Hi Gang,
I am looking forward to sharing one of my favorite programs at the next meeting of the SE Chapter of the Native Plant Society of NJ on Monday, November 17th! Details follow:
The next meeting of the
Southeast Chapter of the
Native Plant Society of New Jersey
is coming up
WHEN: Monday, November 17, 2025
7:00 p.m.
(FREE: all are welcome, members & nonmembers)
“HOW TO CREATE A NO-FUSS WILDLIFE POND”
by Pat Sutton
WHERE: Stockton University
101 Vera King Farris Drive
Galloway, NJ 08205 (in Atlantic County)
Unified Science Center
Room 346 (on 3rd floor of Unified Science Center)
— same building, but one floor higher than this past spring & last fall —
ABOUT Pat’s PRESENTATION
“How to Create a No-Fuss Wildlife Pond” by Pat Sutton
Pat shares: 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 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.
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 Common 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!
Note: Pat Sutton’s handout “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 Monday evening, this handout will help you greatly!
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Parking Tip: See the Stockton campus parking link below. The closest parking spots are in Lots #4 and #5, which share the same entry off Vera King Farris Drive, the main drive on campus. Parking Lot #5 is made easy to spot by the mural of two ospreys on the Sports Center wall.
Click HERE for Map & Directions to Parking for the Unified Science Building at Stockton’s Galloway Campus
Happy Wildlife Gardening,
Pat
