380 Cory's Lane, Portsmouth, RI 02871

This small country estate in Portsmouth was purchased in 1872 by Thomas E. Brayton (1844-1939), Treasurer of the Union Cotton Manufacturing Company in Fall River, Massachusetts. It consisted of seven acres of land, a white clapboard summer residence, farm outbuildings, a pasture and a vegetable garden. Gardener Joseph Carreiro, superintendent of the property from 1905 to 1945, and his son-in-law, George Mendonca, superintendent until 1985, were responsible for creating the topiaries. There are 80 pieces of topiary throughout the gardens, including 21 animals and birds in addition to geometric figures and ornamental designs, sculpted from California privet, yew, and English boxwood. Green Animals is the oldest and most northern topiary garden in the United States. Mr. Brayton's daughter Alice gave the estate its name because of the profusion of "green animals." She made the estate her permanent residence in 1939. Upon her death in 1972, at the age of 94, Miss Brayton left Green Animals to The Preservation Society of Newport County. Today, Green Animals remains as a rare example of a self-sufficient estate combining formal topiaries, vegetable and herb gardens, orchards and a Victorian house overlooking Narragansett Bay.
Newport Mansions Experience

The Newport Mansions Experience ticket provides admission to any 5 properties of your choice, excluding Hunter House.  

Choose from The Breakers, Chateau-sur-Mer, The Elms, Marble House, Rosecliff, Green Animals, Kingscote, Chepstow and Isaac Bell House.

Important note:  Many properties are open only seasonally. Only 3 properties are open during the winter months. Please check operating schedule to determine which properties will be open when you plan to visit.


All tickets are non-refundable.

 


One Property

This ticket is good for admission to any one Preservation Society property, except The Breakers and Hunter House, subject to operating schedule.


All tickets are non-refundable.


The Breakers Plus

This ticket provides admission to The Breakers and one other Preservation Society property of your choice, excluding Hunter House.  


Please check our operating schedule for further details.


All tickets are non-refundable.
NEWPORT MANSIONS is a registered trademark of The Preservation Society of Newport County. Our tickets should not be presented at any other mansion in Newport except The Breakers, Chateau-sur-Mer, Chepstow, The Elms, Green Animals Topiary Garden, Hunter House, Isaac Bell House, Kingscote, Marble House, and Rosecliff.