Litchfield County Open Day
The Garden Conservancy's
OPEN DAYS PROGRAM
Litchfield County Open Day BRIDGEWATER MAYWOOD GARDENS 52 Cooper Road, Bridgewater This private estate features a sunken perennial garden protected by ten-foot stone walls, a gazebo garden planted with flowers and shrubs to attract butterflies and hummingbirds, a rose garden planted in a French pattern design surrounded by a circle of hemlocks, a woodland path populated by mature beech and cherry trees as well as viburnum and rhododendrons, a ledge garden on an exposed hillside, a heather bed, white garden, herb garden, ornamental kitchen garden, and 4,000-square-foot greenhouse.
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Ü From I-84, take Exit 9 and go north on Route 25 towards Brookfield Village. Turn right onto Route 133 East towards Bridgewater. Cross Lake Lillinonah Bridge and take first right onto Wewaka Brook Road. Go 0.75 mile and turn right onto Beach Hill Road to end. Turn right onto Skyline Ridge. Go 0.5 mile and turn right onto Cooper Road. Please park on right across from greenhouse complex.
ROXBURY CASTLEBRAE FARM 34 Rucum Road, Roxbury My garden consists of several borders surrounding an eighteenth-century farmhouse. The planting style is “cottagey,” with a mixture of shrubs, perennials, and annuals with loosely followed themes, such as a blue border and a rose border. As with many gardeners, I have recognized the need to simplify my gardens with
the addition of more shrubs and low-maintenance plants.
2014 | u | I
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Hand crafted in Southern Illinois by Classic Garden Ornaments, Ltd. ®
Ü We are about 4 miles outside of the center of Roxbury, on the corner of Bacon and Rucum Road. Take Route 317 towards Woodbury. Bacon Road is a right turn about midway up the second hill (if you see a tiny airport on right you have gone too far). Follow Route 67 from center of town about 4 miles to Rucum Road. Turn left. Our house is the gray house on the corner. Please enter from the driveway up the hill on Rucum from the house.
WASHINGTON RED MILL FARM 341 Nettleton Hollow Road, Washington
Design: Greenhaven Landscapes Inc., Lake Bluff, Illinois; Photography: Hannah Goering
LITCHFIELD COUNTY
Sunday September 11 | 10a.m. to 4 p.m.
Informal gardens set off an 1840s farmhouse and historic pre-Revolutionary War sawmill. Intimate spaces on changing levels around the house and conservatory, paved with local granite, feature tropical and halfhardy container plants and vines along with roses and perennials. A white garden with flagstone paving filled with plants is surrounded by trellises with roses and clematis. Sweeping lawns drop to the sawmill area, where native plants, wildflowers, and a wet garden border the millpond and waterways. Amble through a new woodland area with its rocky pool.
2014 | I
Ü From I-84, take Exit 15 in Southbury and turn north onto Route 6. Go about 6 miles to traffic light at Route 47, and turn left. Go 4.1 miles, turn right onto Nettleton Hollow Road. Go 1.1 miles and Red Mill Farm is on left; look for a white picket fence.
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Parts of garden are handicapped accessible
2014
Most recent year garden was open
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Gardens opening for first time
Photographs permitted
PUBLIC GARDEN WASHINGTON HOLLISTER HOUSE GARDEN 300 Nettleton Hollow Road, Washington Situated around an eighteenth-century farmhouse in the Litchfield Hills of northwest Connecticut, this romantic country garden features exuberant plantings set in rambling formal structure and is noted for its subtle and sometimes surprising color combinations. Reminiscent of such classic English gardens as Great Dixter and Sissinghurst, the garden is divided into a series of rooms which open to vistas over the garden and out onto the natural landscape beyond. The garden has been a preservation project of the Garden Conservancy since 2005.
2015 | u | I
Hours: May to September, Friday 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$ $5 requested donation. No Open Days admission tickets accepted on September 11 during Garden Study Weekend. Admission on this date is $10 and includes a plant sale.
Ü From I-84, take Exit 15/Southbury. Take Route 6 North through Southbury and Woodbury. Turn left onto Route 47 North. Go 4 miles, past Woodbury Ski Area on left, and turn right onto Nettleton Hollow Road. Go 1.7 miles. Garden is on right. Please park along the road or follow parking signs through the gate.
The Garden Conservancy
is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1989 to save and share America's outstanding gardens for the education and inspiration of the public.
