Press Release for Blithewold
Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum
Private gardens open again
for Blithewold
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Seven
private gardens in Westport, MA, and a specialty nursery,
will open their gates to the public on August 18th and 19th
as Series II of GARDENS OPEN FOR BLITHEWOLD. This special
garden event began in June with the overwhelmingly successful
Series I - nine gardens in Watch Hill and Weekapaug, Rhode
Island. If you missed those spectacular June gardens make
it a point not to miss these August gardens as they reach
their peak.
The soft rural greens of the beautiful harbor
town of Westport contrast dramatically with the craggy beauty
of Watch Hill. Water views also play a prominent role in
the varied scenic make up of this area. The stunning backdrop
to many of these beautiful gardens is the beautiful Westport
River and surrounding marshlands, ponds and ocean. Gardening
and horticulture are primary past times in Westport and
visitors are often heard to comment on the gardens viewed
from the road. A private garden tour gives you the opportunity
to peek behind their garden gates.
The height of summer is a perfect time to
see this series of seven very different and equally gorgeous
Westport gardens. The selection of gardens encompasses a
variety of garden designs - an Enchanted Cottage, built
in 1808, rests on the shores of the Westport River and offers
visitors an array of different plant habitats, many of which
will surprise you, given the locale. You will visit an unusual
and charming sunny moss garden, a plant collector’s
garden crammed with an abundance of rare plants framed in
a blend of English and Japanese design. A beautifully planted
informal Adamsville garden will fill you with innumerable
gardening ideas. You will get a rare opportunity to see
an artist’s retreat furnished with many garden sculptures.
Delight in a delicious vegetable garden, an airy meadow
walk, a dappled woodland glade inspired by a potter’s
dream, and return home with renewed gardening vigor, and
many garden dreams.
An added bonus on this tour, for Friday the
18th only, will be the opportunity to visit Quansett Nurseries
in nearby South Dartmouth. Quansett is a wholesale nursery
specializing in New England grown plant material. It is
not normally open to the public but visitors on this GARDENS
OPEN FOR BLITHEWOLD tour will be able to purchase plants
at wholesale prices.
All gardens will be open from 10 am to 4 pm,
rain or shine. Advance purchase of tickets is $20 for Blithewold
members, $25 for non-members, and $30 on the day of the
tour. Tickets are limited so advance reservations are highly
recommended.
For more information, or tickets, contact
Blithewold at 401-253-2707, or visit the website at: www.Blithewold.org.
