Polly Hill was famous for her cultivation of North Tisbury azaleas. Jeanna Shepard

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Polly Hill was an amateur botanist who began work on the West Tisbury farm that is now the arboretum in 1958. Rare trees are set among stone walls, meadows, and fields. Polly Hill grew most of her plants from seed and has introduced over 80 cultivars. Scientists are keeping an eye on a small herbarium at the arboretum to monitor climate change.

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