Garden State (2024)

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What state is known as the Garden State? ›

Abraham Browning of Camden is given credit for giving New Jersey the nickname the Garden State. According to Alfred Heston's 1926 two-volume book Jersey Waggon Jaunts, Browning called New Jersey the Garden State while speaking at the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition on New Jersey Day (August 24, 1876).

According to the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, the state is one of the top ten producers of blueberries, cranberries, peaches, tomatoes, bell peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, apples, spinach, squash, and asparagus. Impressive when you consider New Jersey's modest size compared to its output of fresh produce.

One of the main themes of Garden State is the idea that happiness can be sustained only by money, a series of drug or alcohol-induced quick fixes or, in the case of Largeman's father, Gideon, by a constant, self-regulated insistence on normality.

The film centers on Andrew Largeman (Braff), a 26-year-old actor/waiter who returns to his hometown in New Jersey after his mother dies. Braff based the film on his real life experiences. It was filmed in April and May 2003 and released on July 28, 2004.

The gardens of New Jersey, which were once the supplier of vegetables for the big cities of New York and Philadel- phia earned it the nickname the Garden State.

New Jersey's state nickname is the "Garden State" because of a speech given by Abraham Browning in 1876 where he compared New Jersey to a barrel open at both ends with Pennsylvanians and New Yorkers grabbing from either end.

Though acreage for farming has dropped to about 750,000 in the Garden State, New Jersey continues to provide produce at relatively large scales. Among the 50 states, New Jersey ranks among the top five producers of asparagus, peaches, bell peppers, cranberries, tomatoes, spinach and eggplant.

It was called New Netherlands. Small trading colonies sprang up where the present towns of Hoboken and Jersey City are located. The Dutch, Swedes, and Finns were the first European settlers in New Jersey.

What is New Jersey's Nickname? The Garden State.

And now, with the treatment of depression under renewed scrutiny, we have Garden State—an independent film from first time director Zach Braff that dramatises the dangers of prescribing antidepressant drugs to children.

Why was Garden State so popular? ›

Zach Braff was the toast of the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, where he emerged as an indie film wunderkind thanks to “Garden State.” The coming-of-age dramedy sold to Fox Searchlight for $5 million, double its production budget, and became a poster child for hip indies of the early aughts thanks to its Grammy-winning ...

Many famous people called this state home from one time to another, including Bruce Springsteen and Frank Sinatra. But from beautiful state parks and glittering beaches to bustling cities that put you in the center of the action, there's a lot that makes New Jersey stand out.

But in the years since the film's release, Sam has been highly criticized for being a prime example of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG) trope.

We've got some Garden State trivia that you probably didn't know! The world's longest boardwalk – and oldest – is in Atlantic City. The first-ever drive-in movie theater opened in Camden in 1933. Trenton was the capital of the United States for less than two months in 1784.

Some background: In 1876 Abraham Browning, an attorney, politician, and the owner of Cherry Hill Farm, which gave its name to the town that now stands in its place, coined the term, comparing New Jersey, two-thirds of which was rolling farmland, to a big barrel, open on both ends, from which Pennsylvanians and New ...

Florida's nickname is The Sunshine State, and it was adopted officially by Florida legislature in 1970.

In 1956 the North Dakota Motor Vehicle Department, on its own initiative, placed the words Peace Garden State on license plates; the name proved so popular that it was formally adopted by the 1957 legislature (North Dakota Century Code (NDCC), Section 39-04-12).