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Polly Hill Arboretum

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arboretum in 1958, growing the trees from seed. Through purchase of adjacent land, the property was increased to a total of 24 ha (60 acres). The Arboretum's administrative offices are housed in a building dating from the 1670s. Other historic structures on the property include the Far Barn (circa 1750) with its attached
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In 1687, Henry Luce, one of the first English settlers on Martha's Vineyard purchased 400 acres (1.6 km) of land in the island's center from the natives. In 1926, 16 ha (40 acres) of this land, then a sheep farm, were acquired by Hill's family. After her father's death, Hill decided to create an
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includes 8 ha (20 acres) under cultivation, with an additional 16 ha (40 acres) of native woodland, located on
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Polly's playpen, a fenced-in garden containing some of the arboretum's most beautiful plants
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Dukes County, Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places in Dukes County, Massachusetts
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Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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Polly Hill Arboretum is located in Massachusetts
Coordinates
41°23′51″N 70°40′50″W / 41.397481°N 70.680542°W / 41.397481; -70.680542
www.pollyhillarboretum.org
Martha's Vineyard
West Tisbury, Massachusetts
United States
Polly Hill
National Register of Historic Places
Slaughterhouse

azaleas
witch-hazels
winter hazels
camellias
magnolias
stuartias
conifers
hollies
dogwood
avenue
pleached
hornbeam
arbor
Cornus kousa
Ilex
Stewartia
Rhododendrons
Araucaria araucana

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