New Hampshire Gardens

 Barrett House: Main Street, New Ipswich, NH 03071 (603)878-2517.

The landscaped grounds of this 1800 House include 75 acres of woods, meadows and a Greek Revival summerhouse.  Of special note is the Grandmother's Garden, filled with old-fashioned flowers such as poppies, hollyhocks, and morning glories, as well as hard-to-find varieties.

 Cathedral of the Pines: 10 Hilldale Road, Rindge, NH 03461 (603)899-3300.

This outdoor shrine to Americans killed in war features two gardens, two chapels and an altar built out of stones from every state and territory.

 Enfield Shaker Museum: 447 N. Route 4A, Enfield, NH 03748 (603)632-4346.

Once encompassing 200 buildings and 3,000 acres of farmland dedicated to the Shaker mission to establishing heaven on earth, this historic site is now a living history museum offering self-guided tours of 13 Shaker buildings, Shaker Gardens, and skilled artisans demonstrating traditional crafts.

 The Fells, John Jay National Wildlife Refuge: 456 Route 103A North, Newbury, NH 03255 Refuge Manager: (978)443-4661 or Friends: (603)763-4789.

The Fells (the term means rocky, upland pastures) offers a historic summer cottage and gardens, with woodland trails and abundant wildlife. The Rock Garden displays 600 species and cultivars of rock garden and alpine plants. A Garden Conservancy Garden.

 Fuller Gardens: 10 Willow Avenue off Route 1A, North Hampton, NH 03862 (603)964-5414.

This 2 acre formal gardens showcases an All-America Rose Selections display garden (1,500 bushes), perennials, All-America Award Winning annuals, a Hosta display garden, a conservatory (tropical and desert plants), a wildflower walk, fountains, statuary, and a Japanese garden. The Fuller Foundation.

 Kimball-Jenkins Estate: 266 North Main Street, Concord, NH 03301 (603)225-3932.

This 1765 mansion includes formal gardens.

 Langdon House: 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603)436-3205.

At the rear of this 1784 house formerly belonging to Governor John Langdon, a lawn is shaded by mature trees and enclosed by hedges and a perennial flower border. A 100-foot rose and grape arbor leads to a small pavilion.

Lilac Arboretum: University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 (602)862-2222.

The lilac is New Hampshire's state flower, although not native to the state. It was brought to the United States by European immigrants to remind them of home.

 Lost River Nature Garden: Lost River Reservation, 1712 Lost River Road, Route 112W, North Woodstock, NH 03262 (602)745-8031.

This natural wonder, a river and its gorge and caverns, includes a nature garden.

 Moffatt Ladd House: 154 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603)436-8221 (house) or (603)436-7968 (office).

This 1763 house offers 2 1/2 acres of mid 19th century gardens, including brick walks, rose arbors, an herb garden, raised flower beds, grass steps,  grape arbor and old beehives.

 Mt. Washington Resort: Route 302, Bretton Woods, NH 03575 (800)258-0330 (603)278-1000.

This grand resort hotel in a breathtaking mountain setting displays a host of lovely flower beds.

 Pickity Place: Nutting Hill Road, Mason , NH 03048 (603)878-1151.

This quaint 200 year home was the model for the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Now an operating restaurant, nursery and gift shop, the grounds includes a greenhouse (with over 270 varieties of herbs, heathers, scented geraniums and unusual perennials) and lovely gardens.

 Prescott Park: 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth , NH 03801 (603)431-8748.

This public park features a large formal garden with fountain and an All-America Trial Garden with over 500 varieties of annuals.

 Rhododendron State Park: Route 119W, Fitzwilliam, NH 03477 (603)532-8862.

This National Natural Landmark, New Hampshire's only botanical state park, features 16 acres of wild Rhododendrons which bloom in mid-July. The site also includes a wildflower trail and an historic cottage.

 Rundlet-May House: 364 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603)436-3205.

This imposing 1807 Federal style house is surrounded by formal terraces, garden beds, and extensive fruit orchards clearly delineated by fences, a geometric system of paths, and rows of shrubs.

 Saint Gaudens National Historic Site: (Friends' Website) 139 St.-Gaudens Road Off Route 12A, Cornish , NH 03745 (603)675-2175.

The Federal style home and studios of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, one of America's greatest sculptors, offers sophisticated landscaping including a terraced perennial garden (Italian influenced including three terraces and sculpture), a cutting garden, a pergola, the Birch Grove and Pan Fountain Garden, a birch allee, and hundred year old hedges.

 Sandy Point Discovery Center: Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, 89 Depot Road, Greenland, NH 03840 (603)778-0015.

This interpretive exhibits explores the interrelationships between wildlife, Great Bay, and the ocean. In addition to native plant gardens and a Native American vegetable garden, the site offers 50 acres of mixed-upland forest, freshwater wetlands and extensive salt marshes, with access to all three habitats via a wheel-chair accessible 1700-foot boardwalk.

 Shrine of Our Lady of Grace: Rural Route 1, Colebrook, NH 03576 (602)237-5511.

This shrine with 50 religious monuments (including Praying Motorcyclists -- the site of the annual Blessing of the Motorcycles) offers beautifully landscaped grounds.

 Strawbery Banke Museum: 14 Hancock Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603)433-1100.

This 10-acre site exhibits more than 40 historic buildings dating in a settlement dating from 1630. Gardens includes the Thomas Bailey Aldrich Memorial Garden (laid out in 1908), a mid-to-late 19th century garden beside the Goodwin House (separate beds edged in slate and planted with colorful annuals) and a modern exhibit garden at the corner of Jefferson and Atkinson Streets (with 18th century herbs.

 Urban Forestry Center: New Hampshire Division of Forest and Lands, 45 Elwyn Road off Route 1, Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603)431-6774.

This 180 acre park offers nature trails, an arboretum, a children's garden, a garden for the senses, herb and perennial gardens, and a historic house.