Presby Memorial Iris Gardens
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Presby Memorial Iris Gardens (6.5 acres) are nonprofit, volunteer-run gardens specializing in iris flowers, located next to 474 Upper Mountain Avenue, Montclair in Essex County, New Jersey. The Gardens are open without charge during the blooming season. It is the largest non-commercial garden dedicated to iris in the world.
The gardens were established in 1927 to honor Mr. Frank Presby, noted horticulturalist and a founding member of the American Iris Society. Its well-documented collection now includes approximately 10,000 individual plants, representing 6 species and over 2,000 varieties of irises.
In August of 2005, 157 historic rhizomes were vandalized. One year later, Montclair Police were tipped off to the culprits who were later arrested. The three men, minors at the time, had clubbed the plants practicing golf swings, while admittedly intoxicated[1].
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- ^ Philip Read (2006-08-11). Alcohol fueled iris vandals, police say. Star-Ledger.
