Northshore magazine showcases the best that the North Shore of Boston, MA has to offer.
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123 The redolence wafting from hundreds of full-blown blooms gives away the 150-year- old garden's breathtaking blowsy presence. P U B L I C G A R D E N S BY ALL DEFINITIONS, NEWBURYPORT IS A CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY. NOT ONLY are the residents chummy, but also the houses hunker cheek by jowl with their neighbors. e Cushing House is no exception. Tucked into a tight grid of side streets, the staid three-story brick building could easily escape your notice as you whiz past. Even on foot, you would probably pass the fenced yard unaware of what lies within, except when the roses are in full blossom. en the redolence wafting from hundreds of full-blown blooms gives away the 150-year-old garden's breathtaking blowsy presence. Remarkably, the perfume that floats from the garden now tended by Newburyport's Museum of Old Newbury is probably not far removed from the fragrance produced by these flower beds in the 1870s. at was the year the Cushings began planting their rose collection, over 50 years into their family's tenancy in the home. The Museum of Old Newbury redefines living history while making the past blossom for visitors. BY Tovah Martin PHOTOGRAPHS BY Kindra Clineff