Garden Links
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Garden State Gardens Consortium
New Jersey is called the "Garden State" for a very good reason! The gardens listed below are all members of the Garden State Gardens Consortium, an organization of many of the state's finest public gardens. They're easy to get to, and a pleasure to visit.
Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center
Chester Township
http://www.morrisparks.net/aspparks/bbrookmain.asp
Branch Brook Park
Newark
http://branchbrookpark.org/
Leonard J. Buck Garden
Far Hills
http://www.somersetcountyparks.org/parksFacilities/buck/LJBuck.html
Colonial Park Gardens
East Millstone
http://www.somersetcountyparks.org/parksFacilities/colonial/Arboretum.html
The Cross Estate Gardens
Bernardsville
http://www.crossestategardens.org
Duke Farms
Hillsborough
http://www.dukefarms.org
The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
Morris Township
http://www.arboretumfriends.org
Greater Newark Conservancy
Newark
http://www.citybloom.org
Greenwood Gardens
Short Hills
http://www.greenwoodgardens.org
Laurelwood Arboretum
Wayne
http://www.laurelwoodarboretum.org
Lewis W. Barton Arboretum at Medford Leas
Medford
http://www.medfordleas.org/arboretum.htm
New Jersey State Botanical Garden
Ringwood
http://www.njbg.org
Presby Iris Gardens
Upper Montclair
http://presbyirisgardens.org/wordpress
Reeves-Reed Arboretum
Summit
http://www.reeves-reedarboretum.org
Rutgers Garden
New Brunswick
http://www.rutgersgardens.rutgers.edu
Sister Mary Grace Burns Arboretum at Georgian Court University
Lakewood
http://www.georgian.edu/arboretum/index.htm
Van Vleck House and Garden
Montclair
http://www.vanvleck.org
Willowwood Arboretum
Chester Township
http://www.morrisparks.net/aspparks/wwmain.asp
Morven Museum & Garden
Princeton
http://www.historicmorven.org
Out-of-State Gardens
NJBG members receive reciprocal benefits at nearly 300 gardens and arboreta nationwide through the American Horticultural Society's Reciprocal Admissions Program (www.ahs.org). Below are some sites you may enjoy on your travels.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn, New York
http://www.bbg.org
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York
http://www.nybg.org
Glynwood Farm (sustainable farming)
Cold Spring, New York
http://www.glynwood.org
Stonecrop Gardens
Cold Spring, New York
http://www.stonecrop.org
Atlanta Botanical Garden
Atlanta, Georgia
http://www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Cleveland, Ohio
http://www.cbgarden.org
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Boothbay, Maine
http://www.mainegardens.org
Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver, Colordo
http://www.botanicgardens.org
Longwood Gardens
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
http://www.longwoodgardens.com
Missouri Botanical Garden
St. Louis, Missouri
http://www.mobot.org
Mobile Botanical Garden
Mobile, Alabama
http://www.mobilebotanicalgardens.org
Montreal Botanical Garden
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/jardin.htm
San Francisco Botanical Garden
San Francisco, California
http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org
South Carolina Botanical Garden
Clemson, SC
http://www.clemson.edu/scbg
State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Athens, GA
http://www.uga.edu/botgarden
State Botanical Garden of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
http://www.ca.uky.edu/arboretum/cal_events.php
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Kew (London), England
http://www.kew.org/
Other Links
American Public Gardens Association
http://www.publicgardens.org/