Friends of Anderson Park

Much of the park's original shrubbery is gone now, and many of the trees planted have died or are showing their age, although a few trees are more than a century old.

Park at night circa 1935. Courtesy of Guy Gayler Clark Jr.

With Montclair's population now nearly three times what it was when C.W. Anderson established this oasis, the breathing room it provides is more valued than ever. Friends of Anderson Park is working with Essex County to plant trees and shrubs, and in the spring of 2006 more than 38 trees and 180 shrubs were planted in the spirit of the 1903 Olmsted plan.

Bellevue entrance during construction. Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site. Click to enlarge.

Bellevue entrace today. Click to enlarge.