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__NOTOC__ Rutgers Gardens (130 acres) is the official botanic garden of Rutgers University, located on the outskirts of Cook Campus, at 112 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the United States. The grounds include 60 acres of designed beds, specialty gardens, tree and shrub collections, lawns, and walking paths, as well as the adjoining 70-acre Frank G. Helyar Woods. A place of learning and beauty, Rutgers Gardens strives to provide a fun, educational, and engaging place for students, faculty, and the community to enjoy the natural world.〔(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 year-round, without fee, and feature horticultural collections arranged in garden settings. Current collections and features include: * American Hollies - one of the largest collection of American Hollies in the United States, including selections from Dr. Elwin Orton's ''Ilex opaca'' breeding program. * Bamboo Forest - a large grove of bamboo (''Phyllostachys nuda''), originally planted in the 1950s, with a winding path by a small stream. * Donald B. Lacey Display Garden - unusual and colorful annuals, tropicals, herbs, and vegetables. * Ella Quimby Water Conservation Terrace - 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''. * Rain Garden - The intent was to develop a garden with positive environmental aspects, yet that remained attractive throughout the year with minimal maintenance. It contains a water feature with a 750-gallon cistern that is recharged via the rain water from the roof of a shed located 30’ uphill of the garden. The water is circulated through the water feature via a pump at the bottom of the cistern through a series of bogs, over a waterfall and back into the cistern. The waterfall above the cistern is essential for permitting aeration of the water. Two layers of 2” thick filter material lie above the cistern to capture any sediment and debris that would otherwise accumulate in the cistern.〔(), Rutgers Gardens. Accessed September 24, 2015.〕 * 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''. * Tribute Gardens - a series of "outdoor rooms" that are available for a person, family or corporation to build in honor of someone they know or love. The garden "library" is the Art Rudolph Sun and Shade Garden, featuring two patios—including one beneath the Lillian Koelsch gazebo—for quietly sitting and reading a book. This room features plants that will provide color and interest in a garden that spends part of the day in sun, the remainder in shade. The "recreation room," the Edwin J. and Ida M. Otken Memorial Garden, is partially enclosed by a "Victorian Style" fence, and features a mixed border of shrubs, perennials and ornamental grasses, a large walk area, and a central grass circle that features two bright green, over-sized Adirondack chairs, which have become a popular identifying feature of Rutgers Gardens.〔(), Rutgers Gardens. Accessed September 24, 2015.〕 * VSA (Volunteer Supported Agriculture) Garden - located adjacent to the Community Youth Garden, behind the Donald B. Lacey Display Garden. The VSA vegetable gardeners follow organic growing methods which include chemical free gardening, four-year crop rotations, green mulches, composting and the incorporation of winter cover crops. These organic methods support a dynamic living soil ecology resulting in stronger pest and disease resistant plants. Harvests are shared among the VSA volunteers and a portion is donated to local soup kitchens.〔(), Rutgers Gardens. Accessed September 24, 2015.〕 == Landmarks == * 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. The log cabin overlooks Westons Mill Pond, a section of the Lawrence Brook. * Holly House - As you enter the Rutgers Gardens, adjacent to the American Hollies, you will find a historic blue building now known as Holly House. One of the original structures at Horticultural Farm No. 1, it was built in the early 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a public work relief program during the Great Depression. Its original purpose was for storage and sorting of research materials. Holly House was renovated in the 80s, and it now acts as the headquarters for the Garden Club of New Jersey and as the site for a number of continuing education classes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rutgers Gardens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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