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More About Cross Estate Gardens:

The Gardens are located on the Cross Estate, site of the New Jersey Brigade Unit of Morristown National Historical Park, on Old Jockey Hollow Road in Bernardsville, NJ. The Gardens are open from dawn to dusk. Parking is free, and there are no entry fees.

The early twentieth-century landscape of the Cross Estate, characteristic of the Arts and Crafts period, includes a formal perennial garden, a wisteria-covered pergola, a mountain laurel allee, and a garden of native plants.

Large specimen trees such as Silver Maple and Chinese Sequoia can be found on the grounds of the Cross Estate. A self-guided walk provides visitors with the opportunity to view historic trees and learn about their importance to Native Americans and colonists.

The National Park Service purchased the Cross Estate in 1975. Acquisition of the property allowed Morristown National Historical Park to join the isolated New Jersey Brigade area to the main encampment area in Jockey Hollow. Today, in addition to the formal and native gardens, the grounds of the Cross Estate provide hiking trails that connect to trails in Jockey Hollow, Lewis Morris Park, and the Scherman-Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary (New Jersey Audubon). The buildings on the property serve as office and storage space for the park.