About Us
Kasha and David Furman founded Cricket Hill Garden in 1989, with a focus on Chinese tree peonies. It was one of the first nurseries in the United States to sell true-to-name varieties of these rare plants.
"Unpacking was the easy part." David, Daniel and Michael Furman with a shipment of tree peonies from China, cira 1996. These plants formed the basis of the tree peony collection which we use to propagate new stock.
Over the last 25 years, we transformed a rocky, wooded hillside into a 6 acre peony display garden we call Peony Heaven. We have trialed over 500 different cultivars of tree, herbaceous and intersectional (Itoh) hybrid peonies. Today, the cultivars we select to propagate and offer for sale are those which are outstanding in hardiness, vigor, color, form or fragrance.
In 2010, Dan Furman, Kasha and David’s son joined the business. Together we have worked to increase Cricket Hill Garden's yearly peony propagation program. In the past few years, Dan has taken the lead in diversifying Cricket Hill Garden's offerings to include hardy fruit trees and berries for edible landscaping. In the fall of 2013, we planted a demonstration orchard with Asian pears, pawpaws, persimmons, quinces, heirloom apples and medlars. Our goal is to select and propagate the best varieties and help educate fellow gardeners about these beautiful and useful fruiting plants.
We are a small company and take pride in the plants we sell. All of our plants are grown without the use of any synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides. We believe that beautiful flowers and delicious fruit should be grown naturally.
We enjoy sharing the beauty of the garden in bloom and we welcome hundreds of visitors every May and June. We enjoy meeting you ALL. Our work continues because of you, our loyal customers. Thank you!
We welcome your emails and phone calls.
Dan@crickethillgarden.com , info@crickethillgarden.com tel. 860-283-9393
Kasha Furman with the 'Monitor of the Palace at Sunrise.'
Dan Furman knows a good peony when he smells one.
When he's not keeping the water supply clean, Mike Furman helps out at the nursery.