Descriptions, photos, and information about gardens in Connecticut that are routinely open to the public, regardless of whether or not they are publicly or privately owned.
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- Bartlett Arboretum 91-acre nature preserve located in North Stamford, open year-round to visitors and students of natural history and horticulture. Includes information on walking tours, trails and habitats, and notable trees.
- Connecticut College Arboretum Public space that also serves as a living laboratory for degree programs at the college. Information includes programs, publications and plant collections.
- Bushnell Park America's first public park provides its history and information on programs, historical monuments and notable trees in the park.
- Hill-Stead Museum Art museum in a restored home containing collections of French Impressionist masterpieces. Set on a 152-acre hilltop estate, the museum grounds contain formal gardens and woodland walking trails. Located in Farmington.
- Sundial Gardens Formal gardens include a pleached pear arbor, topiary garden and a knot garden. Also offers a tea house and gift shop. Located in Higganum.
- Edgerton Park Conservancy 18th century English style landscape garden emphasizing open space located in New Haven.
- Keeler Tavern Museum & Garden House Formal garden with brick walls, arched pathways and a reflecting pool with fountain.
- Roseland Cottage The two-acres surrounding this 1846 Gothic Revival summer retreat in Woodstock feature the only boxwood garden of its kind in the region. A parterre garden, set out in 1850, is the centerpiece of the landscape.
- Connecticut's Historic Gardens Photos and information on gardens maintained at historic sites around the state.
- Garden of Ideas Eight acres of marsh, woodland, meadow and vegetable plots located in Ridgefield.
- Lee Memorial Garden Woodland garden in New Canaan featuring spring blooming bulbs, ephemerals, ferns, herbaceous plants, and a collection of specimen azaleas and rhododendrons. Information about plant collections and visiting.
- Hart House Gardens Herb and other gardens at Saybrook historic house museum.
- Marsh Botanical Garden at Yale University News, events calendar and information that is located at the north end of the Yale University campus in New Haven.
- Connecticut Gardens Statewide listing provided by ilovegardens.com.
- Hollister House Garden Classic English garden with loosely formal structure and informal plantings. Located in Washington in the Litchfield hills.
- Wickham Park Gardens Includes an English and a Scottish garden, Italian shrine, Oriental garden, a cabin garden, lotus and wetland gardens, and a rhododendron garden. Located in Manchester.
- Bates-Scofield House Darien historical home includes an herb garden with over 30 varieties of herbs used during the 18th century and over 20 varieties of historical roses.
- Harkness Memorial State Park Mansion and gardens in Waterford. Visitor information and brief history.
- Highstead Thirty-six acres of woodland, meadow, wetland and ledge in Redding, and home to special collections of mountain laurel and deciduous azaleas, as well as an herbarium and reference library.
- Beardsley Zoological Gardens 52 acre facility offering wildflower beds, natural ponds, green trails and hummingbird gardens.