Rutgers Gardens

Rutgers Gardens (20 ha / 50 acres) are horticultural, display, and botanical gardens, including arboretums, located on the Cook Campus, Rutgers University, 112 Ryders Lane, North Brunswick in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the United States. [ [http://rutgersgardens.rutgers.edu/history.html History] , Rutgers Gardens. Accessed September 24, 2007. "They are located just east of U.S. Route 1 on Ryders Lane in New Brunswick, New Jersey."] The gardens are open daily without fee.

The gardens were first established in 1927, and are horticultural collections arranged in garden settings. Current collections include:

* American Hollies - according to Rutgers, the largest collection of American Hollies in the world, including selections from Dr. Elwin Orton's "Ilex opaca" breeding programs.

* Bamboo Forest - a large grove of evergreen bamboo ("Phyllostachys nuda"), originally planted in the 1950s, with a winding path and bridge across a small stream.

* Donald B. Lacey Display Garden - unusual and colorful annuals, tropicals, herbs, and vegetables.

* Ella Quimby Water Conservation Terrace Gardens - demonstration of drought tolerant plants, including "Amorpha canescens", "Berberis", "Ceanothus americanus", "Hypericum" 'Hidcote', "Juniperus", and "Hylotelephium telephium" (formerly "Sedum") 'Autumn Joy'.

* Ornamental Tree Collection - unusual small trees, including India Quassiawood ("Picrasma ailanthoides"), the state's largest Paperbark Maple ("Acer griseum"), a very large Persian Ironwood ("Parrotia persica"), and a fine "Cornus kousa" var. "chinensis".

* Rhododendron and Azalea Garden - small trees and groundcovers, with a variety of shrubs focusing on rhododendrons. The collection started in the 1930s and now includes "Cornus kousa", "Davidia involucrata", "Metasequoia glyptostroboides", and "Rhododendron mucronulatum".

* Roy H. De Boer Evergreen Garden (1958) - fine specimens of "Pinus strobus" 'Pendula', "Tsuga canadensis" 'Sargentii', and many other cedars, pines, spruces, and firs.

* Shade Tree Collection - many mature shade trees, including "Aesculus", "Toona sinensis", "Tetradium hupehensis", "Fagus", "Quercus dentata", "Tilia", and "Ulmus" specimens.

* Shrub Collection - hybrid and species lilacs (dating from 1927) and other shrubs, including "Buddleia alternifolia", "Corylopsis spicata", "Diervilla lonicera", and "Hamamelis vernalis". The garden also includes two notable trees: "Magnolia kobus" and "Magnolia virginiana".

* Log Cabin - The Log Cabin was built in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Today it is actively used for receptions and other events in the gardens.

See also

* List of botanical gardens in the United States

References

External links

* [http://rutgersgardens.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers Gardens]