POLLY HILL ARBORETUM

The Polly Hill Arboretum is Polly's living legacy. It could be simply described as a museum of trees set within a landscape of open meadows, woodlands, and stone walls, but it is much more. It is a vital public garden, a scientific institution, a community resource, a historic landscape, a conservation corridor, and a beloved Island landmark. At PHA it is our mission to perpetuate Polly's experimental tradition by sharing knowledge of plants through education, research, plant conservation, and exploration. Polly's legacy will continue to nourish the Arboretum she began by planting a seed... The Polly Hill Arboretum, a 72-acre public garden, contains the results of Polly Hill's fifty years of horticultural experimentation. Rare trees and shrubs from around the world are set among stone walls, meadows, and fields, including Polly's famous North Tisbury azaleas, the national stewartia collection, camellias, clematis, crabapples, magnolias, and many more. The kousa dogwood allee,..

Primary location: West Tisbury United States