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5 reviews for Fuller Gardens
5 reviews in English
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Review from Loiosh T.
Reno, NV
5/27/2011
Lemme sum up: Beautifully landscaped, very good stroll, very good selection of flora
If you ask a local, you might never find the place called "Fullah Gahdin". But if you drive north on old Rte 1, just past Sea Rd., you'll see a small green sign with yellow lettering for Fuller Gardens. Take the left turn and visit.
Facilities are small and quaint. There is a small gravel parking lot, a small gift shop which also serves as the admissions window, and a small port-a-potty. On lucky occasions, my visits have coincided with plant sales which offer cuttings from the gardens. Personal favorite: Love and Peace hybrid tea.
Photographers, bring your cameras. The grounds, while not as grandiose as Linderhof, are as picturesque as one could hope. The groundskeepers have done a phenomenal job of creating four areas with their own unique ambiance and transitions that allow the visitor to feel as if they are stepping between worlds.
Each garden has its own strengths. The English Rose garden section is done up with bordering fountains, statuary, and pools. The rose beds are cut into triangles which create diagonal paths. Apple trees, rhododendron, and hedges create the garden "walls". To the west side of the rose garden is the hot house, with an abundance of succulents, exotics, and orchids and an abutting "kitchen garden" with herbs. Exiting through a cut in the boxwood hedge leads to another arch through towering evergreen shrubs, and you are in the Oriental Garden. Japanese maples, a koi pond with occupants the size of sharpei's, and bonsai trees make up a secluded area worthy of a smiling Buddha. Moving east and up a few stone steps you come to a Tuscan inspired area complete with large fountain and sundial. Tall stalked iris, echinacea, and larkspur oversee borders of phlox, allysum, and other colorful carpets.
My recommendation is to visit in June when the roses are in full bloom. However, if you arrive in the spring, you will have the benefit of catching the apple blossoms, or the late summer produces spectacular blooms in the Tuscan garden.
Serenity, beauty, and peace all wrapped up in one stately location: Fuller Gardens. -
Review from Don W.
6/19/2011 2 photos
Fuller Gardens is a wonderland of roses and other flowers of all types. If you want to spend an hour or two wandering around flower beds on a nice day, you'd be hard pressed to find a better place to do it.
Some of the facilities are a little tired and could use a coat of paint, but look at the plants. There's some amazing stuff here and most of the locals probably don't even know it's here. We went in mid-June and the roses were blooming. I don't know how it is during the rest of the season but mid-June is a good time to go. -
Review from Tracy S.
5/18/2009 1 photo
A hidden charm in North Hampton. Fuller Gardens is a secret rose garden tucked away just off of 1A. Unless you've attended a wedding here or you're an avid rose lover, you've probably never even heard of it. I believe it was part of the Fuller family estate, and the garden is all that remains.
It's best to visit when the majority of the roses are in full bloom but it's open all through the growing season.Listed in: Happy Hampton
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Review from DA W.
North Hampton, NH
1/17/2011
These gardens are gorgeous. Don't miss them spring through fall.
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Review from Laura F.
Enfield, CT
7/6/2010
My husband and I rode our bicycles here from Hampton Beach. What a beautiful place to stroll through several types of gardens and enjoy some peace and tranquility. There are a variety of plants that would be in bloom during the entire season but one should definitely go in the summer when the roses are in bloom.
