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Welcome to Tranquil Lake Nursery |
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About Tranquil Lake NurseryBackgroundTranquil Lake Nursery is the largest grower of daylilies and Siberian and Japanese Iris in the northeastern United States. Every year, over 15,000 catalogs are sent to our customers throughout the world. Visitors are always welcome to stroll through the display gardens and more than 10 acres of growing fields. It's a wonderful opportunity to pick out favorite colors, shapes and sizes from the more than 2,500 cultivars of daylilies and 200 cultivars each of Siberian and Japanese Iris Tranquil Lake Nursery is one of the seventeen test sites selected by the All American Daylily Selection Council. Daylilies are tested to select those cultivars that will perform best for home gardeners and commercial growers. Tranquil Lake Nursery is also a Regional Daylily Display Garden for the American Hemerocallis (daylily) Society. The regional display gardens provide opportunities for gardeners to see large numbers of daylily hybrids near their own garden growing under similar climatic conditions. Among our more than 2,500 daylilies are the latest introductions as well as the best of the older cultivars. Philip Boucher and Warren Leach, owners of Tranquil Lake Nursery since 1986, are both dedicated plantsmen. Phil's expertise is in organizing the field production and managing the nursery operations. Warren, a Landscape horticulturist, creates distinctive and enduring garden designs for customers at their homes and businesses. Come and explore our growing fields, display gardens and perennial sales area. Tranquil Lake Nursery is open daily from May to October, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (We are closed on Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day). Our on-line catalog offers selections from our extensive collection of field-produced daylilies, which is the largest in the Northeast. We also grow a substantial and diverse number of perennials in containers, and these are also available at the nursery. Our nursery gardens display many imaginative perennial combinations that are low-maintenance, drought-tolerant and offer a long-season of bloom. We offer many lectures on weekends in the spring and the fall, and tour groups are always welcome. Call or write for more information, or to make a tour reservation. From Providence and the West: Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth is located about 8 miles due east of Providence, Rhode Island on Route 44. To reach us take Route 195 EASTBOUND out of Providence. Stay on Route 195 to exit #1 in MASSACHUSETTS, not in Rhode Island. A large "Raymour and Flanagans" furniture store on the right is your landmark. Go left off the ramp onto Route 114A northbound. Stay on 114A until it intersects with Route 44. Go right, eastbound, on Route 44 (approximately 3.7) miles to Winthrop Commons on your left and Rehoboth Recreation Center on the Right. Take an immediate left onto River Street. Come up to a stop sign, and go stright across continuing on River Street. The nursery is located about 1/3 mile further on the right. Look for our sign. During bloom season the fields of flowers light the way. ay. From Fall River and the Cape: Take Route 195 West to Exit 3 in Massachusetts ( Swansea Mall Route 118). make a left at the top of the ramp onto Route 118 and then a left at the first light onto Route 118 north. Take Route 118 north (following it through all its twist and turns to Route 44. Make a left turn onto Route 44, travelling west towards Providence. Go 1 and 1/2 miles and take a right onto Danforth Street (the first four-way intersection). River Street is the first left off of Danforth Street. Tranquil lake Nursery is the fourth driveway on the left. From Boston and North: Take Route 95 south to exit 5 (Route 152 Attleboro). Take a left turn off the ramp and then a right turn onto Route 152. Follow Route 152 for a little more than a mile and a half to a traffic light in the center of Attleboro. Turn left onto Route 118 south. Follow Route 118 south for approximately 8 miles until the traffic lights at Route 44. Turn right onto Route 44. Go 1 and 1/2 miles and take a right onto Danforth Street. River Street is the first left off of Danforth Street. Tranquil lake Nursery is the fourth driveway on the left. Daylilies- mid-May to October. Peak about July 20th Our AddressTranquil Lake Nursery, Inc. |