Along the Way
A memorable garden
The Van Vleck House & Gardens in Montclair offers a beautiful, unique escape.

The season’s best garden tours

New Jersey Open Days
(888) 842-2442
www.gardenconservancy.com
Organized by the Garden Conservancy, a national non-profit organization dedicated to protecting exceptional American gardens, New Jersey Open Days features private gardens all over the state. The program has been sharing America’s best private gardens since 1995.

The Gardens at Colonial Park
(Includes Arboretum, Perennial Garden, Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden and Fragrance and Sensory Garden)
Mettlers Road, Somerset
(732) 873-2459
www.somersetcountyparks.org

Greenwood Gardens
274 Old Short Hills Road, Short Hills
(973) 258-4026
www.greenwoodgardens.org

The Leonard J. Buck Gardens
11 Layton Road, Far Hills
(908) 234-2677
www.somersetcountyparks.org

The New Jersey State Botanical Garden
Ringwood State Park
Morris Road, Ringwood
(973) 962-7527 or (973) 962-9534
www.njbg.org

The Presby Memorial Iris Gardens
474 Upper Mountain Avenue
Upper Montclair
(973) 783-5974
www.presbyirisgardens.org

Cross Estate Gardens
Old Jockey Hollow Road, Bernardsville
National Park Service (973) 539-2016
www.crossestategardens.org

Sayen Gardens
155 Hughes Drive, Hamilton
(609) 890-3874
www.sayengardens.org

Deep Cut Gardens
352 Red Hill Road, Middletown
(732) 671-6050
www.monmouthcountyparks.com

Read more in the March/April issue of New Jersey Countryside Magazine, available now at bookstores, on newsstands and by subscription. Click here to get one free bonus issue and save more than 80% on a subscription.