Named for the Extension Specialist in home Horticulture who oversaw the conversion of a massive display of Iris into a demonstration garden of annuals for the home landscape. This garden has grown into one of the finest displays of unusual and colorful annuals, tropicals, herbs and vegetables that we know of in the state of New Jersey.

Visitors are awestruck by the dizzying array of colors and textures found in this garden's beds and containers - most of which are designed, planted and maintained by volunteers and interns. The gardens are arranged in an attractive formal pattern around a central pond. The planting design of these gardens change yearly, so come back often to enjoy the new spectacles!

Two perennial beds - called the chroma gardens - border the annual gardens. A student in the landscape architecture department designed these perennial borders as final project in Herbaceous Plants. They feature grasses, cut backs (woody plants that are cut back heavily each spring) and perennials. Featuring the "chromas" of red, blue, yellow, and purple these borders are every changing through the gardening season.

Last Modified: 10/2/2007, rugardens@njaes.rutgers.edu.
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