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Cricket Hill Garden’s Annual Peony Festival 2010

May 1st to June 13th 2010
Garden hours : Tuesday - Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm.
Closed Mondays …except Memorial Day, May 31st we will be open.

2010 marks our 21st year of growing peonies here at Cricket Hill Garden. We have invited people to see the bloom since 1993. Our still expanding display collection of 300 + varieties of peonies begin to bloom in early May. Every week for a period of about 6 weeks, there are different peonies in bloom. The Chinese tree peonies bloom first, followed by the Japanese tree peonies, and then American varieties.

A trip to our garden/nursery will delight you. Our 7-acre garden, is set in a terraced woodland of northwestern Connecticut. Visit us for a great daytrip from all parts of Connecticut, western and central Massachusetts, most parts of New York and New Jersey. Come see the garden and bring home a plant of your own from our selection of potted peonies and East Asian plants. We have many container plants, though not every variety we list on our web site is potted. Many are field grown and we will reserve for fall digging.

Special weekends and bloom times during our celebration of the flowers:

Peony Heaven Opening Weekend: May 1st and 2nd

We’ve worked hard to put hundreds of peonies in pots for you to choose. Specials and limited edition varieties. Open 10 am to 4 pm. The garden bloom is usually limited at this early date, but plant selection is most plentiful.

Celebrating Mother’s Day Weekend May 7th , 8th and 9th
Get Mom a peony for a lasting gift of love and beauty. Many plants tagged on special for this weekend only. Tree peonies will begin to bloom in the warmest parts of the garden. Stroll the garden or sit on a bench to enjoy the flowers.

Celebrating Chinese Tree Peonies Week
May 11th to the16th
See some of our most mature tree peonies in bloom, our Ladies of China reveal their many charms. Cold weather will make them shy, we can never command them to bloom.

The Big Bloom Weekend May 18th to the 23rd
Chinese & Japanese tree peonies, early herbaceous hybrids, and intersectional peonies should all be showing. By this time of the month, we usually have enough warm weather for the flowers to pop.

Fancy Bloomers Peony Party I- May 25th to the 31st
Japanese tree peonies, late Chinese, American tree peonies, herbaceous and intersectional peonies all come to the party.

Fancy Bloomers Peony Party II- June 1st to June 6th
Japanese tree peonies, late Chinese, American tree peonies, herbaceous and intersectional peonies- all bloomin’ their heads off for you.

Grand Finale Peony Herbaceous – June 8th to the 16th
The late bloomers send us off into summer.

The garden will be open for the late herbaceous blooms until about the 20th of June, depending on the weather.

For directions to Cricket Hill Garden click here .

We are located in Thomaston, CT, in the foothills of the Berkshires, northwestern Connecticut. It's a lovely area to visit for an afternoon, a day or a weekend. For where to stay and other places to see near us, go to www.litchfieldhills.com