32 Things to Do in Newport, Rhode Island: Land of Gilded Age Architecture and No-Frills Lobster Shacks | Vogue

"Just outside Newport in Portsmouth, a horticultural fantasyland unfolds at the nation’s oldest topiary garden: seven storybook acres overlooking Narragansett Bay with 80-plus whimsically clipped shrubs (elephants, unicorns, giraffes, bears), formal flower beds, geometric paths, and heirloom vegetable plots. Cultivated beginning in 1912 by gardener Joseph Carreiro and later opened to the public by Alice Brayton—who hosted a young Jacqueline Bouvier and, later, Caroline and John Jr.—the property, now cared for by the Preservation Society of Newport County, continues to charm visitors of all ages." - Vogue