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Grow Little Gardener is back! Enroll your young ones in a six week gardening program held at May's Garden in Herrontown Woods. Designed for pre-K and early elementary aged kids, Mathilde Burlion, trained engineer, Master Gardener and local mom, will lead kids and their caregivers in the art of gardening. Prepare to learn, practice, play, and discover. Parents/Caregivers must accompany children. Cost for 6 classes $130.00/child or $25.00 for Drop-Ins.<style>@font-face
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Princeton

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Grow Little Gardener

Grow Little Gardener is back! Enroll your young ones in a six week gardening program held at May's Garden in Herrontown Woods....

Veblen House @Herrontown Woods, 452 Herrontown Road, Princeton, 08540

Join us every Saturday morning, weather permitting, from June to November, for the outdoor experience of yoga in nature practice.Open to all levels.

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Herrontown Woods

Freshly brewed coffee and homemade treats at a delightful popup café in the Woods. Join us at the Botanical Art Garden (Barden), next to the main parking lot, 600 Snowden Lane. All proceeds support stewardship and programming at Herrontown Woods!
Parking: Parking at Herrontown Woods (off of Snowden Lane)

Local Event: May’s Barden Cafe

May’s Barden Cafe

Freshly brewed coffee and homemade treats at a delightful popup café in the Woods. Join us at the Botanical Art Garden...

Led by FOHW’s Artist-in-Residence and Board Member, Hope VanCleaf, participants will embellish a 6x6 canvas tile in their own unique style. Please feel free to bring any media you want to use on your tile or just find some inspiration from the woods (flowers, twigs and supplies offered by Hope) Be part of something lasting! Eachtile will become part of the collective collage to be permanently displayed in the Veblen House once fully restored, a living testament to creativity, community, and preservation. Follow the link to preorder your canvas tile or at the event. Check website for rain dates.

Local Event: Hope’s Herrontown Woods Community Collage Project Workshop

Hope’s Herrontown Woods Community Collage...

Led by FOHW’s Artist-in-Residence and Board Member, Hope VanCleaf, participants will embellish a 6x6 canvas tile in their own...

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With Flag Day and the 4th of July just around the corner, com experience folklore and cultural heritage tales as part of a celebration of America's Semiquincentennial (250th Anniversary.) Please bring portable chairs for seating. Princeton Storytelling Circle members will present a variety of stories to enrich your appreciation of an amazing American Legacy. Come early for freshly brewed coffee and homemade treats at May's Cafe. Photo Credit: William Gropper's Map of American Folklore - Library of Congress

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Join Rich Collins of the Friendly Territory for a slow, meditative journey to awaken the senses and restore balance to body, mind, and spirit. No special skills or fitness are required - just an openness to experience. The walk lasts about 2.5 hours and is accessible to all. Please wear layers and bring insect repellant. Comes as you are. Leave renewed. Co-Sponsor: The Center for Contemplative Leadership and The Friendly Territory. Parking at Herrontown Woods of of Snowden Lane.

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A Summer Solstice Forest Bathing Retreat

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Mr. Aderhold, I did not respect you in the past, but I never imagined you would stoop to such a low level. At this point, very little about your behavior shocks me anymore. Using a published book to publicly mock, target, or portray a parent from your own school community — especially one whose children attend the district you lead — is deeply disturbing and profoundly unprofessional. What is even more troubling is the apparent pride taken in turning a personal conflict into material for public consumption. Parents have every right to question leadership, attend board meetings, voice concerns, and advocate for their children without fear of becoming the subject of ridicule or retaliation. The excerpts from your book do not reflect the conduct, maturity, or professionalism expected from someone in your position. What should have remained a matter of respectful disagreement appears to have been transformed into a personal narrative designed to demean and discredit a member of the community you were entrusted to serve. Frankly, it says far more about your character than it ever could about the parent you chose to describe.
Based on these pages, the book appears to directly describe a real conflict involving a parent in the school community and ties that conflict to the “Octopus” concept. The language is not subtle — it references: •	a “disgruntled parent” •	public meetings •	COVID-era sessions •	social media posts •	“blustery emails” •	an image titled “Aderhold, the Octopus” That creates a strong implication that the author is referencing a specific identifiable person, especially if people in the district already know the history behind those events. What makes this potentially problematic is not simply that a superintendent or administrator wrote a leadership book. It’s that the book appears to: •	use an ongoing community dispute as source material, •	portray a parent in a negative light, •	frame criticism of district leadership as harassment or obsession, •	and monetize or publicly memorialize the conflict in published form. For many parents, raises concerns about: •	professionalism, •	retaliation culture, •	treatment of dissenting parents, •	ethics in educational leadership, •	and whether community members are being mocked instead of heard. The phrase “My motivation… was born from a very public conflict” is especially notable because it openly states that the conflict with this parent inspired the book’s framework. The passage also risks making the parent identifiable even without naming them directly if: •	community members already know the dispute, •	board meeting attendance was public, •	or the “Aderhold, the Octopus” image was circulated locally. In defamation/privacy discussions, identification does not always require a name if reasonable people can determine who is being discussed. Although public officials generally do have broad First Amendment protections to discuss criticism, leadership challenges, and public experiences in memoir or commentary-style works. Whether something crosses an ethical or legal line depends heavily on: •	whether the parent is identifiable, which he is •	whether statements are factual vs opinion, •	whether details are exaggerated or false, •	and whether the conduct could be viewed as retaliatory or intimidating. From a school-community standpoint, though, many people would likely see this as inappropriate because it blurs the line between: •	educational leadership, •	personal grievance, •	and public criticism of a parent whose children attend the district. The tone of the excerpt reads less like a neutral leadership case study and more like a personal narrative about an adversarial parent relationship.

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