Cricket Hill Garden’s Annual Peony Festival
2009
This May 2nd to June
14th, 2009.
Garden hours : Tuesday -
Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm.
Closed Mondays …except
Memorial Day, May 25th,
we are open.
This marks our 20th 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 2nd and 3rd
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.
Celebrating Mother’s
Day Weekend May 8th ,
9th and 10th
Get Mom a peony for a
lasting gift of love and
beauty. Garden
Special- FREE
umbrella with a $75
plant purchase. ( 1
umbrella per customer)
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 Weekend
May 15th- 16th- 17th
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 22 to the 25th
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 29 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 5th to
June 7th
Japanese tree peonies,
late Chinese, American
tree peonies, herbaceous
and intersectional
peonies- all bloomin’
their heads off for you.
Grand Finale Peony
Herbaceous – June 12 to
the 14th
The late bloomers send
us off into summer.
Saturday June 13th-
Connecticut Open House
Day
Plant specials, garden
talks, free lemonade and
cookies.
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
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