Looking for the most beautiful flower gardens to explore with the kids this spring? We have a list of five great places in Connecticut to see the spring blooms!
Colorblends House and Spring Garden
893 Clinton Avenue, Bridgeport
The Colorblends Spring Garden is open April 1 – May 7, 2023, seven days a week, dawn to dusk. stroll through an evolving display of color as snowdrops, crocuses, daffodils, tulips and other spring-flowering bulbs come into bloom.
About the Olive W. and George S. Lee Memorial Garden
89 Chichester Road, New Canaan
Lee Memorial Garden has narrow meandering paths are edged with spring-blooming bulbs, ephemerals, ferns, herbaceous plants, an extensive collection of specimen azaleas and rhododendrons.
Wicked Tulips Flower Farm
382 Route 164, Preston, CT
Each spring, Wicked Tulips Flower Farm opens during peak bloom times for ticketed guests to gaze, walk and pick tulips to take home!
Explore Mystic before or after, which is around half an hour away! Click here for activity ideas!
Elizabeth Park Conservancy, Robert A. Prill Annual Garden
1561 Asylum Avenue, West Hartford
This garden does double duty as the Tulip Garden for a spring show and the Annual Garden for summer and fall. When the tulips are gone, the Annual Garden is planted.
Hollister House Garden
300 Nettleton Hollow Road, Washington
The garden opens for the season on Friday, April 21, 2023 with visiting hours Wednesdays, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Thursdays, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. (June 1- August 31 only), Fridays 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Make this a date day or moms’ day out by visiting the Mayflower Inn & Spa before or after!