Short Hills House Tour Postponed One Week; Get Tickets And New Details

MILLBURN, NJ — The Short Hills House Tour, which will include two public gardens this year in addition to $3 million homes, will take place Sunday, May 7 rather than this weekend.

The new date and time are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 7.

The event is usually during April in honor of World Autism Month, and will benefit children with autism and groups that help them.

Each year, Melanie Rosenbaum with Compass selects a number of architecturally unique homes to participate.

"Listing agents of these well-appointed homes with an average price of $3M open their doors to ticket holders for a glance indoors. The event, which runs like fancy open houses, is so much more. Onceinside the homes, participants, with a $40 ticket, receive a light lunch, treats, and/or giveaways while touring beautiful architectural designs of local available homes, historic homes, and even some new construction."

This year, Greenwood Gardens and Cora Hartshorn Arboretum will be participating.

A businessman named Stewart Hartshorn developed more than just 80 homes in
Short Hills, Rosenbaum noted, and the arboretum is named for his wife, Cora.

The Cora Hartshorn Arboretum will be inviting participants into the original building of the arboretum, and will share some of the history of Short Hills and Stewart Hartshorn's journey.

Participants will finish up the tour with a free ticket for Greenwood Gardens' opening weekend.

Tour goers will also get the chance to see one of Stewart Hartshorn‘s historic houses, hosted by listing agent Elyse Wolfe of Compass. She has a gift for the participants, too.

This year, proceeds will benefit Millburn Township Special Services Department by providing the
opportunity for key district professionals to attend all of the Autism NJ conferences. The official state Autism organization educates parents and professionals on critical topics with evidence-based information and resources.

Additionally, the money raised will help support The Unified Club at MHS and the MHS Job Training Program, which helps students attain the necessary skills to become as independent as possible in the workplace.

Short Hills resident Seda Karvan attended last year and said, "I got an email from Millburn Special
Education, and I didn't realize it was such a nice event. To be honest, I love it."

Buy tickets here.

For more information contact the tour organizer, Melanie Rosenbaum, at (973) 768-1818 or [email protected].

Tickets are final. If you are unable to attend this event, consider buying a ticket as a gift to the schools, organizers say.