Iris (蝴蝶花) Gardens in New Jersey
On Sunday afternoon, May 21, 2006, we visited the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens in Upper Montclair, New
Jersey to see thousands of beautiful irises (蝴蝶花, 鳶尾花) blooming in late spring in the outdoor gardens.
The collection at Presby Memorial Iris Gardens includes approximately 10,000 individual plants, representing
6 species and over 2,000 varieties of irises. The weather was sunny and clear in the morning of May 21, but
at about 1:30 PM, it started to shower lightly on and off until about 3:30 PM. Therefore, these irises had some
rain drops on them when we were taking pictures as shown in the following.
The address of Presby Memorial Iris Gardens is: 474 Upper Mountain Avenue, Upper Montclair, New Jersey
07043, USA. (On south bound side of Upper Mountain Avenue between Mt. Hebron Rd. and Laurel Pl., next
to Mountainside Park and across from public tennis courts). The parking is street parking on same side of
street as Gardens or above Gardens on Highland Avenue.
Website: http://presbyiris.tripod.com/  .
Tel: 973-783-5974 .

Direction:

1.     Take Garden State Parkway North
2.     Take Exit 151
3.     At end of Exit Ramp, Turn left into Watchung Ave (Rt. 655) west
4.     Keep going on Watchung Ave west for about 2 miles until the end with a T intersection
5.     Turn right into Upper Mountain Avenue and go northeast for about 1.2 miles
6.     Presby Memorial Iris Gardens is on left side
In addition to the Iris Gardens, the Branch Brook Park and the Chinese Scholar's Gardens in the New York
Metropolitan area and Longwood Gardens near Philadelphia are also very beautiful. Please see the following
web pages on these gardens:

http://www.shltrip.com/Cherry_Blossom_in_New_Jersey.html

http://www.shltrip.com/Chinese_Scholar_Garden.html

http://www.shltrip.com/Longwood_Gardens.html
After seeing the beautiful flowers in these parks and gardens in the Spring season,
please also enjoy the beautiful Autumn foliage in Garden State (New Jersey) in the
following two web pages:

http://www.shltrip.com/Autumn_Foliage.html

http://www.mayleesart.com/FallEB.html