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Sunday, November 29, 2020

Pigs Fly at Herrontown Woods

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If pigs could fly,  we'd save from a sorry fate this elegant gazebo, with its porcine weather vane,  and its mahogany benches that give ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

A Botanical Art Garden for Princeton

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One volunter project that has taken a leap forward during the pandemic is the Princeton Botanical Art Garden next to the parking lot for Her...
Sunday, August 16, 2020

Herrontown Woods Gets a Bike Rack, and a Boat

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Two fine Princeton institutions have donated interesting objects to Herrontown Woods. Thanks to the Princeton Recreation Department for deli...
Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Veblen's Legacy and FOHW's Work Featured in Princeton Magazine

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Don Gilpin's article entitled The Extraordinary Legacy of Oswald  Veblen , in the summer edition of Princeton Magazine, tells the sto...
Saturday, July 11, 2020

FOHW Celebrates the Veblens' Birthdays With Jazz and Candlelight

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On a lovely summer evening, the Friends of Herrontown Woods celebrated the birthdays of Elizabeth and Oswald Veblen, who donated the natu...

House Wren Votes Kiosk #1 Bird Habitat

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We have a kiosk at the Herrontown Woods parking lot, built by the county many years ago in such a sturdy fashion that it will surely riva...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Celebrating the Giving of Nature and People on the 50th Earthday

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From this vernal pool, close by Herrontown Road, arises the stream that flows through Herrontown Woods. It is the cleanest tributary of H...
Thursday, April 9, 2020

Herrontown Woods is Open During the Pandemic (thus far)

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Though state and county parks have been closed, Princeton's nature preserves are still open. That includes Herrontown Woods, since it...