About Tranquil Lake Nursery
Tranquil Lake Nursery is the largest grower of daylilies and Siberian and Japanese Iris in the northeastern United States. 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.
About the Owners 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.
Nursery Hours
Come and explore our growing fields, display gardens and perennial sales area. Tranquil Lake Nursery is open daily in august 2010 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m Wednesday through Saturday. (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.
Directions 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 straight 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.
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, traveling 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.
Note: The Danforth Street bridge is currently closed, due to the flooding of the Palmer River in March. To get the nursery travelling west on Route 44, pass Danforth Street. Take the next right and then an immediate right at the Stop Sign onto 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.
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.
Note: The Danforth Street bridge is currently closed, due to the flooding of the Palmer River in March. To get the nursery travelling west on Route 44, pass Danforth Street. Take the next right and then an immediate right at the Stop Sign onto 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.
Bloom Season Here
Daylilies- mid-May to October. Peak about July 20th
Siberian Iris - mid-May through June. Peak about June 1st
Japanese Iris - mid-June through July. Peak about July 7th
- Perennial Borders
- Garden Renovations
- Low Maintenance Landscapes
- Residential Design and Planting
Whether your garden design needs are for a new perennial border, reorganization of a small back yard into a garden paradise, transformation of a raw construction site or the renovation of an overgrown landscape, call for expert advise. Landscape Horticulturist Warren Leach is an award-winning garden designer, who combines horticultural savvy with an eye for design detail. He has created distinctive and enduring garden spaces throughout New England -- from small backyard city gardens to elaborate landscape plantings.
Many visitors to Tranquil Lake Nursery admire the display gardens that Warren has created here. If you have a particular trouble spot or are contemplating a new landscape, call Warren for a design consultation.
Tranquil Lake Nursery
45 River Street
Rehoboth, Massachusetts 02769-1395
Phone: 508-252-4002 Fax: 508-252-4740
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