Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center

Botanical garden and public park in Chester Township, New Jersey

Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center is a botanical garden and public park in Chester Township, New Jersey. The house and garden, listed using its historic name, Merchiston Farm, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1989 for its significance as the home of the American landscape architect Martha Brookes Hutcheson and her landscaping of the property.^[3]

Gallery

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  Hutcheson House and garden, sundial
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  Reflecting Pool
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  Flowering trees
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  Vista from the Hutcheson House
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  Entrance sign
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  Merchiston Farm historical information
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  The namesake Bamboo Brook

See also

• New Jersey portal

• Willowwood Arboretum – adjoining park
• List of botanical gardens and arboretums in New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. February 12, 2018. p. 3.
3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Merchiston Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved May 11, 2018. With accompanying pictures

External links

• Official website
• "Merchiston Farm: 1911–1959". The Historical Marker Database.