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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.
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