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A small selection of the region’s best public gardens • by Nell Porter Brown

ew England may not be widely known for its public gardens, but those that do grow here inspire N passion in the hearts of hardy- zoned green thumbs. The Glebe House, for example—the Connecticut birthplace of the Episcopal Church in the New World—also boasts the only extant American garden de- flowers, Emmet says. Equally thrilling is Counterclockwise from upper left: roses signed by Gertrude Jekyll, whose impres- the series of woodland scenes and outdoor at Blithewold; part of the children’s arena

at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens; the sionistic style turned landscapes into flow- “rooms” Farrand created, filled with hos-

Entry Garden at Tower Hill Botanic Garden; ill ing paintings. The other side of the state tas, ferns, and other shade-loving greenery, and one of Naumkeag’s grand vistas s

offers the Gothic Revival-styledRoseland set along mossy paths that wind their way T ower H ervation t): Blithewold; s f Cottage (owned by Historic New England), to a walled garden. “The paths also hold a South,” admits Roger Swain ’71, Ph.D. ’77, e nver/ f R

with its vibrant mid-nineteenth-century lot of Asian sculpture collected from the writer, gardener, and former longtime host an E s o s h tee boxwood-edged gardens: “an elabo- Rockefellers’ trips,” such as stone Buddhas of the PBS television show The Victory Gar- ; A s s ru rate, rather rare place, planted beautifully,” and towers, Emmet reports. “And the moon den, “what is here is definitely worth atten- rom upper le e f s arden he T according to gardener Alan Emmet ’50, RI ’77, gate that you step through into the walled tion: certainly not shabby!” T who wrote the authoritative So Fine a Prospect: garden in the woods is just magical.” Historic New England Gardens. In the interest of (temporarily) satisfying For example, he says the at

She also favors the normally private those late winter yearnings for blossoms Wellesley and Smith Colleges are “better aine Botanical G f (counterclockwi cmahon/naumkeag/

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden, in Seal and fresh greenery, and for planning excur- than a ticket to Jamaica!” The Wellesley M tal y o s . M Harbor, Maine, designed by Beatrix Far- sions once the ground thaws, Harvard Maga- College Botanic Gardens has 16 of them s rand, that is open to the public, by reserva- zine has produced a selective look at what’s (in addition to its arboretum and other art- s courte

tion only, one day a week in the summer. growing where—now, and this summer— ful landscapes). The spaces include sections reeman/ coa ara f

The estate’s “huge, fabulous” main in zones 3b through 7a. Although “the devoted to succulents and desert plants, a b otanic garden;otanic and K ar hotograph P b is bordered by countless varieties of lush greatest public gardens are probably in the fine array of unusual ferns, and tropical and b

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Harvard Magazine 24G Reprinted from Harvard Magazine. For more information, contact Harvard Magazine, Inc. at 617-495-5746 what they can accomplish at home. Vari- ous kinds of gardens (e.g., vegetable, winter plantings, and evolutionary) are on display, and woodland trails lead to diverse locales: a wildlife refuge pond and a mid-eighteenth- century English-style managed woodland with native species, a , and a Greek tion and is ordered evolutionarily: it begins Clockwise from upper left: pondside “temple of peace.” Two glass houses, the Or- with a primordial pool and moves through in the “sensory garden” at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens; curving pathways angerie and the Limonaia, help take the edge ferns to conclude with the Aster family, at Naumkeag; a stone archway leads to off New England winters with citrus trees “the most complex compound flowers,” Ar- the rose garden at Blithewold; and and blooming camellias, calla lilies, and num says. One centerpiece of the system- double in the Secret Garden bird-of-paradise flowers—along with other atic garden is a Southern magnolia that is at Tower Hill

nonhardy plants from around the world. espaliered against the brick of the Orangerie,

yer and diplomat Joseph Choate, A.B. 1852, ; “People tell us their stress level decreases as “and even blooms once in a while for us if LL.B. ’54, A.M. ’60, LL.D. ’88, and his family s they come up our driveway,” says marketing it’s mild enough.” in 1885. Now owned by the Trustees of Res- arden and public-relations director Michael J. Ar- “The systematic garden is a lovely intro- ervations, the Gilded Age, 44-room house num. “Tower Hill is a rejuvenating place, an duction to what’s related to what—a teach- in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, is open to

oasis.” As the home of the Worcester Coun- ing tool,” Roger Swain declares. “Worces- visitors from Memorial Day to Columbus aine Botanical G ty Horticultural Society (founded in 1842), ter gets lots of credit for its teaching and Day, but the grounds alone, with their cur- M tal otanic gardenotanic s

