The Celery Farm

Saturday September 13 is Stiles and Lillian Thomas Day. The town of Allendale is honoring the Celery Farm's long-time marsh warden and his wife with a picnic on Saturday, Sept. 13, and the public is invited.
The event, to celebrate Thomas' 25th year as the volunteer in charge of of the borough's Celery Farm Natural Area, will feature a picnic and free guided walks of the 107-acre refuge. The event also celebrates all the contributions of his wife, Lillian.
    The hour-long guided walks  begin at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Franklin Turnpike parking lot.
    The picnic will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 13 at the Red Barn at Crescent Lake on Crescent Avenue. Brief speeches by Allendale Mayor Vince Barra and other notables will begin at 7 p.m. Stiles Thomas will then offer some remarks.
 To keep the picnic simple, those who attend are asked to bring their own food and beverages. (No glass containers please).   Fyke Nature Association is supplying the live music (a bluegrass band), a cake for dessert, as well as tablecloths, cups, plates, knives, forks and spoons for the picnic. 
Picnic tables will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendees should bring their own table and chairs in case of a large turnout.

Do you visit the Celery Farm? We'd like to hear from you! To help Fyke gain a better understanding of usage of the Celery Farm, we are asking you fill out a brief, anonymous survey that will help us in our current and future plans for the Preserve. The survey is available for download here.

The Fyke Nature Association offers educational programs and workshops of interest to people of all ages throughout the year. We also lead field trips to various locations in New Jersey and southeastern New York for birding, botanizing, and general nature study. We are an active and dynamic organization dedicated to conservation and environmental protection.

Support Fyke at Amazon.com. Each purchase you make at Amazon.com will now help support Fyke, if you click through using our new shopping page. There you'll find some suggested reading, but any item you purchase at Amazon.com will make a (small) contribution to Fyke. It's good place to pick up a copy of In the Presence of Nature, by Jerry Barrack and Jim Wright, which is required reading for anyone interested in the Celery Farm.

 

Fyke Nature Association
P.O. Box 141
Ramsey, NJ 07446

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