Fuller Gardens
Early 20th Century Estate Flower Garden Near The Sea In North Hampton, Created For Governor Alvan T. Fuller Of Massachusetts And Designed In Part By The Olmsted Firm (Confirm), Known For Its Rose Gardens, A Japanese Garden And A Conservatory (Confirm). · North Hampton, New Hampshire
A small formal flower garden a short walk from the sea at Little Boar's Head in North Hampton, on the New Hampshire coast. It was laid out in the late 1920s for the summer estate of Alvan T. Fuller, a Boston car dealer who served as Governor of Massachusetts, and was later extended with help from the Olmsted landscape firm in the 1930s (confirm). The house itself is gone, but the garden has been kept up and opened to the public by a foundation (confirm). Its main draw is the rose garden, with well over a thousand rose bushes in formal beds (confirm), at their peak from late June into July. Around it are perennial and annual borders, a hosta garden in shade, a quiet Japanese garden with a pond and stone paths, and a conservatory of tropical plants, orchids and cacti. The whole garden covers only about two acres (confirm), so most visits take an hour. It opens only from about May to October. It pairs well with a morning at the beaches and ocean drive of Route 1A a few minutes away.
10 Willow Avenue, North Hampton, New Hampshire, 03862, United States
The garden opens seasonally, roughly from mid-May to mid-October (confirm each year's dates). In season it usually opens daily from about 10 am to 5 or 5:30 pm, with last entry a little before closing (confirm). It is closed from late autumn to spring, when the beds are cut back and the grounds are not open to visitors. Hours can change for private events such as weddings, for storms and for heavy rain; call or check the current notice before driving on a doubtful day. The conservatory keeps the same hours as the garden. The rose peak usually falls from late June into July.