 hour of volunteer credit!

Join Pat Foxx for an afternoon of watercolor painting!  At this session, participants will recreate Henri Matisse's The Goldfish, 1912.

All materials will be provided.  Space is limited; registration required.

Earth Day Family Concert with Tommy Gardner & the Uncle Brothers. Sing along to some old favorites and celebrate the Earth's special day! For families with children under 10. Register online beginning March 19.

(2014)  Narrated by Isabella Rossellini. Would you risk your life to save a stranger and never talk about it?  MY ITALIAN SECRET tells the story of sports idol Gino Bartali, physician Giovanni Borromeo and other Italians worked with Jewish leaders and high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church to carry out ingenious schemes to rescue Jews, partisans and refugees from Nazi-occupied Italy.  Gino Bartali is a sports legend; but his most daring triumph came when he risked his life over and over to save Jews threatened by Nazi extermination. The story of Bartali and the secret network he worked with stands in for the stories of thousands of Italians who risked their lives to save others from capture and death. As an entire continent was engulfed in a genocide which took the lives of most Jews in Nazi occupied Europe (nearly 6 million people), more than 80 percent of Italy's Jews survived. Bartali, like most of the rescuers, never sought recognition or reward. Few of those he helped knew his name or what role he played in their rescue. Rated PG-13; 90 minutes.

Special discussion with Linda Dubin to follow screening.