44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport RI 02840 (401) 847-1000
5 acres
The Breakers was built in 1895 as a 70 room "cottage" for Cornelius Vanderbilt, with a commanding view of the ocean and Cliff Walk.
Large specimen trees, especially mature European beech. Carpet bedding with annual flowers.
The Preservation Society of Newport purchased the house in 1972. Designated as a National Historic Landmark.
Mansion Tours. Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Free Parking available. Restrooms onsite. Memberships available.
Handicapped accessibility.
Visitor center. Gift Shop. Indoor/Outdoor. May-October. Special Tours. online.
101 Ferry Road, Bristol, RI 02809 (401) 253-2707
33 acres
Blithewold Arboretum and Garden is strategically located on the banks of Narragansett Bay. Its landscape is festooned with large specimen trees,
spring display gardens, perennial and rose gardens, wetland gardens all within the breezes of the bay.
Located just minutes north of Newport, Mansion tours are available April to October and the grounds are open year-round.
Handicap Accessible. Garden Tours. Memberships. Parking. Visitor Center. Gift Shops. Indoor/Outdoor. Year-Round.
Ocean Ave Block Island, RI 02807 (401) 466-3111
9 square miles an Island
Block Island is one of the Nature Conservancy's Last Greatest Places, and is special because of large percentage of the Island is preserved open space.
Block Island is accessible by ferry from New London,CT. Point Judith Rhode Island and other locations. If one rents or rides a bicycle and passes beyond
the "downtown" area, nature abounds in its marshes, hills and shrubby tree-lined roads and trails.
Self-guided tours. Taxi tours. Gift Shops. Visitor Center. Indoor/Outdoor. Trails. Maps available. also online. Limited parking. Summer and Fall season.
Restaurants. Inns. Biking. Boating.
Swimming. Restrooms at State beach facility.
380 Corys Ln Portsmouth, RI 02871 (401) 683-1267
7 acres
80 topiaries; 21 animals and birds, geometric designs; from California privet, yew and boxwood.summer residence, farm outbuildings, a pasture,
vegetable garden. herb garden. orchards. overlooks Narragansett Bay.
owned by The Preservation Society of Newport County since 1972.
Garden Tours. Parking available. Restrooms onsite. Indoor/Outdoor. online.
1000 Elmwood Ave Providence, RI 02903 (401) 785-3510
430 acres
100 year old urban park, Park setting with open lawns, mature tree specimens, water features, vistas, seasonal floral displays
430 acres .
Self Guided Tours. Parking available. Restrooms onsite. Memberships available. Handicapped accessibility. Adult education. Children’s programs
Visitor center. New Conservatory. Gift Shop. Café. Restaurant. Zoo. Museum of Natural History and Planetarium. Indoor/Outdoor. Year-round visits.
Maps available, also online.
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585 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence, RI 02906 401 272-1314
200 acres
One of the original series of garden cemeteries from the mid 1850's, on the shore of the Seekonk River. Entryway is remarkably demarcated with
massive granite boulders and stone fences. Mature trees, some state champions. Walkable asphalt roads. mountain laurel, rhododendrons, azaleas.
steep banks and deep ravines by the river. Vistas of the river.
Self Guided Tours. Parking available, Free. Restrooms onsite. Handicapped accessibility.
Visitor center. Outdoor. Year-round visits. Maps available, also online.
44 Broad Street, Westerly, RI 02891. (401)596-2877
18 acres
Victorian era walking park in downtown Westerly. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted protege Warren H. Manning. Mature trees. specimens. flower beds.
dwarf conifer collection. fountain. monuments. daylily collection. perennial borders. koi pond.
Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Parking available, Free. Restrooms onsite. Handicapped accessibility. Adult Education programs. Children’s programs
Library. Outdoor. Concerts in summer. Year-round visits. Maps available, also online.