About Dr. Edith Wallace
Dr. Edith Wallace earned a Ph.D. in zoology at Rutgers University. Formerly chair of the Biology Department at William Paterson University, Dr. Wallace taught both undergraduate and graduate students. Since giving up grading papers and exams she wrote papers and took exams in the ornamental horticulture program at Bergen Community College and at the New York Botanical Garden, earning certificates in field botany, plant classification, and ornamental horticulture. This is a return to her first fascination: plants. She wrote Identifying Woody Plants at the Celery Farm Natural Area with two colleagues. Past-president of the Glen Rock Garden Club, past-president of Passaic County Master Gardeners, coordinator of the Lilac Garden Restoration Project at Skylands, member of the Garden State Garden Consortium, past member of the Board of Managers of the New Jersey Agriculture Experimental Station and the Passaic County Board of Agriculture she always dreams of a grander garden of her own. Often accompanied by her patient spouse or friends, she frequently visits gardens, arboreta and nature centers in the New York metropolitan area to enjoy and photograph their flowers, shrubs and trees. She visited more than 30 different gardens in 2014 and continues her adventures in public and private gardens.
RUTGERS MASTER GARDENER OF PASSAIC COUNTY WINS STATE-WIDE
2012 "VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR" AWARD
Dr. Edith Wallace, a volunteer in the Passaic County Rutgers Master Gardener program, was recognized by Rutgers Cooperative Extension at an awards program on November 27, 2012 in New Brunswick for her outstanding service to the Rutgers Master Gardener program in Passaic County and to the New Jersey
Agricultural Experiment Station.
Known affectionately as the “Lilac Lady”, Edith has had a direct and positive impact on the extensive lilac collection at the New Jersey Botanical Garden. She has aided in the identification, labeling, mapping,
photographing, surveying and maintenance of the Lilac Garden. As a lilac “expert”, she has been responsible for the Lilac Brochure, and given numerous lilac garden tours and lectures to many groups of people in New Jersey. Edith co-wrote 13 Rutgers Fact Sheets on various topics including
crickets, azaleas, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, and geraniums. She also co-authored the NJBG Conifer Brochure and Identifying Woody Plants of the Celery Farm. In 2000 she was recognized by Passaic County Master Gardener Association at "Volunteer of the Year."
2012 "VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR" AWARD
Dr. Edith Wallace, a volunteer in the Passaic County Rutgers Master Gardener program, was recognized by Rutgers Cooperative Extension at an awards program on November 27, 2012 in New Brunswick for her outstanding service to the Rutgers Master Gardener program in Passaic County and to the New Jersey
Agricultural Experiment Station.
Known affectionately as the “Lilac Lady”, Edith has had a direct and positive impact on the extensive lilac collection at the New Jersey Botanical Garden. She has aided in the identification, labeling, mapping,
photographing, surveying and maintenance of the Lilac Garden. As a lilac “expert”, she has been responsible for the Lilac Brochure, and given numerous lilac garden tours and lectures to many groups of people in New Jersey. Edith co-wrote 13 Rutgers Fact Sheets on various topics including
crickets, azaleas, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, and geraniums. She also co-authored the NJBG Conifer Brochure and Identifying Woody Plants of the Celery Farm. In 2000 she was recognized by Passaic County Master Gardener Association at "Volunteer of the Year."
