10 Best Places To View Spring Flowers Blooming In Rhode Island
Spring is a season of rebirth, hope, and new life. The blooming flowers are the best way to show how nature is in full bloom. There are many places in Rhode Island where you can view the beautiful flowers. Here are some of the best spots to see daffodils, cherry blossoms, tulips, and more around the Ocean State.
#1 McAuley Hall at Salve Regina University
- Address: 100 Ochre Point Ave, Newport, RI
- Directions: HERE
McAuley Hall at Salve Regina University offers one of the most beautiful displays of daffodils in the ocean state. The daffodil field is spectacular, but so is the building itself. McAuley Hall was built in 1882 as a summer mansion for tobacco heiress Catharine Lorillard Wolfe by Peabody & Stearns. Its original name was the Vinland Estate before Salve Regina acquired the mansion.
#2 Dunlap-Wheeler Park
- Address: Aquidneck Ave, Middletown, RI
- Directions: HERE
Dunlap-Wheeler Park is a beautiful park located in Middletown, Rhode Island. The park overlooks the popular Easton Beach and is a popular spot to relax and enjoy the views. In the springtime, the park is home to one of the best displays of daffodils in Rhode Island. Hundreds of daffodils bloom all around the park each spring. Typically, late March and early April is the best time to visit Dunlap-Wheeler-Park. Don’t miss out on this gem!
#3 Wicked Tulips
- Address: 400 Hog House Hill Rd, Exeter, RI
- Directions: HERE
If you’re looking to find the most beautiful tulip farm in New England, Wicked Tulips should be at the top of your list! Wicked Tulips opened in 2015 and has since risen to fame. When the farm first opened, 60,000 tulips were planted at the farm. Today, they plant a whopping 800,000+ tulips each year at their farm in Exeter! Wicked Tulips hosts the largest u-pick tulip event in New England
Visitors are welcome to visit the farm during peak bloom times. Tickets are required for visitors looking to gaze, walk, and pick tulips.
#4 Japanese Garden at Roger Williams Park
- Address: Cladrastis Ave, Providence, RI
- Directions: HERE
Roger Williams Park is a beautiful place to visit in Providence. It features a Japanese Garden that is a must-see for any visitor. The Japanese Garden at Roger Williams Park was created by the design team of Sasaki Associates and landscape architect Bruce Saito in 1975. The garden is just one of the many attractions that make this park so popular with tourists and locals alike.
The garden features a main pond surrounded by an island and bridges, as well as a waterfall, koi pond, tea house, and pagoda. The gardens are beautifully landscaped with both traditional Japanese plants such as cherry trees, azaleas, camellias, magnolias, and bamboo trees as well as more modern plants such as tulips, daffodils, hydrangeas, and roses.
#5 Boyd’s Windmill in Middletown
- Address: Paradise Ave, Middletown, RI
- Directions: HERE
Boyd’s Windmill is a historic landmark in Middletown, Rhode Island. It is a beautiful place to visit during the spring season when cherry blossoms are blooming. The windmill was built in 1810 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island by John Peterson. In 1815, William Boyd purchased the windmill and it stayed in the Boyd family until it was donated to the Middletown Historical Society. The organization moved the windmill to its current location, fully restored it, and opened it to the public. The windmill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 2001.
#6 Blithewold Mansion, Gardens, and Arboretum
- Address: 101 Ferry Rd, Bristol, RI
- Directions: HERE
The Blithewold Mansion, Gardens, and Arboretum, located on Ferry Road in Bristol, Rhode Island, is a spectacular property. In the 1890s, Augustus and Bessie Van Wickle built the 45-room Blithewold Mansion as a summer house and put great focus on the landscape.
Bessie was a passionate gardener and enlisted the help of John DeWolf, a well-known Bristol novelist, gardener, and landscape architect, to plan the 33 acres around the Blithewold Mansion. When you visit the grounds today, you’ll observe a mix of traditional and modern gardening. The gardens reflect the Van Wickle family’s love of nature and ornamental horticulture with an inspiring and stimulating marriage of formal and naturalistic landscape aspects ranging from poetic to practical.
The mansion and property were donated to the Heritage Foundation of Rhode Island in 1976 by Marjorie Lyon. Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization that manages the property today. Tickets are available at https://www.blithewold.org/general-admission-tickets/. One of the best times to visit is spring when visitors can enjoy walking among the 50,000+ daffodils which bloom on the property. The official Daffodil Days occur typically on April 16-24. Early May flowers on the property include Star Magnolia, Quince, Spirea, Flowering Cherry, Primroses, Corylopsis, Hyacinth, Balkan Anemone, Enkianthus, Honeysuckle, Sweet Shrub, Weigela, and Viburnum. Followed by Tulips, Magnolia, Crabapple, Cherries, Primrose, Lilac, Lily of the Valley, Trillium, Mayapple, Dove Tree, Witch Alder, Woodland Phlox, Sweet Woodruff, Spanish Bluebells, and Euphorbia.
#7 Farmers Daughter
- Address: 716 Mooresfield Rd, South Kingstown, RI
- Directions: HERE
The Farmer’s Daughter opened its doors in 1998 with a small shop and a single greenhouse. It has evolved into a thriving garden center and destination in South County, Rhode Island, over the years. Every season is celebrated at the business, and spring is one of the greatest times to go. Beautiful blooms can be found throughout the gardens and greenhouses in the spring.
#8 Cliff Walk
- Address: 117 Memorial Blvd, Newport, RI
- Directions: HERE
The Cliff Walk is a popular tourist attraction in Newport, Rhode Island. It is a walking path that goes along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The walk is lined with flowers and trees, and it has many scenic views. In the spring, there are many different types of flowers that bloom on the sides of Cliff Walk. One type of flower that can be seen in abundance during this time is the daffodil. These beautiful yellow flowers can be found all along the trail!
#9 Benefit Street
- Address: Benefit Street, Providence, RI
- Directions: HERE
Benefit Street in Providence is one of the state’s most famous streets. Benefit Street is brimming with Colonial and Victorian-era residential, institutional, and religious structures. Benefit Street is essentially a 1.2-mile-long outdoor museum on Providence’s East Side that includes both big buildings and humble cottages. Visitors can enjoy the magnificent flowers that bloom along the road in the spring. There are beautiful cherry blossom trees as well as small residential gardens.
#10 Newport Harbor
- Address: Long Wharf, Newport, RI
- Directions: HERE
Newport Harbor is home to great restaurants, world-class marinas, luxury hotels, and much more! Visit in the spring to see daffodils blooming along with lovely cherry blossoms. If you’re looking for the cherry blossoms, be sure to walk along Long Whar where over a dozen are lined up in a row.
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