Celebrate Spring With 'Woodland Walks' in Buck Garden

From Somerset County Parks: Somerset County Park Commission Leonard J. Buck Garden will host Woodland Walks, informative tours of the 30-acre public display garden located at 11 Layton Road in Far Hills. Guided walks are scheduled forSunday afternoons. May 7, 14, and 21, 2017. Walks begin at 2:00 P.M.

The relaxing and informative tours will introduce visitors to the many spring flowering shrubs, trees, native wildflowers and colorful bulbs blooming within the garden’s unique setting of woods, stream, and rock outcroppings.

Tour fee is $7 per person. Pre-registration is not required. For information, call 908-234-2677. Please no organized groups.

The Leonard J. Buck Garden is one of the premier rock gardens in the eastern United States consisting of a series of alpine and woodland gardens situated in a 33-acre wooded stream valley.

Buck Garden is a naturalistic setting incorporating large rock outcroppings creating varying exposures and microclimates that enable different plant associations to thrive. Tucked among the rocks are rare and exotic rock garden plants. The wooded trails connecting the outcroppings are lined with beautiful wild flowers that have flourished and multiplied through the years. Throughout the garden grow various ferns. At the base of the valley walls, azaleas and rhododendrons produce a colorful display in May and early June.

Information on this event and other Somerset County Park Commission activities may be found on the Internet atwww.somersetcountyparks.org

Photo courtesy of Somerset County Parks