Distant Hill Gardens

Distant Hill Gardens is an environmental and horticultural learning center dedicated to inspiring and empowering children and adults to cultivate an intimate connection to the natural world through education and observation. We offer numerous workshops throughout the year on a range of topics such as Landscaping with Native Plants, Edible Mushroom Id and Tasting, Pruning a Shrub Garden, and Vernal Pools to name but a few. It comprises fifty-eight acres of fertile high country land in the hills five miles east of downtown Walpole, New Hampshire. We hope visitors to Distant Hill will leave with both a better understanding of the vital connections between plants, animals, and humans, and how we can use Earth's resources in a way that strengthens and sustains those connections. Distant Hill Nature Trail is a new addition to Distant Hill Gardens. It is a 3/4 mile long accessible network of hard-packed gravel trails that wind through the 21 acres of Distant Hill located in Alstead, NH. While Distant Hill Gardens is only open to the public on the first Saturday and Sunday of the month, May through October, and for special events, Distant Hill Nature Trail is open daily year-round.