The Open Days Program
began in 1995 as a means of introducing the public to gardening, providing easy access to outstanding examples of design and horticultural practice, and proving that exceptional American gardens are still being created.
www.opendaysprogram.org | toll-free 1-888-842-2442
The Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program www.opendaysprogram.org | P.O. Box 219, Cold Spring, New York, 10516 | T: (845) 424-6502 / F: (845) 424-6501 / Toll-free: 1 (888) 842-2442 | E: [email protected]
OPEN DAYS PROGRAM
Litchfield County Open Day BRIDGEWATER MAYWOOD GARDENS 52 Cooper Road, Bridgewater This private estate features a sunken perennial garden protected by ten-foot stone walls, a gazebo garden planted with flowers and shrubs to attract butterflies and hummingbirds, a rose garden planted in a French pattern design surrounded by a circle of hemlocks, a woodland path populated by mature beech and cherry trees as well as viburnum and rhododendrons, a ledge garden on an exposed hillside, a heather bed, white garden, herb garden, ornamental kitchen garden, and 4,000-square-foot greenhouse.
2015 | u | I
Ü From I-84, take Exit 9 and go north on Route 25 towards Brookfield Village. Turn right onto Route 133 East towards Bridgewater. Cross Lake Lillinonah Bridge and take first right onto Wewaka Brook Road. Go 0.75 mile and turn right onto Beach Hill Road to end. Turn right onto Skyline Ridge. Go 0.5 mile and turn right onto Cooper Road. Please park on right across from greenhouse complex.
ROXBURY CASTLEBRAE FARM 34 Rucum Road, Roxbury My garden consists of several borders surrounding an eighteenth-century farmhouse. The planting style is “cottagey,” with a mixture of shrubs, perennials, and annuals with loosely followed themes, such as a blue border and a rose border. As with many gardeners, I have recognized the need to simplify my gardens with
the addition of more shrubs and low-maintenance plants.
2014 | u | I
L O N G S H A D OW®
. COM
Hand crafted in Southern Illinois by Classic Garden Ornaments, Ltd. ®
Ü We are about 4 miles outside of the center of Roxbury, on the corner of Bacon and Rucum Road. Take Route 317 towards Woodbury. Bacon Road is a right turn about midway up the second hill (if you see a tiny airport on right you have gone too far). Follow Route 67 from center of town about 4 miles to Rucum Road. Turn left. Our house is the gray house on the corner. Please enter from the driveway up the hill on Rucum from the house.
WASHINGTON RED MILL FARM 341 Nettleton Hollow Road, Washington
Design: Greenhaven Landscapes Inc., Lake Bluff, Illinois; Photography: Hannah Goering
LITCHFIELD COUNTY
Sunday September 11 | 10a.m. to 4 p.m.
Informal gardens set off an 1840s farmhouse and historic pre-Revolutionary War sawmill. Intimate spaces on changing levels around the house and conservatory, paved with local granite, feature tropical and halfhardy container plants and vines along with roses and perennials. A white garden with flagstone paving filled with plants is surrounded by trellises with roses and clematis. Sweeping lawns drop to the sawmill area, where native plants, wildflowers, and a wet garden border the millpond and waterways. Amble through a new woodland area with its rocky pool.
2014 | I
Ü From I-84, take Exit 15 in Southbury and turn north onto Route 6. Go about 6 miles to traffic light at Route 47, and turn left. Go 4.1 miles, turn right onto Nettleton Hollow Road. Go 1.1 miles and Red Mill Farm is on left; look for a white picket fence.
u NEW
Parts of garden are handicapped accessible
2014
Most recent year garden was open
I
Gardens opening for first time
Photographs permitted
PUBLIC GARDEN WASHINGTON HOLLISTER HOUSE GARDEN 300 Nettleton Hollow Road, Washington Situated around an eighteenth-century farmhouse in the Litchfield Hills of northwest Connecticut, this romantic country garden features exuberant plantings set in rambling formal structure and is noted for its subtle and sometimes surprising color combinations. Reminiscent of such classic English gardens as Great Dixter and Sissinghurst, the garden is divided into a series of rooms which open to vistas over the garden and out onto the natural landscape beyond. The garden has been a preservation project of the Garden Conservancy since 2005.
2015 | u | I
Hours: May to September, Friday 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$ $5 requested donation. No Open Days admission tickets accepted on September 11 during Garden Study Weekend. Admission on this date is $10 and includes a plant sale.
Ü From I-84, take Exit 15/Southbury. Take Route 6 North through Southbury and Woodbury. Turn left onto Route 47 North. Go 4 miles, past Woodbury Ski Area on left, and turn right onto Nettleton Hollow Road. Go 1.7 miles. Garden is on right. Please park along the road or follow parking signs through the gate.
The Garden Conservancy
is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1989 to save and share America's outstanding gardens for the education and inspiration of the public.
The Open Days Program
began in 1995 as a means of introducing the public to gardening, providing easy access to outstanding examples of design and horticultural practice, and proving that exceptional American gardens are still being created.
www.opendaysprogram.org | toll-free 1-888-842-2442
The Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program www.opendaysprogram.org | P.O. Box 219, Cold Spring, New York, 10516 | T: (845) 424-6502 / F: (845) 424-6501 / Toll-free: 1 (888) 842-2442 | E: [email protected]
