New Jersey

Wyckoff, New Jersey James McFaul Environmental Center An 81-acre environmental center and wildlife sanctuary with a woodland nature trail, it includes a Wildlife Exhibit Hall overlooking a waterfowl pond, bird shelters, a browsing library, and natural science exhibits. In the gardens, there’s spectacular

Summit, New Jersey Reeves-Reed Arboretum Over five acres of formal gardens, representing design trends of the early 20 century, including a rose, herb, lilac, rock garden, and daylily border containing every Stout Medal winner from 1950 to the present. The arboretum features six acres

Somerville, New Jersey Duke Gardens Opened to the public in 1964, the Gardens were founded in 1960 when Doris Duke donated eleven acres of her estate – including eleven unique greenhouses — to the Gardens Foundation. Inside each greenhouse is a full-scale re-creation of a

Short Hills, New Jersey Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary Encompassing 16.5 acres, the Arboretum trails pass kettle moraines, hilly slopes and even a natural amphitheater created by the glaciers. The Arboretum today boasts one of the state’s greatest concentrations of

Princeton, New Jersey Herrontown Woods Arboretum The 142-acre arboretum includes a pine forest, over 30 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers and nature trails. [ info ]

North Wildwood, New Jersey Hereford Inlet Lighthouse Gardens The half acre English cottage gardens surrounding the Lighthouse feature over 170 plant varieties. [ info ] [ Local Weather ]

New Brunswick, New Jersey Frank G Helyar Woods and Rutgers Gardens – Rutgers University Over 75 acres, this site features the largest collection of American Hollies in the world. The Donald B. Lacey Display Garden includes All America Selections flower and vegetable winners, a

Upper Montclair, New Jersey Presby Memorial Iris Garden Designated a National Historic Site, the Presby Garden was established in 1927 at Mountainside Park as a memorial to Frank H. Presby, one of America’s leading horticulturists and founder of the American Iris Society.

Morristown, New Jersey Frelinghuysen Arboretum The 127-acre site includes woodlands, meadows, gardens, and a Colonial Revival mansion. [ info ]

Montclair, New Jersey Van Vleck House & Gardens This 12-acre estate and garden is a project of the Garden Conservancy, a national non-profit garden preservation organization. The garden, developed by three generations of the Van Vleck family, features a choice collection of rhododendrons, azaleas,

Medford, New Jersey Lewis W Barton Arboretum Affiliated with the Gardens Collaborative, a consortium of outstanding public gardens in the Delaware Valley, the gardens and arboretum of the Medford Leas Retirement Community are open to the public. Attractions include the Pinetum, a collection of

Lebanon, New Jersey Hunterdon County Arboretum Once a commercial nursery, this 73-acre site has over two miles of nature trails, display gardens, wetlands, a Children’s Garden, and an All American Selection display garden. A unique two-story gazebo, built in 1893, is considered the

Holmdel, New Jersey Holmdel Arboretum The 20-acre site contains hundreds of varieties of ornamental trees and shrubs, including true cedars (Cedrus), Weeping Pagoda and Weeping Ginkgo trees, and many other weeping specimens. [ info ]

Hamilton, New Jersey Sayen Park Botanical Garden A 30 acre garden with more than 1,000 azaleas and nearly 500 rhododendrons, ponds, gazebos, and walking trails. [ info ]

Chester, New Jersey Willowwood Arboretum This 130 acre site has over 3,500 native and exotic plants. The collection includes oak, maple, willow, magnolia, lilac, cherry, fir, pine, a superb specimen of Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia) now more than 98 feet tall, masses of ferns

Chester, New Jersey Bamboo Brook Gardens This site features fields, native plants, woodlands – with a Japanese Scholar Tree (Sophora japonica) and an American Hophornbean (Ostrya virginiana) — and a formal garden designed by Mrs. Martha Brookes Hutcheson, one of the first women to be