Purchased in 1872, Green Animals Topiary Gardens consists of 7 acres of land, a white clapboard summer residence, farm outbuildings, a pasture and a vegetable garden.

The estate features 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 Topiary Gardens, under the direction of the Preservation Society of Newport County, is the oldest and northernmost topiary garden in the United States.