Description
Blithewold tour guides will lead your group on a private 90-minute tour of Blithewold?s Manor and Grounds. They tell the story of the Van Wickle/McKee family, the original owners of this beautiful seaside garden estate. Out on the grounds your guide will take you to each of the gardens, the Bamboo Grove, the Summerhouse, and our Lord and Burnham greenhouse complex.
Blithewold, a 33 - acre summer estate with grand views of Narragansett Bay, is nationally significant in American history as one of the most fully developed and authentic examples of the Country Place era. The property features a 45 - room manor filled with family heirlooms framed by a series of lovely gardens that range in character from mysterious to exotic, and from poetic to practical. An exceptional collection of rare and unusual plants, specimen trees, an accessible greenhouse, and whimsical stonework project a character that is romantic, fresh and inspiring ? and unique to Blithewold.