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Beardsley Zoological Gardens - http://www.beardsleyzoo.org/
52 acre facility offering wildflower beds, natural ponds, green trails and hummingbird gardens. |
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Connecticut College Arboretum - http://arboretum.conncoll.edu/
Public space that also serves as a living laboratory for degree programs at the college. Information includes programs, publications and plant collections. |
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Bartlett Arboretum - http://www.bartlettarboretum.org/
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. |
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Hill-Stead Museum - http://www.hillstead.org/
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. |
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Bushnell Park - http://www.bushnellpark.org/
America's first public park provides its history and information on programs, historical monuments and notable trees in the park. |
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Elizabeth Park - http://www.elizabethpark.org/
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the park features a two and one-half acre rose garden with 800 varieties of roses. Calendar of workshops and events, gallery of photos from the park, map and driving directions. |
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Highstead Arboretum - http://www.highsteadarboretum.org/
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. |
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The Glebe House Museum and The Gertrude Jekyll Garden - http://theglebehouse.org/
Birthplace of the Episcopal Church in the New World and graced by the only extant American garden planned by England's most venerated designer. Located in Woodbury. |
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Sundial Gardens - http://www.sundialgardens.com/
Formal gardens include a pleached pear arbor, topiary garden and a knot garden. Also offers a tea house and gift shop. Located in Higganum. |
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Caprilands Herb Farm - http://www.caprilands.com/
Herb gardens, bookstore, greenhouse, gift shop and afternoon teas. |
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Bates-Scofield House - http://historical.darien.org/
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. |
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Stone-Otis House Herb Garden - http://www.orangehistory.org/herb_garden.html
Culinary, medicinal and household herbs from the 19th century located at historic house museum in Orange. |
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Hartford Botanical Garden - http://www.hartfordbotanicalgarden.org/
Information on 18-acre site in Colt Park, Hartford, proposed to be developed into a botanic garden. |
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Lee Memorial Garden - http://www.gardencenterofnewcanaan.org/leegarden.htm
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. |
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Harkness Memorial State Park - http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325214&depnav_gid=1650
Mansion and gardens in Waterford. Visitor information and brief history. |