HISTORY from Wiki –
The arboretum surrounds the Frelinghuysens’ Colonial Revival mansion and its formal gardens, and features nature trails with labeled trees and shrubs.
The arboretum was established on the site of Whippany Farm, owned by George Griswold Frelinghuysen (1851-1936), son of Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, and a New York City patent attorney and president of Ballantine Brewing Company from 1905 until his retirement, and Sara Ballantine (1858-1940) of Newark, New Jersey, granddaughter of the founder Peter Ballantine of the Ballantine Brewing Company.
In 1920, Mrs. Sara Ballantine planted roses, and the rose beds were laid out between the spokes of a Chippendale style brick wall set in a basket weave pattern. In 1964 their daughter, Matilda Frelinghuysen (1887-1969) began plans to turn the estate into an arboretum.
Today’s Frelinghuysen Arboretum was dedicated in 1971.
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1 Reviews on “Frelinghuysen Arboretum”
“this landscape belongs to the person who looks at it” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
this is a popular place. i try to focus on more untapped locations in the feed but i was doing a mitzvah preshoot here with Sloane (pictured in some of the photos) and decided “well im building a website directory and want it robust with all types of locations including popular ones”…..so here we are
also, this place is great for spring photos as the garden comes in
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