Best Hummingbird Gardens in Bristol County, Rhode Island

Blithewold is a 33-acre summer estate on Bristol Harbor with sweeping views of Narragansett Bay, nationally recognized as one of the most fully developed and authentic surviving examples of the Country Place Era of American garden design. The property features a 45-room mansion, formal gardens, an arboretum with over 300 species of woody plants — including what may be the largest Giant Sequoia on the East Coast — and a series of distinctive garden rooms. Blithewold's staff blog specifically documents Ruby-throated Hummingbirds "tanking up" on the tender perennial salvias in preparation for fall migration.

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