New England Public Gardens of Note

Roseland Cottage's manicured look
Gardens at Smith College
Walkable mazes at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Paramecium Pond at Wellesley College
Tower Hill Botanical Garden
Moon gate at Naumkeag
Chestnut Rose at Blithewold

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Additional public gardens to note around New England: 

 

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden
Seal Harbor, Maine
207-276-3330
https://rockgardenmaine.wordpress.com

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens, and Arboretum
Bristol, Rhode Island
401-253-2707
www.blithewold.org

The Botanic Garden at Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts
413-585-2740
www.smith.edu/garden

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Boothbay, Maine
207-633-4333
www.mainegardens.org

Garden In The Woods
Framingham, Massachusetts
508-877-7630
www.newfs.org

The Glebe House
Woodbury, Connecticut
203-263-2855
www.theglebehouse.org

Naumkeag
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
413-298-3239
www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/berkshires/naumkeag.html

Roseland Cottage
Woodstock, Connecticut
860-928-4074
www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/roseland-cottage/roseland-cottage

Tower Hill Botanic Garden
Boylston, Massachusetts
508-869-6111
www.towerhillbg.org

Wellesley College Botanic Gardens
Wellesley, Massachusetts
781-283-3094
https://new.wellesley.edu/wcbg

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