Last updated on 06 March 08
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Harkness Mansion and Garden

  • Harkness boxwood garden

    Photograph © Harkness Memorial State Park

  • Harkness west garden

    Photograph © Harold Hansen

Gardenvisit Editorial

A large seaside mansion with a formal garden. Between 1918 to 1929, Beatrix Jones Farrand redesigned the west garden and created the East Garden, the Boxwood Parterre and the Alpine Rock Garden.
Address Harkness Memorial State Park, 275 Great Neck Road, Waterford, Connecticut, USA, CT 06385
Opening times All year. Daily. Open dawn to dusk.
Admission Entrance free
Website Visit the Harkness Mansion and Garden website

Designers and Influences

This garden has been designed and influenced by Beatrix Farrand