Page 12 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • December 4, 2013 Area NJBG to host Silver Jubilee at Skylands Manor Historic Skylands Manor in the New Jersey State Botanical Garden will be filled with an extravagant display of sea- sonal décor during NJBG’s spectacular 25 th Annual Holiday Open House from Dec. 5 through 8. This year, NJBG is cel- ebrates festive event’s Silver Jubilee. All things sparkling and silver will be high- lighted. Skylands Manor, a 45-room Tudor-style country estate built in the early 1920s, fea- tures many fine historic architectural ele- ments and is an elegant backdrop for this celebration of the season. In keeping with A holiday display adorns one of the rooms at Skylands Manor the botanical surroundings, the lush holi- day décor features abundant live and dried plants and flowers, elegant appointments, and displays created with youngsters in mind. The decorating theme is changed annu- ally, so each year Skylands Manor has a very different look. Individual rooms are decorated by scores of volunteers from northern New Jersey’s garden clubs, Master Gardener programs, local com- panies, and NJBG members. NJBG/Sky- lands Association, the non-profit member (continued on page 17)