Masses of Catawba rhododendrons fill Evergreen’s mature pine forest
New Hampshire Gardens: Central/Southern Region
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Photo by Beaver Brook Association
Shade and Fragrance gardens at Maple Hill Gardens
Daily, YEAR ROUND, dawn to dusk
Maple Hill Gardens
117 Ridge Road, Hollis
13 “theme” gardens, both formal and informal, with more than 350 shade-tolerant or sun-loving species, mainly perennials, planted around the Beaver Brook Association’s headquarters buildings. Free.
603-465-7787
www.beaverbrook.org
Photos by Beaver Brook Association
Maple Hill Gardens
Photos by Pickity Place
Aliums in the gardens at Pickity Place
Daily, YEAR ROUND, 10-5, April-December; 10-4, January-March
Pickity Place
248 Nutting Hill Road, Mason
An adorable 18th-century Cape surrounded by vast, well-established garden beds, mainly perennials and herbs. The herbs are served in the restaurant’s 5-course lunches.
603-878-1151
www.pickityplace.com
Photos by Pickity Place
Garden at Pickity Place
Photo by Kirkwood Gardens
Kirkwood Gardens
Daily, MAY 1-NOVEMBER 1, dawn to dusk
Kirkwood Gardens
Route 3, just north of Route 113, Holderness
Informal 1-acre garden, now owned by the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, with graceful plantings of both sun-loving and shade-tolerant annuals, perennials, and shrubs; plus fountains, sculpture, and signs describing the plants. Free.
603-968-7194
www.nhnature.org/visit/kirkwood_gardens.php
Friday-Sunday, JUNE 6-8, 10-5
Evergreen
42 Summer Street, Goffstown
The one-acre woodland garden’s annual public opening is always on the first weekend in June, when its sweeps of 220 Catawba rhododendrons are at or near peak bloom. Free. 603-497-8020 www.evergreenfoundationnh.org
Photo by Eileen Oktavec