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Public Gardens
Some Public Gardens to Visit in Connecticut....
There may be admission fees at these gardens.  

Bethlehem
•The Bellamy-Ferriday House and Garden,
9 Main Street North, PO Box 181  203-266-7596

Bridgeport
•Beardsley Zoological Gardens,
1875 Noble Avenue.  203-330-6046.
www.beardsleyzoo.org

Canton
•Roaring Brook Nature Center
70 Gracey Road, 860-693-0263  
www.roaringbrook.org

Darien
•Bates Scofield House,
45 Old Kings Highway North. 203-655-9233. www.historical.darien.org

Derby
•Osborne Homestead Museum.
500 Hawthorne Avenue. 203-734-2513.

Fairfield
•Larsen Sanctuary of Connecticut Audubon,
2325 Burr Street. 203-259-6305.  www.ctaudubon.org
•Ogden House & Gardens,
1520 Bronson Road.  203-259-1598.
www.fairfieldhs.org

Farmington
•Hill-Stead Museum Gardens,
35 Mountain Road. 860-677-4787. www.hillstead.org

Hamden
•Pardee Rose Garden.
East Rock Park, 180 Park Road. 203-946-8142.  
www.cityofnewhaven.com/Parks

Hartford
•Bushnell Park and Arboretum.  
30 Arbor Street. 860-232-6710.  
www.bushnellpark.org
•Butler McCook House & Garden,
396 Main Street.  860-522-1806
•Harriet Beecher Stowe House.
77 Forest Street.  860-522-9258.
www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org

Higganum
•The Sundial Gardens,
59 Hidden Lake Road.  860-345-4290
www.sundialgardens.com

Litchfield
•Laurel Ridge Foundation,
Wigwam Rd.  860-567-4506

Manchester
•Wickham Park,
1329 West Middle Turnpik. 860-528-0856. www.wickhampark.org

Mystic
•Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center,
109 Pequotsepos Road.  860-536-1216. www.dpnc.org

New Canaan
•New Canaan Nature Center.
144 Oenoke Ridge. 203-966-9577.  
www.newcanaannature.org

New Haven
•Edgerton Park Conservancy,
75 Cliff St. 203-624-9377 or 203-624-8941.  www.edgertonpark.org
• Marsh Botanic Gardens at Yale University.
227 Mansfield Street.  203-432-6320.  www.yale.edu/marshgardens

New London
•Connecticut College Arboretum,
270 Mohegan Avenue. 860-439-5020.
www.arboretum.conncoll.edu

Norwich
• Norwich Memorial Rose Garden.
Mohegan Park, 400 Rockwell Street/Judd Road. 860-823-3791.

Old Lyme
• Florence Griswold Museum.
96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme CT 06371   860-434-5542.   www.florencegriswoldmuseum.org

Old Saybrook
•General William Hart House.
350 Main Street.  860-388-2622.

Redding
•Highstead Arboretum.
127 Lonetown Road.  
203-938-8809.
www.highsteadarboretum.org

Ridgefield
•Keeler Tavern Museum.
132 Main Street. 203-438-5485.
www.keelertavernmuseum.org

Rocky Hill
•Dinosaur State Park Arboretum,
400 West Street.  860-257-7601.  
www.dinosaurstatepark.org

Simsbury
•Phelps Homestead.
800 Hopmeadow Street.  860-658-2500. www.simsburyhistory.org

Stamford
•Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens,
151 Brookdale Road  203-322-6971  
www.bartlettarboretum.org
•Stamford Museum & Nature Center,
39 Scofieldtown Road. 203-322-1646.
www.stamfordmuseum.org

Storrs
•University of Connecticut Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Conservatory and Garden. (Behind the Torrey Life Sciences Building.)  860-486-4052.  www.florawww.eeb.uconn.edu

Stratford
•Boothe Park Wedding Rose Garden,
Main Street/Putney. 203-381-2046.
www.townofstratford.com

Suffield
•Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden,
55 South Main Street.  860-668-0055

Torrington
•Coe Memorial Park Gardens,
South Main and Litchfield Streets. 860-489-2274

Washington
• Hollister House Garden
300 Nettleton Hollow Road, Washington, CT 
The garden of George Schoellkopf and a preservation project of The Garden Conservancy, will be open to visitors every Saturday May through September. 2009 Regular Visiting Hours:  May & September:  10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. June, July and August:  8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
A $3 per person donation is requested for education fund.  Groups are welcomed by special arrangement.  Visit our website www.hollisterhousegarden.org or call 860-868-2200 for more information.

Waterford
•Harkness Mansion & Garden at Harkness Memorial State Park, 275 Great Neck Road.
 860-443-5725

West Hartford
•Elizabeth Park Rose Gardens,
1555 Asylum Ave.  860-231-9443.
www.elizabethpark.org

•Noah Webster House.
227 South Main Street.
860-521-5362.
www.noahwebsterhouse.org

Wethersfield
•Webb Deane Stevens Museum.  
211 Main Street.  860-529-0612.  
www.webb-deane-stevens.org

Woodbury
•Gertrude Jekyll Garden at the Glebe House Museum, 49 Hollow Road.  203-263-2855.
www.theglebehouse.org

Woodstock
•Palmer Arboretum
523 Scenic Rte 169 behind Woodstock Historical Society. There is a link on the Town website: www.townofwoodstock.com, 860-928-5935 ext.320 , email billbrower@charter.net
•Roseland Cottage Grounds.  
556 Route 169. 860-928-4074.
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