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Harkness Mansion and Garden

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.

Photograph © Karl Gercens

Photograph © Karl Gercens

Photograph © Karl Gercens

Photograph © Karl Gercens

West Garden, Harkness Memorial State Park

Photograph © Harold Hansen

Photograph © Harkness Memorial State Park

Address Harkness Memorial State Park, 275 Great Neck Road, Waterford, Connecticut, USA, CT 06385

Opening times All year. Daily. Open dawn to dusk.

Entrance fee Entrance free

Website Visit the Harkness Mansion and Garden website

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Designers and Influences

Farrand, Beatrix