Everything you've wanted to know about those pesky insects in your garden and how to keep them from getting to your tasty vegetables before you do will be explained in a workshop presented by Camden County Master Gardeners as part of their Homeowners Series of Workshops on Thursday, April 11th at 7 p.m. at the Camden County Environmental Center. You will learn how to identify the most common insects found on vegetables and how to control them organically. The speaker, Sabrina Tirpak, is the Principal Laboratory Technician at the Plant Diagnostic Laboratory at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She is also an instructor at Rutgers and a frequent lecturer on insect pest problems in structures, landscapes and gardens. Advanced registration is requested. For more information, call 856-216-7130 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ladybugs effective as garden insecticides
Ladybugs, symbols of good luck from medieval Europe to Chinese lore, are beneficial bugs all gardeners should consider welcoming into their yards and garden plots. Bart Conrad, a master gardener in Camden County, says ladybugs are “a friend to gardeners” because they eat bugs that eat plants.
Beautify Our Borough Gardens
Join our sustainability partners, the Green Team and Incredible Edible Merchantville, on Sunday, May 18th from 9:00-11:00 a.m. to help clean up our pollinator gardens and plant the Sunflower/Pumpkin garden along Merchantville's Mile. We have four pollinator gardens to weed an beautify and we will FEED you coffee & donuts while you work! We plan to meet along the bike path at Morris Street and Chestnut Avenue. We will provide gardening equipment and trash bags but - if you gave gloves - please wear them.
Go Native!
Merchantville's Green Team is making it easy to GO NATIVE! Partnering with our knowledgeable experts at Collingswood Wild Roots on an exclusive spring native plant sale. Join others in the embrace of native plants, strengthening our local ecosystem and adding beauty and resilience to our landscape. This sale began on March 23rd and runs through May 3rd. 10% of all sales will go to the Green Team in support of its activities. Order early for best availability. Native plants are selling out quickly.
SJ farm women share at Annie's Project
Merchantville's Tiny Forest
Thanks to the collaboration of Merchantville's Shade Tree Commission, Green Team and everyone who came to help out last Saturday, our “Tiny Forest” is planted! Tiny Forests have big benefits for our community. Native plants crowded onto postage-stamp-size plots have been delivering environmental benefits around the world and, increasingly, in the U.S. The idea behind this forestry is based on the method of Japan's Dr. Akira Miyawaki, botanist and an expert in plant ecology, to restore natural and native
Gas Blowers Aren’t Just Noisy
Leaf blowers aren’t just noisy — they’re also huge climate polluters. Gas-powered lawn equipment like leaf blowers and lawn mowers pollute a lot more than you might think. They pump out millions of tons of carbon dioxide each year, the primary driver of climate change. Gas-powered leaf blowers, snow blowers, lawnmowers, weed trimmers and chainsaws are some of the dirtiest tools in the shed. And with millions of them owned and operated across the country, their climate-warming pollution really adds up. It’s time to switch to cleaner, quieter, electric lawn equipment. A greener, healthier world requires each of us to do all we can to eliminate the pollution and practices