April 14 is National Garden Day, so make sure you get out there and enjoy our Garden State’s beauty (and history)
While the Mr. Local History Project typically focuses on historical research, stories, and events, we figured one great tour might be how to get out there and see some of the most incredible spring gardens tied to New Jersey History. Here are a few we’ve found that we’d love to share with those in New Jersey. After all, it is called “the Garden State” for a reason.
This is an Interactive Map of the best historic gardens in New Jersey. Save this page as a shortcut on your phone and visit as many as possible. Spring is the most beautiful time in the Garden State. In the comments section at the end of the post, let us know if you have a favorite (and why).
Historic Gardens You Have to See in the Garden State
- Bernardsville – Cross Estate Gardens (Our sentimental local favorite)
- Bernardsville – Peony’s Envy Display Garden
- Cream Ridge – Holland Ridge Farms (Largest tulip garden in New Jersey)
- Far Hills – Leonard J Buck Garden
- Far Hills – Willowwood Arboretum
- Hillsborough – Meditation Garden at Duke Farms
- Millstone – Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden
- Montclair – Howard Van Vleck Estate
- Morristown – Macculloch Hall Garden & Museum
- Morristown – Frelinghuysen Arboretum
- Short Hills – Greenwood Gardens
- Short Hills – Greenwood Gardens (100 years of historic structures)
- Summit – Reeves-Reed Arboretum
- Princeton – Drumthwacket
- Union – Liberty Hall Garden
- Westfield – Mindowaskin Wall of Daffodils
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