Native Plants
National Organizations Directory
As a service to the public, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center collects information on native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations throughout North America. Click here to add your organization to the directory. Affiliates are organizations that partner with the Wildflower Center to encourage the preservation and use of native plants in different regions of the country.
Rutgers Gardens, The
Address: Cook College/Rutgers University
112 Ryders Lane
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Phone: (732) 932-8451
Fax: (732) 932-7060
Web: aesop.rutgers.edu/~rugardens
Organization Scope: State/Regional
Organization Type: Arboretum
Services this organization provides
- Inventory and/or monitor endangered/rare species
- Work on restoration projects
- Provide educational programming
- Open to the public
- Membership program
- Offer public programs, trips, seminars, etc.
- Propagate native plants
- Native plant sales
Native Plant Focus: We maintain a garden for water conservation (xeriscape), compost demonstration sites and gardens and native plants collections; we stress biodiversity and IPM strategies as well.
Description: The Rutgers Gardens are a 50 acre arboretum and public garden containing a wide variety of species in plant collections arranged in landscape settings. The Gardens are widely employed for education.
Last Update: 2003-12-10
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