Tower Hill is also an educational wellspring. shows.” But his favorite part of Tower Hill rent designs by Fletcher Steele (who took ill b The library is open to the public, as are con- is the antique apple orchard. The garden landscape architecture classes at Harvard)

certs, classes, workshops, art exhibits, and purchased its first acreage from a dairy farm in partnership with Choate’s daughter, reeman/ coa

flower shows, such as those coming up on that also had an orchard, which has been Mabel (who also studied garden design), ara f b

African violets (April 20-21) and primroses nurtured and now includes 238 trees— offer lessons in grace, harmony, and scale. ar t): b f and daffodils (May 4-5). among them 119 varieties of pre-twentieth- “They ended up creating an amazing mon- lithewold; and T ower H ; b “The beauty of botanical gardens today,” century apples. (Samples are available on ument to twentieth-century landscape s says new executive director Katherine F. Columbus Day weekend, but enthusiasts design,” says Mark Wilson, the Trustees’ ervation rom upper le s e

Abbott, M.P.A. ’88, “is that they have grown can order scionwood—cuttings from a west region cultural resources manager. e f s so much beyond being a plant museum to tree—for grafting to their own trees and The two worked on realizing their vi- f R s o

really being about larger conservation is- look forward to edible fruit.) Picnics, with sion from 1926 until 1956; Mabel died two tee s f (clockwi sues: connecting people to plants in every wine and beer drunk in moderation, are years later, bequeathing the property to ru y o s he T way, shape, and form in terms of plants allowed, or visitors can eat at the in-house The Trustees. Now a $2.6-million restora- T being a part of the air we breathe, the food Twigs Café, where food is served indoors or tion of their work, which has deteriorated s courte we eat, and the water we drink, as well as on a stone terrace with views of the Wachu- somewhat over time, is under way. “We our spiritual, psychological, and emotional sett Reservoir. have a five- system and an 80-year- heek/naumkeag/ . C hotograph P well-being.” The “systematic” garden, for To understand the depth and beauty of a old piping infrastructure, with over eight R example, which demonstrates plants’ re- 30-year collaborative artistic passion, visit lationships, is based on American botanist Naumkeag, a National Historic Landmark Arthur Cronquist’s taxonomic classifica- built by McKim, Mead & White for law-

Reprinted from Harvard Magazine. For more information, contact Harvard Magazine, Inc. at 617-495-5746 New England Regional Section acres of long-running pipes,” Wilson says. “We have to look at sustainability and iso- lating some of that water.” (Fundraising is in progress to match a $1-million challenge donation.) Meanwhile, everything is still open and operating for visitors. The project includes masonry repairs to the terraced Art Deco-style blue steps (made from a then brand-new building material: cinder blocks) that lead from the house to Mabel Choate’s extensive cutting gardens through an ethereal arbor of 75 white paper birches, which are near death and will be meticulously replaced. The serpentine lines of the 16 beds of roses sit in a sunny section by the house (designed to be seen from Choate’s bedroom); new Atlifecare Brookhaven living is as good as it looks. varieties will be introduced and existing Brookhaven at Lexington offers an abundance of opportunities for bushes rejuvenated. intellectual growth, artistic expression and personal wellness. Our residents Restoration is also share your commitment to live a vibrant lifestyle in a lovely community. planned for the Chinese Visit www.harvardmag. Call today to set up an appointment for a tour! garden, which includes com/extras to view a temple designed by additional images of A Full-Service Lifecare Retirement Community Steele. Entered through some of New England’s www.brookhavenatlexington.org best public gardens. the “Devil’s Screen” and (781) 863-9660 • (800) 283-1114 exited through a moon gate to bring good fortune, the garden holds carved lion and dragon stonework, foo dogs, and stone lan- terns—treasures from Choate’s extensive travels abroad—along with Asian plants and trees, including nine ginkgoes hover- ing over large-leaved butterburr. The tem- ple “took 20 years to complete,” Wilson notes. “The roof tiles came from Peking.” Other foreign accents lend personal warmth and history. A cast-iron pagoda, containing a sacred rock brought from China, leads to the Berlin-style linden allée inspired by a trip to Germany; a statue of Diana greets walkers at the end. Another sculpture, Young Faun with Heron, commis- sioned by architect Stanford White from Frederick MacMonnies, was moved by Steele from the front of the house to his more intimate side “outdoor room,” known as the afternoon garden. The Italian-style courtyard is framed by Venetian gondola poles originally painted teal and red, with gold accents (all now faded), and held to- gether by ship’s rope. In the center is a shallow oval pool with four fountains sur- rounded by stone chairs in the classical style. “We’re not a flower garden,” Wilson points out. “Mabel was moving away from the heavy maintenance of flower beds and (617) 792-0500 www.24hourscare.com

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