Green Animals Topiary Garden, Portsmouth

Name: Green Animals Topiary Garden
Address: 380 Corys Ln, Portsmouth, 02871, United States
Telephone: +1 401-683-1267

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Green Animals Topiary Garden, Portsmouth

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The Green Animals Topiary Garden, located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, is the oldest and most northern topiary garden in the United States. The 7-acre estate overlooks the Narragansett Bay. It contains a large collection of topiaries including eighty sculptured trees. Favorites include teddy bears, a camel, a giraffe, an ostrich, an elephant and two bears made from sculptured California privet, yew, and English boxwood. There are also pineapples, a unicorn, a reindeer, a dog and spot a horse with his rider. There are over 35 formal flowerbeds, geometric pathways, rose arbor, grape arbor, fruit trees, and vegetable and herb gardens. A greenhouse is used extensively to provide seedlings used on the estate. The 1859 Victorian Brayton house museum contains a small display of vintage kids toy and the original family furnishings. Ribbons for prize-winning dahlias and vegetables, dating from about 1915, line the walls of the gift shop. The Preservation Society of Newport County maintains it. ()

Elevation: 72 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°35'60"N, 71°16'29"W

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380 Corys LnMelvillePortsmouth 02871 United States

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+1 401-683-1267

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Day trips

Green Animals Topiary Garden – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Blithewold Mansion, Mount Hope Bridge, Newport National Golf Club, Bristol Ferry Light.

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Museum, History museum, Garden
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Bridge
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Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse
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Cemetery
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Bridge
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Monastery, Modernist architecture
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