Today we took a day trip to Portsmouth, RI to visit the Green Animals Topiary Gardens. The gardens can be included as part of the Newport Mansions Tour. However we visited as part of our reciprocal membership program due to our membership at Tower Hill Botanic Gardens.
Due to the name "Green Animals" - I think I was expecting a vast expanse of lawn with random animal shaped bushes placed troughtout. I was pleasantly surprised to see a series of formal gardens with many types of topiary - not just animals. As well as many types of plants - annuals, perennial, vegetables. Though the gardens were all inspiring (what I could do with 7 acres of sun!), I was most impressed with the topiaries. Not just the animals - but all the shapes.
The driveway was lined with topiary arches
There is rebar arches that the boxwood grows over.
Another garden arch
All the garden beds were lined with boxwood borders. Some were already shaped into linear forms, whereas others were still growing. (Isn't that an amazing displat of blue and white perennial salvia?)
Even this vine was being trained to grow over a heart shaped trellis. Look closely, you can see the heart.
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