The Franklin Reporter & Advocate Eight Villages, One Community
Submitted by Somerset County Park Commission.
Reservations for wedding ceremonies and photographs at several gardens in Colonial Park are now being accepted by the Horticulture Department of the Somerset County Park Commission.
Reservations are being accepted for the Arboretum, the Perennial Garden, and the Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden (for wedding photos only).
The one-acre Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden is a display garden, comprising one acre of plantings with more than 3,000 roses in more than 325 varieties. The garden is at its peak of color and fragrance from late spring into autumn.
The Perennial Garden is a beautiful 5-acre garden with a gazebo that provides year-round interest and color from its collection of flowering shrubs, bulbs, perennials, and annuals.
The 144-acre Arboretum provides displays of flowering trees, evergreens, shade trees, dwarf conifers, and flowering shrubs. This includes the three-acre Shrub Collection which showcases plants that grow well in central New Jersey and are designed to give year-round interest by using flowering shrubs; trees; perennials; and ornamental grasses; and the areas surrounding the Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden and the Perennial Garden.
Reservations, at least two weeks prior to the wedding date, may be made by calling (732) 873-2459 ext. 21. Individuals with a hearing/speech impairment may use the NJ Relay Service at 711. The reservation line for Colonial Park Gardens is available from Monday through Friday from 8 o’clock in the morning to 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
Information on Somerset County Park Commission activities may be found on the Internet at www.somersetcountyparks.org.
