NJ Getaway

Gardens 16

Public gardens and arboretums whose grounds a leashed dog may visit.

  • Presby Memorial Iris Gardens

    Public Garden · Montclair Township, Essex County

    Dogs: Leashed dogs in the gardens.

    A hillside of thousands of iris varieties in Montclair, at their dazzling best for a few weeks in mid to late May.

  • Rutgers Gardens

    Public Garden · North Brunswick Township, Middlesex County

    Dogs: Leashed dogs on the garden paths and grounds.

  • Laurelwood Arboretum

    Public Garden · Wayne Township, Passaic County

    Dogs: Leashed dogs on the arboretum's pathways.

  • Richard W. DeKorte Park

    Public Garden · Lyndhurst Township, Bergen County

    Dogs: Leashed dogs on the Lyndhurst Nature Preserve, Transco Trail, Saw Mill Creek Trail and Kingsland Overlook; not on the Marsh Discovery Trail.

  • Sayen House and Gardens

    Public Garden · Hamilton Township, Mercer County

    Dogs: Leashed dogs on the garden grounds; not inside the historic house (certified service dogs excepted).

  • Thielke Arboretum

    Public Garden · Glen Rock Borough, Bergen County

    Dogs: Leashed dogs on the arboretum's trails and grounds.

Over the border

A short drive into New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware.

  • Awbury Arboretum

    Public Garden · Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

    Dogs: Leashed dogs welcome on the arboretum grounds; keep them out of the garden beds.

    A Quaker family's former estate in Germantown, now an open landscape of old trees, meadows and ponds.

  • Bartram's Garden

    Public Garden · Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

    Dogs: Leashed dogs allowed on the grounds, a City of Philadelphia park; off-leash pets are prohibited.

    The oldest surviving botanic garden in North America, begun by John Bartram in 1728 on the banks of the Schuylkill River.

  • Beatrix Farrand Garden Association

    Public Garden · Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY

    Dogs: Leashed dogs welcome on the garden's paths and lawns; keep them out of the beds and out of park buildings.

    A restored flower garden designed by Beatrix Farrand for her cousins' estate, Bellefield, beside the Roosevelt home in Hyde Park.

  • Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden

    Public Garden · Staten Island, Richmond County, NY

    Dogs: Dogs welcome in most outdoor areas of the campus; not in buildings, the Chinese Scholar's Garden or the Heritage Farm.

    A 19th-century home for retired sailors on Staten Island, now gardens, galleries and a Chinese scholar's garden.

  • Ambler Arboretum of Temple University

    Public Garden · Ambler, Montgomery County, PA

    Dogs: Leashed dogs welcome on the arboretum's paths and roadways; keep them out of the gardens and planted areas.

  • Arboretum at Laurel Hill

    Public Garden · Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, PA

    Dogs: Leashed dogs welcome on the cemetery grounds; only service dogs in buildings.

  • Bailey Arboretum

    Public Garden · Locust Valley, Nassau County, NY

    Dogs: Leashed dogs welcome on the arboretum grounds.

  • Cornell Botanic Gardens

    Public Garden · Ithaca, Tompkins County, NY

    Dogs: Leashed dogs welcome in the gardens and the arboretum; keep them out of garden beds.

  • Scott Arboretum & Gardens

    Public Garden · Swarthmore, Delaware County, PA

    Dogs: Leashed dogs welcome in the arboretum and on the established paths in the Crum Woods.

  • University of Delaware Botanic Gardens

    Public Garden · Newark, New Castle County, DE

    Dogs: Leashed dogs on the garden paths and grounds.