Wine & Roses
Lovers of wine and roses will find both in abundance in Connecticut. Treat yourself and a loved one to a weekend filled with the aromas of grapes and flowers. This bud's for you!
- Spring
- Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden
- Haight-Brown Vineyard
- Litchfield Hills
- Elizabeth Park
Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden, Bethlehem
Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden
Start your excursion at the Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden in Bethlehem. The antique-filled 1754 landmark (once home to Bethlehem’s first minister) has a formal parterre garden with roses, peonies and lilacs.
Visit White Flower Farm in Litchfield. The family-owned mail-order nursery maintains five acres of display gardens that are open to the public (of interest is a 280-foot Lloyd Border designed by Fergus Garrett, a long-time associate of the late Christopher Lloyd at Great Dixter in Sussex, England).
Haight-Brown Vineyard
Sample wine and take a tour at Haight-Brown Vineyard in Litchfield, one of many stops through Connecticut Wine Country.
Town of Litchfield, Litchfield
Litchfield Hills
Stay at a bed and breakfast with a beautiful garden. Choices include the Litchfield Inn in Litchfield and The Windemere B&B in New Preston offers a peacefull setting.
Elizabeth Park Rose Gardens, Hartford
Elizabeth Park
Take a drive over to the Farmington Valley to Elizabeth Park in Hartford, Connecticut. The park is home to oldest municipally operated rose garden in the country, with two-and-a-half acres of 800 rose varieties, totaling 15,000 plants.
Stroll to the Pond House Café, an American restaurant with an outdoor patio, for a memorable meal within the park. Bring a bottle of wine and enjoy the view.
