Calendar of Home Events

Calendar of Home Events

Photo by Edwin Kaar

June 9, 10 a.m., “Deer-Resistant Plantings,” Carriage House Visitor Center, New Jersey State Botanical Garden, 2 Morris Rd., Ringwood. $5 donation requested.

Bambi is charming, but not when he’s eating your favorite plants. Emil Rostello of Jacobsen Landscape Design will suggest planting ideas and tricks to help deer-proof your garden. For example, while deer love to snack on hosta, they will leave your peonies alone. Come and learn more ways to outsmart the four-legged visitors to your property. Jacobsen Landscape Design and Construction, Midland Park, is a full-service landscaping company with over 30 years of experience. For more information, call 973-962-9534 or visit njbg.org.

June 16, 1-3 p.m., “The Ornamental/Edible Garden,” The Frelinghuysen Arboretum, 353 E. Hanover Ave., Morristown. $30

Connecticut-based garden writer and lecturer Karen Bussolini explains how to landscape with edible ornamental plants. She will talk about ornamental gardens that incorporate edible plants as part of the design, as well as edible gardens that are beautifully ornamental. If you have been puzzled as to how to combine these two categories of plants, Bussolini will provide inspiration and information. To register, call 973-326-7603 or visit arboretumfriends.org.

June 16, two “Do It Yourself” clinics, Structural Stone Co., Inc., 323 Route 46 West, Fairfield. 9 a.m., “Working with Belgard Pavers”; 10 a.m.., “Building Belgard Walls.” Free.

A Belgard factory representative will talk about the features of the company’s hardscaping materials; a certified contractor will demonstrate how to create a surface for a walkway, patio or driveway with Belgard pavers, and outdoor steps and walls with Belgard wall systems. Clinic participants also can sample pizzas cooked in a oven built with the same materials. For more information, call 973-227-0500 or visit structuralstone.com.

June 23, 4:30 p.m. “Back on Time,” hands-on class with Chef Dominique Payraudeau at Signature Kitchens, 635 Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne. $65 per person, class limited to 8 people. BYOB.

In this session of the Chef Series Cooking Classes at Signature Kitchens, Chef Dominique Payraudeau, chef instructor at the French Culinary Institute, will teach participants how to make: