Green Animals Topiary Garden

Wander among more than 80 clipped topiary animals, from a giraffe to an elephant, in a small bayside garden north of Newport.

380 Corys Ln, Portsmouth, RI 02871 · Portsmouth, RI

About Green Animals Topiary Garden

This is the oldest and most northern topiary garden in the United States, a 7-acre estate in Portsmouth overlooking Narragansett Bay. Gardeners started shaping privet, yew and boxwood into animals in 1912, and today more than 80 figures stand among flower beds, arbors and vegetable gardens, including a giraffe, a camel and an elephant. The Victorian Brayton house holds family furnishings and old toys. Adult admission is $25 on the Preservation Society's one-property ticket, and the garden is not wheelchair accessible.

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