Tours of Greenwood Gardens

Tours of Greenwood Gardens transport visitors to an era of country estates, gentleman farmers, and elegant tea parties on wide swaths of lawn. A tour of Greenwood is a multilayered experience that includes historic Arts and Crafts-inspired architecture, superb plantings, and wide vistas.

At this time, to ensure the safety of our visitors, Greenwood Gardens is only open to the public through guided tours, programs, and for special events. To visit Greenwood please join one of our guided tours.

Each hour-long guided tour begins at the formal entrance to Greenwood Gardens, beside the magnificent Sycamore Allee. A stroll past the cottages and carriage house offers an opportunity to experience the early 20th-century architecture with Arts and Crafts ornamentation. In the formal gardens, visitors gaze out over wide stepped terraces, moss covered reflecting pools, and perennial beds to the wooded hillsides of the Watchung Mountains. Exquisite plantings are set against crumbling stucco walls, along set-stone pathways, and under garden statues of mystical creatures and colorful Rookwood tile.

Further afield visitors encounter the less formal side of Greenwood – ponds surrounded by a meadow of grass and wildflowers. Heritage chickens, geese, and swans roam in the ruins of the original greenhouses.

Visitors enjoy refreshments on the main terrace and the opportunity to ask more questions about Greenwood's past, present, and future.

Schedule a Tour

Currently Greenwood Gardens is open by appointment on scheduled tour days from May through October. During the 2008 season, guided tours will be offered every Thursday at 2:00 p.m. and the first Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. Group tours may be scheduled Tuesday through Friday at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. Once the first phase of the restoration of Greenwood Gardens has been completed, visitor access will be greatly expanded.

Advance reservations are required. To reserve a place on a scheduled tour day please email Matthew Gundy or call him at 973-258-4026. To schedule a group tour, for groups of 10 to 30 people, please complete a Group Tour Request form and mail, fax, or email it to Greenwood Gardens.

Tours last approximately one hour. Please wear comfortable walking shoes. A golf cart is available so that those with more limited mobility may experience the garden. Guided tours are $10 per person, free to members.