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Informational Resources for Connecticut Gardeners

Planted January 1, 2000
Last tended to on October 19, 2024
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University of Connecticut Extension & Outreach

Recommended Books:

• “The New England Gardener’s Year: A Month-by-Month Guide for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Upstate New York,” by Reeser Manley. Gardeners will find advice and photos for adapting to any microclimate or situation including shade; wet soil; coastal landscapes; container, raised-bed, and extended-season gardening; and much more. Its photo-essay tours of outstanding owner-maintained gardens throughout New England, its focus on organic methods and native plants, and its guidance on integrating gardens of every variety into their surrounding landscapes.

• “Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long, 2nd Edition,” by Eliot Coleman. If you love the joys of eating home-garden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you. Eliot Coleman introduces the surprising fact that most of the United States has more winter sunshine than the south of France. He shows how North American gardeners can successfully use that sun to raise a wide variety of traditional winter vegetables in backyard cold frames and plastic covered tunnel greenhouses without supplementary heat.

• “Fresh from the Garden: An Organic Guide to Growing Vegetables, Berries, and Herbs in Cold Climates,” by John Whitman. Fresh is simply best. To get the tastiest, most nutritious produce, you have to grow your own, and in a cold climate this presents unique challenges. Fresh from the Garden will help you extend the growing season to produce the best vegetables, berries, and herbs, right in your own backyard. The guide includes more than 150 edible plants and helps you decide which varieties to choose; where and how to plant, tend, and harvest them; and what to do with your bounty. Fresh from the Garden is a clear, concise (yet comprehensive) guide, with nutrition information tables and hundreds of helpful color photographs. A gardening text book!

Organizations:

• The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc.
• Connecticut Horticultural Society
• Connecticut Master Gardener Association
• Connecticut Community Gardening Association

Places to Visit:

• Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens – 151 Brookdale Road, Stamford, CT 06903
• Butler McCook House and Garden – 394 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103
• Connecticut College Arboretum – 270 Mohegan Avenue, Box 5201, New London, CT 06320
• Dinosaur State Park Arboretum – 400 West Street, Rocky Hill, CT 06067
• Fairfield Nature Center – Audubon Society of Connecticut, 2325 Burr Street, Fairfield, CT 06430
• General William Hart House – 350 Main Street, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
• Glebe House Museum and Gertrude Jekyll Garden – Hollow Road, Woodbury, CT 06798
• Harriet Beecher Stowe House – 77 Forest Street, Hartford, CT 06105
• Noah Webster House – 227 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107
• Simsbury Historical Society Gardens – 800 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT 06070
• Webb Deane Stevens Museum – 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT 06109

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