Connecticut’s Historic Gardens
Eleven unique sites offer visitors beauty and variety



Bellamy-Ferriday
House & Garden
9 Main Street North
Bethlehem, CT
Antique-filled house, 1915 formal garden, historic orchard and barns on a four-acre property. See additional information: http://www.hartnet.org/als/alsprop.html#bell


Butler-McCook
House & Garden
396 Main Street
Hartford, CT
1782 family homestead with garden oasis designed by Jacob Weidenmann in 1865. See additional information: http://www.hartnet.org/als/alsprop.html#butl


Florence Griswold Museum
96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT

National Historic Landmark with gardens, riverfront gallery and renowned American art collection. See additional information: http://www.flogris.org/


Glebe House Museum &
The Gertrude Jekyll Garden
49 Hollow Road
Woodbury, CT
1750 farm house with 1926 English-style perennial garden, stone terrace and intimate rose alley. See additional information: http://www.theglebehouse.org/


Harkness Memorial State Park
275 Great Neck Road
Waterford, CT

300+ acres along Long Island Sound. Italianate mansion and Beatrix Farrand-designed formal gardens. See additional information: http://www.harkness.org/


Hill-Stead Museum
35 Mountain Road
Farmington, CT
National Historic Landmark, French Impressionist paintings and Farrand-designed garden on 152 acres. See additional information: http://www.hillstead.org/


Osborne Homestead Museum and
Kellogg Environmental Center
500 Hawthorne Avenue
Derby, CT
Colonial Revival-style estate, formal gardens, with a large rose garden, rock garden, ornamental shrubs and flowering trees. See also: http://www.dep.state.ct.us/educ/kellogg/


Promisek/Beatrix Farrand Garden
at Three Rivers Farm
694 Skyline Road
Bridgewater, CT
1921 Beatrix Farrand garden on 300 acres at the convergence of the Shepaug and Housatonic Rivers. See additional information: http://www.promisek.org/


Roseland Cottage, Bowen House
Route 169
Woodstock, CT

National Historic Landmark with parterre garden inspired by landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing. See additional information: http://www.historicnewengland.org/


Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum
211 Main Street
Wethersfield, CT

Three 18th-century houses with Colonial Revival garden showcasing distinctive old-fashioned flowers. See additional information: http://www.webb-deane-stevens.org/


Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
77 Forest Street
Hartford, CT
Historic house in the Nook Farm neighborhood with lush, compact Victorian gardens. See additional information: http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/