KINGSTON: Mapleton Preserve Restoration

National Public Lands Day SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28Help Restore a Part of the Mapleton Preservecome help… Help plant 150 deer- and drought-resistant native plants and shrubs into Eagle Scout candidate Hamsika Y.’s prepared plot at the Mapleton Preserve.  Learn about why these plants were selected, and the value of native plants for your garden. ... No experience … Continue reading "KINGSTON: Mapleton Preserve Restoration"

Kingston: Open House at Firehouse

Kingston Event: 2024 Fire Prevention Week is the time for the Kingston Volunteer Fire Company No. 1's community celebration on Heathcote Road, Kingston, New Jersey. Learn more about the Kingston VFC at: https://kingstonfireco.com/

Kingston: Natural Mandalas

The Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands will hold a workshop at the Mapleton Preserve on Mapleton Road in Kingston. In this workshop, natural materials such as acorns, small stones, grasses and colorful fall leaves will be used to design your own signature mandala. A mandala is a circular figure with a central focus and radiating … Continue reading "Kingston: Natural Mandalas"

Exploring the Kingston Lock Area

Locktender's House Kingston, NJ 39 Old Lincoln Highway, 08540, Kingston, New Jersey

Walk the Lock! Exploring the Kingston Lock Area Join KHS officers Robert von Zumbusch and Charlie Dieterich on an easy Saturday Afternoon walk around the Kingston Lock, showing what is still there and what was once there. This easy stroll will focus on historic structures of the Delaware and Raritan Canal in the Kingston area. … Continue reading "Exploring the Kingston Lock Area"

Free

D&R CANAL: Tour de Towpath (bike/run)

Event sponsored by D&R Canal Watch canalwatch.org From the Tour-de-towpath-2024 website:Cadwalader Park - Trenton Help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 70-mile-long D&R Canal State Park The canal towpath is hard-packed super flat gravel pathway, 6 ft. wide. Participate in a non-competitive, outdoor of varying lengths, up to 50 miles. In Kingston: The 50 mile … Continue reading "D&R CANAL: Tour de Towpath (bike/run)"

Rockingham: Preserving the Harvest

The Rockingham Association is planing a special event "Preserving the Harvest" Food preervation techizues & equipment of the 18th century with Suaan Plaisted of Heart to Harth Cookery. The event was held in the barn room, with demonstrations of pickling, drying and making hardtack, Rockingham State Historic Site is on Kingston-Rocky Hill Road, between Kingston … Continue reading "Rockingham: Preserving the Harvest"

D&R Canal: Aqueduct Loop Walk

Join members of the Kingston Greenways Association for an easy one-mile loop walk around the Millstone aqueduct off Mapleton Road for autumn tree appreciation and some canal history, too. Led by Karen Linder, the walk begins at the Aqueduct parking lock for the D&R Canal at 732 Mapleton Road Princeton (actually Plainsboro, NJ) Details at … Continue reading "D&R Canal: Aqueduct Loop Walk"

KHS Annual Meeting and Talk

Kingston Fire House Heathcote Road, Kingston, NJ, United States

D&R Canal Commission Executive Director John Hutchison to speak at Firehouse 2024 KHS Annual meeting at 7:30 pm on Tuesday November 12th at the Kingston Firehouse; our speaker will be D&R Canal Commission Executive Director John Hutchison, who will give an illustrated presentation including new drone photographs of the Canal. Read his Bio HERE Program … Continue reading "KHS Annual Meeting and Talk"

Free

Final 2024 Weekend for Locktender’s House Displays

The Kingston Locktender's House displays are open Saturdays and Sundays from April through November. Note that the Kingston Locktender's House will be open on December 1 at 4:30 PM for the Kingston Holiday Tree Lighting reception.

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