Hi Gang,
I am excited to share that CU Maurice River has booked me to present one of my favorite programs, “How to Create a No-Fuss Wildlife Pond,” and it will be combined with a field trip tour of two wonderful backyard wildlife ponds in and near Millville, NJ (Cumberland County) in a little over 2 weeks on Thursday, June 5th. You can sign up for all of it or just the indoor presentation!
My two wildlife ponds have evolved these many years from a large hole where I laid a fancy-schmancy waterproof sheet / pond liner that within a few short years sprung a hole and it ended up as an “almost” bog to the two pre-formed, kidney-shaped ponds I have and love today. I am sold on these pre-formed ponds because they are easy peasy to install, will last forever, and have provided me great joy and study opportunities. My presentation will walk folks through all the mishaps I’ve encountered and resolved, so hopefully I’ll spare new wildlife pond folks these same false steps. This event’s combo (a field trip tour of two backyard wildlife ponds AND my presentation) should make expert wildlife pond creators of all attendees. Details follow!
WHEN
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Pat Sutton’s How to Create a No-Fuss Wildlife Pond
Tour & Presentation
Noon – 4:30 p.m.
- 12:00 pm: Tour Two Backyard Wildlife Ponds in the Millville, NJ, area (Cumberland County)
- 3:00 pm Pat will present “How to Create a No-Fuss Wildlife Pond” at The Charlesworth Hotel & Restaurant, 224 New Jersey Avenue, Fortescue, NJ 08321
COST: $ 35 / CU Maurice River member* (all are WELCOME, members & nonmembers — join CU Maurice River to get the member price!)
If you’d like to attend the presentation ONLY at the Charlesworth Hotel & Restaurant, there is an option to register for just that.
COST: $ 20.00 / CU Maurice River Member*
*There is an opportunity to become a member of CU Maurice River on the registration page, a group Clay and I have belonged to, supported, and admired for nearly 40 years!
To register for this Tour and Presentation
(or the Presentation ONLY)
please click HERE
or call CU Maurice River at
856-300-5331
If you plan to stay for dinner, please make your reservation for 5:00 p.m. Call the Charlesworth Hotel & Restaurant at 1-856-447-4928 (they are opening that night just for us!!!) . Visit their WEBSITE to get directions and see the menu. Pat and CU Maurice River staff will be staying for dinner and are very much looking forward to a delicious meal on the edge of Delaware Bay at Sunset! There is no more scenic place to relax and be pampered by fine dining!
The Charlesworth Hotel & Restaurant
(click on underlined text to get to their website / menu)
224 New Jersey Avenue
Fortescue, NJ 08321
ABOUT THE PRESENTATION
“How to Create a No-Fuss Wildlife Pond” by Pat Sutton
Frogs, toads, and dragonflies all need freshwater ponds for egg laying to create future generations. Even a tiny pond will attract and support them. Learn what a true wildlife pond is and how simple it is to create – with no need for running water, filters, fish, and all the fuss. Pat Sutton will share the basics of how to create a wildlife pond and, even more importantly, how to maintain it so that wildlife benefits. Learn which native plants to add to the pond (and which problem plants to avoid). Don’t make the same mistake that others have made by creating a pond for exotic fish that supports little else. In a true wildlife pond, expect to attract and watch the amazing life cycle of huge Green Darner dragonflies or count a growing population of Leopard Frogs, Green Frogs, and Gray Treefrogs that find your pond as if by magic. Look forward to the child-like wonder and joy of looking for and finding young Gray Treefrogs that have emerged from your very own pond and taken up residence on insect-rich, native nectar plants in your garden! Create it and they will come!
Pat Sutton’s handout on this topic
“How to Create a No-Fuss Wildlife Pond
can be found on her website HERE
along with many of her other
educational, native-plant-focused handouts
Even if you can not attend this fun afternoon of learning, this handout will help you greatly! And if you can attend this fun afternoon of learning, this handout will help you remember key points and not suffer through commonly made mistakes and misunderstandings!
Happy Wildlife Gardening,
Pat