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Polly Hill Arboretum, West Tisbury, MA 02568, USA
508-693-9426
Revered Vineyard native and self-taught horticulturalist Polly Hill, who passed away in 2007 at the age of 100, spent decades cultivating the multitude of plants at this arboretum. Splendid in every season, it’s particularly beautiful when the Japanese and Chinese dogwoods are in bloom (usually mid-June through July). Don’t miss Polly’s Play Pen, a fenced-off path where rare species like North Tisbury azaleas and Himalayan Daphne genkwa are found.
Indagare Tip: If you bring kids, be sure to pick up a copy of the “Polly Hill & Her Land: A Quest” brochure at the entrance; a treasure hunt in the form of a poem, it allows children to discover the arboretum.
Written by Simone Girner