A special event designed to showcase the town’s many natural and cultural offerings.
Garden, Nature, Outdoor activity
When the owners, both garden designers, acquired the house and garden next door, they decided to use the intervening woodland to link the two. Large shrubs and a lawn form a transition from the mature garden surrounding their original house into the woods beyond, where an artful network of pathways and shade plantings leads to […]
Garden, Nature, Outdoor activity
Behind the border of flowering shrubs and trees that lines the roadside, lies an Arts and Crafts-style house and garden built in 1908. With a few liberties, the owners have recreated the original garden designed by Marian Coffin, restoring the small, formal parterre extending south from the house and executing the large double border below […]
Garden, Nature, Outdoor activity
The owners of this mature garden cooperate with their neighbors next door to manage the woodland between them. They have all worked to eliminate invasives, encourage natives and create a series of meandering pathways to connect their spaces. The main garden features a lawn bordered by an array of shrubs and perennials in curving, stone-edged […]
Garden, Nature, Outdoor activity
When the owners, both garden designers, acquired the house and garden next door, they decided to use the intervening woodland to link the two. Large shrubs and a lawn form a transition from the mature garden surrounding their original house into the woods beyond, where an artful network of pathways and shade plantings leads to […]
"Our garden's focus is to feed us, our chickens, our bees and our souls," say the owners. They practice organic methods, remove invasives and embrace a natural feel. At its heart is the kitchen garden they have been developing behind their house, coping with a slope, wet soil and Connecticut's many stones. There are cold […]
Family, Food, Garden, Nature, Workshops & demos
Come and visit the Norfolk Community Garden and meet some of the gardeners. You will see the beds in full summer bloom: children from the Summer Gardening Club have their own two beds where they grow pumpkins, tomatoes, peas, lettuce, kale and more, and we keep beds for the Food Pantry. The Community Garden, sponsored […]
Garden, Nature, Outdoor activity
Behind the border of flowering shrubs and trees that lines the roadside, lies an Arts and Crafts-style house and garden built in 1908. With a few liberties, the owners have recreated the original garden designed by Marian Coffin, restoring the small, formal parterre extending south from the house and executing the large double border below […]