Gardens in the area
(sorted roughly by distance or travel time from the Rutgers Camden NJ campus)
 

    

Camden Children's Garden  with Butterfly House
  adjacent to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ
and only 4 blocks from our Campus Center       Open daily   $5

 

Grounds for Sculpture
Hamilton, NJ   just off exit 65b of route 295 (just North of Trenton)
follow the signs closely, it's a little twisty to get there.
Peacocks wonder the grounds.  Nice restaurant called Rats with some beautiful flower gardens at one corner of the park.
Cost varies from $4 to $12 depends on the day - closed Mondays

 

 

 

Bartram's Garden,  Philadelphia, PA
Open daily except holidays   Free   (House tour $5)

 

 

    

Chanticleer Gardens,   Wayne, PA
   open Wednesday to Saturday,  April-October  $5

 

Tyler Arboretum

Links to other Philadelphia Gardens
Area map of Gardens in the vicinity

 

              

Leaming's Run Gardens,     Swainton, NJ (Cape May area just north of the zoo)
open daily   mid-May to mid-October  $7 

 

 

Cape May Bird Observatory Backyard Habitat Garden,  Route 47, Goshen, NJ
open daily   free

Hereford Inlet Lighthouse Garden,  Hereford Inlet Lighthouse, Anglesea, North Wildwood, NJ
open daily   free

http://www.capemaytimes.com/birds/birding-spots.htm

NJ Audubon Society - Nature Preserves - various sites

 
Rutgers Gardens - New Brunswick
near Cook College off Route 1

NJ Flower Gardens and Arboretums

If Plants Could Talk

Take a Virtual Tour of some of New Jersey's Gardens

 

 


Nemours Mansion and Gardens,  Wilmington, DE
open May to October but closed Mondays, $12,  reservations recommended

 


The Marian Coffin Gardens at Gibraltar
Gibralter Gardens, Rt 52, Wilmington, DE
Monday through Friday, 9 to 5, guided tour $5, self-guided Free
The Goodstay Gardens are across the "pike".
 

 

Winterthur Museum & Gardens,   RT 52,  Winterthur, DE  (not far from Longwood Gardens)
open all year - closed Monday except some holidays, $15, check WEB page

 

 

Longwood Gardens and Conservatory,  Kennett Square, PA
open all year, cost varies with season ($12 to $15), check WEB page

 

 

Doris Duke Gardens, Somerville
open Wednesday to Sunday,  October thru May (too hot in the summer)  $10

 

 

Hershey Gardens with Butterfly House,  Hershey, PA  (across from Hershey Park)
open daily  April to October   $7

 

 

  Felicita Gardens at Felicita Resort,   Harrisburg, PA  
Tours are Wednesday AND Saturday only at 9AM,  $10

 

List and map of area gardens:
http://www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org/greaterphiladelphiagardens.pdf

http://www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org/gardens.html

http://www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org/map.html

 

 

 

 

 

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