Press – Contact for an interview or story: GSWS: Margaret Simpson, Publicity, 609-462-5984 or Tess Fields, President, 609-286-2323, tessiefields@gmail.com D&R Greenway Land Trust: Deb Kilmer, Executive Assistant to the President & CEO, 609-924-4646 For Immediate Publication: D&R Greenway Land Trust hosts GSWS Juried Exhibition on Migration D&R Greenway Land Trust is hosting the Garden State Watercolor Society (GSWS) for its 53rd Annual Open Juried Exhibition, “Migration: Movement for Survival.” GSWS artists created their art to > Read More
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Visit D&R Greenway’s Discovery Center at Point Breeze to learn about 27 heritage crops grown on this land by the Lenape over thousands of years, and by Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte from 1820-1839. The exiled King of Spain and Napoleon’s older brother entertained the scientific, political and artistic communities with food from his garden; today’s produce is donated to feed people in need. Take a journey through time on a tour of the new Discovery Center at Point Breeze Never-before-seen exhibits > Read More
D&R Greenway Land Trust Announces Gala, Sunday, May 7 at the new Discovery Center at Point Breeze Presentation of Donald B. Jones Conservation Award to local conservation advocate and recognition of the Lenape, original inhabitants of the land at Point Breeze FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 27, 2023 ~PRINCETON, NJ – D&R Greenway Land Trust is pleased to announce local conservation advocate, Johan Firmenich, President and Co-Founder, Nature360 Inc. as recipient of the land trust’s 2023 Donald B. Jones Conservation > Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 20, 2023, Hopewell, NJ ~ HOPEWELL, NJ – The Hopewell Valley Arts Council and The Johnson Atelier are hosting a community-wide sculptural celebration this year, Seward Johnson | Celebrating the Everyday. This year-long public art project highlights the life and work of J. Seward Johnson II (1930-2020), a renowned sculptor known for his lifelike sculptures of everyday people. One of the major highlights of this project is Johnson’s monumental sculpture, The Awakening, at D&R Greenway’s > Read More
For Immediate Release, February 21, 2023, Princeton, NJ ~ Ireland and central New Jersey have one important thing in common: rolling hills of green. In celebration of D&R Greenway Land Trust’s work to preserve the green in our local communities, Voices Chorale NJ is bringing Irish music and dancing to a benefit for both organizations just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. The event will take place in a restored barn on Sunday, March 12, from 3-6 p.m.at D&R Greenway’s > Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 3, 2022, Bordentown, NJ ~ Five town eateries have joined forces with D&R Greenway Land Trust as founding partners of the “Garden to Bistro” event. During the month of October, each week will showcase a restaurant where patrons can taste recipes created from produce harvested from this season’s Historic Bonaparte Garden. While visiting the restaurant, patrons can learn a bit of history from the Point Breeze table kiosk. “Bistro month in October connects people to > Read More
Notice of Public Hearing, Green Acres Program, NJDEP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 11, 2022, Princeton ~ D&R Greenway Land Trust has announced that a public hearing will be held on applications it has submitted to the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection for exemption from taxation on real property owned in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, and East Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, that is used for public recreation and conservation purposes. All interested parties are invited to participate in the > Read More
D&R Greenway Land Trust Announces In-Person Our 2021 Annual Report & Newsletter Click HERE to view all of our newsletters in PDF form. ### BACKGROUND D&R Greenway Land Trust, an accredited nonprofit, has saved over 22,000+ acres of New Jersey land since its founding in 1989. By preserving land for life and creating public trails, it gives everyone the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors. The land trust’s preserved farms and community gardens provide local organic food for our neighbors—including > Read More
D&R Greenway Land Trust Announces In-Person Spring 2022 Native Plant Sale FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 19, 2022, Princeton ~ D&R Greenway announces over fifty species of healthy local plants are ready for purchase at their annual Native Plant Sale. Planting natives enhances home gardens in natural beauty, attracts butterflies and birds in the landscape, and contributes to protection of a healthy bioregion. The Nursery is on the grounds of D&R Greenway’s Conservation Campus at the Johnson Education Center, One > Read More
D&R Greenway Land Trust Annual Greenway Gala Sunday, May 15 at Hillside Farm Presentation of the Donald B. Jones Conservation Award to Local Conservation Advocates Hannah Suthers and Sharyn Magee A Beautiful Day to Celebrate the Land at a spectacular Gala at Hillside Farm! Thanks to ALL Who Participated and Supported D&R Greenway and our mission to preserve land as we recognized the vision of Betty Wold Johnson Enjoy the event photos below courtesy of our 2022 Greenway Gala Photographers! > Read More
