The Murray Gardens
Glastonbury, CT
About
This garden is opening twice this season: June 15 and July 13.
This property is a two-acre collection of gardens carved out of a woodland setting punctuated by unusual and native trees. The front yard features three long blooming perennial borders, a hydrangea bed, and a small pond with a weeping maple water sculpture that gently rains all day. Also in front is a bank of Carpet Flower roses, as well as a naturalized woodland garden, where you can enjoy a myriad of shade and woodland plants and sculpture surprises with soft music in the background. The backyard has several gardens built into the pool deck and a formal triangle garden containing ‘Knock Out’ roses, Oriental lilies, and coleus inside a boxwood border. Daylily beds run along an old stone wall beside a large perennial garden and patio. Curved steps ascend from there to a 50-foot rose bed. Finally, the sunken garden features a waterfall running from a little upper pond to the fishpond below, surrounded by a spectacular Heptacodium tree, several large Japanese maples, and a collection of miniature conifers. Watching over the pond is a six-foot frog sitting on a stone bench.
This garden’s estimated size is 2 acres.
2025 Open Days: This garden is opening twice this season: June 15 and July 13.
Hours: 10-4
Registrations are nonrefundable and nontransferable . Open Days are rain or shine events. Click here for FAQs.
Location
The Murray Gardens
Hartford County
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Features
- Water feature
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Nature Friendly
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Photography Allowed
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