The Trustees: Spring BloomFest at Stephens-Coolidge House & Gardens

Back in May 2026, I returned once again to Stephens-Coolidge House & Gardens, managed by the Trustees of Reservations in North Andover, MA for a fun, festive event: Spring BloomFest. Having gone to Winterlights in December 2024 and a regular day trip in September 2025, I had already learned much about the house and gardens, which can be covered in those blog posts. After some deliberation on how to describe this beautiful adventure, I decided to write a brief explanation and then share a photo gallery at the end.

This garden was able to be restored thanks to meticulous records kept by its former owners, Helen Granger Stevens Coolidge and John Coolidge. The gardens were originally designed by famed architect Joseph Everett Chandler who specialized in the colonial revival style and also worked on the house. The garden has since undergone several renovations, including an addition designed by Louisa Bancroft Stevens (unrelated to the other Stevenses) for Gertrude Maud Stevens Kunhardt (older sister of Helen) in 1907, oversimplification in the 1970s, a replanting of roses in 1990, a full garden restoration in 1999, and a perennial garden renovation in 2013, and the latest rose garden restoration in 2018. Spring BloomFest takes place during a long weekend at the end of April at the beginning of May when the restored gardens are in bloom. The grounds are open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 for nonmember adults, $12 for member adults, $10 for nonmember children, and $6 for member children.

A little man-made pond with a colonial revival style mansion in the background. A garden made of squares with a colonial revival mansion in the background A traditional glass greenhouse from the front
A classic glass greenhouse filled with plants viewed from the side A fountain made from a pretty statue head attached to the wall spitting water into a stone bowl on a pedestal Stone wall with two decorative urns at the top
The corner of a stone wall with pink tulips and a wrought iron gate An orange tulip Rectangular flower beds in front of a colonial revival mansion
Orange tulip amid blue flowers A series of semicircles spanning the gravel path Little blue flowers in several shades of blue.
Four Pink Tulips Wooden fence with hedges and a colonial revival style mansion in the background. Small flowers that are white at the top and dark blue on the bottom with a gradient in between.
A wooden and string structure in a vegetable garden A red brick wall next to the garden that is wavy instead of straight A stone wall surrounding a garden in front of a colonial revival style mansion
Two types of yellow daffodils and little blue flowers right next to a gravel path. A grassy mound in the middle of a field An early 20th century country parlor with comfy furniture and an oil painting of a lady on the wall
Bowl Set and Poodle cutout on the shelf in the kitchen A late 19th century cast iron kitchen stove built into the wall A room decorated in early 20th century style with a black leather chair and photographs hung on the wall
A piano with an undersized keyboard and decorative wood carvings A Chinese horse and rider ceramic on top of a bookshelf Mural of trees and birds at sunset
Furniture and photographs against the wall with an open doorway into another room with furniture A pair of comfy black leather chairs near a fire. A blue banner with the words Spring BloomFest held up by thin ropes covered with triangular little flags in pastel colors
Location: Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens, 153 Chickering Rd, North Andover, MA 01845, USA