Washington Township - Where Every Season is Our Best Season

Public Gardens/Arboretums to Tour in New Jersey
with Tree Collections

Public Gardens/Arboretum
 Phone Number
Highlights
Branch Brook Park
Mill Street Entrance
Belleville, NJ
973.268.3500
 Largest collection of flowering cherry trees in the world.
County College of Morris
214 Center Grove Road
Randolph, NJ
973.328.5000
 Many varieties of deciduous trees including Oaks, Maples, Chinese Elm, Lindens, Japanese Snowbell, Larch.
Duke Farms
80 Route 206 South
Hillsborough, NJ
908.722.3700
908.243.3627
 Large collection of 100 and 200 year old trees; State Champion trees Amur Cork Tree, Red Oak, Sycamore, Burr Oak, 9 species of Elm trees, Weeping Beech, Gingko, Norway spruce grove.
Florence and Robert Zuck Arboretum
Drew University
Madison Avenue
Madison, NJ
973.408.3358
 Many native trees including White Oak, Black Oak, American Beech and Sugar Maples.
Frank G. Helyar Woods
Rutgers University/Cook College Campus
Ryders Lane
New Brunswick NJ
732.932.9271
 Pine tree grove, Christmas tree plantation. Over 45 different species of trees native to both upland and bottomland sites.
Frelinghuysen Arboretum
53 East Hanover Avenue
Morristown, NJ
973.326.7600
 Witchhazels, magnolias, dogwoods, Japanese maples. Many lesser known trees. A superb Stewartia. Native trees. Evergreens .Blue Atlas Cedar, Japanese Umbrella Pine and Arizona Blue Cypress.
Grounds for Sculpture
18 Fairgrounds Road
Hamilton, NJ
609.586.0616
 Crabapples, dogwoods, redbuds, cherries, plus many lesser known varieties.
Prospect Gardens
Princeton University Campus
Off Washington Road
Princeton, NJ
609.258.3000
 American Beech, European Beech, Tulip Tree, Dawn Redwood, Gingko, Himalayan Pine. Many native trees.
Rutgers Display Gardens
Ryders Lane
New Brunswick, NJ
732.932.9271
 One of the largest collections of American hollies in the world, small tree and shade tree collections birch, Japanese maple, small magnolia, crabapples..
Skylands
Ringwood State Park
Morris Road off Sloatsburg Rd
Ringwood, NJ
973.962.9534
 New Jersey’s official Botanical Garden. Crabapples, Horse Chestnuts, Magnolias. Copper beeches. Evergreens– Blue Atlas Cedar, Japanese Umbrella Pine
Willowwood Arboretum
Longview Road
Chester Township, NJ
973.326.7600
 Many unusual species, including a superb Dawn Redwood. Gingko. Japanese maples. Collections of magnolias, cherries, dogwoods, willows. Oaks from all over the world.