Enchanted Evenings In The Garden To Be Topic Of Hazlet Program

HAZLET, NJ — If the promise of a week of warm weather draws you out to the garden, you might find inspiration in a lecture by Master Gardener Ann Sherwood.

Sherwood will speak about "Enchantment in Your Evening Garden" at the Hazlet Senior Center on Wednesday, April 12, at 12:30 p.m.

"Enchantment literally means to be part of the song, and evening is a delightful time to be enchanted by the natural world in your garden," she says by way of explanation of her talk.

Sherwood, of Colts Neck, said she is very much an environmentalist - and she is also a cell biologist.

She said the talk is an invitation to think about how you experience your garden as a busy day winds down.

"You will discover plants that may enhance your awareness of the changing light, aromas and sounds that accompany the shift from day to night," she said.

Sherwood has been a master gardener since 2016. She received her Ph.D. in microbiology/cell biology from Rutgers and has spent her career studying how human cells work.

She is part of the Monmouth County Master Gardener speaker's bureau program and has more talks planned this spring.

And she said she is passionate about the life of the garden, especially in the evening.

She urges gardeners to be attuned to "the evening garden and what is happening all around you."

Her bio says that once she "learned about the active life of plant and animal cells underground, she turned her interest to this dark and mysterious world."

Sherwood also will be speaking June 14 at the Senior Center about "Managing the Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) in Your Yard."

The Senior Center is at 1776 Union Ave., Hazlet, in the James J. Cullen Center.