Fairfield County, CT Open Day

Fairfield County, CT Open Day

Sun, Jun 6, 2021

As the pandemic continues to evolve, please observe these new procedures and help us ensure a safe, contactless, and seamless garden experience for all visitors as well as our generous garden hosts:

  • Pre-registration is REQUIRED for each garden. Pre-register by clicking on each garden listed below that you want to visit. Children under 12 are free and do not need to be pre-registered if accompanied by pre-registered adult.
  • Capacity is limited. Sorry, no walk-ins allowed; no paper tickets or cash payments will be accepted on-site.
  • Masks are required and social distancing is expected at all in-person events.

For more details about these changes for this season, see the 2021 Open Days Q&A.


Also happening on this day: 
DIGGING DEEPER program, June 6, 3 to 5 p.m., Change and Continuity: The Evolution of a Garden, with Cindy Shumate. Click on the name of the program above for more information and to register. Registration for this Digging Deeper program includes admission to Prospect Gardens Westport on this Open Day.


  • Sleepy Cat Farm
    Sleepy Cat Farm

    The thirteen acres of Sleepy Cat Farm have evolved over the last 25 years in close collaboration between the present owner and Virginia-based landscape architect Charles J. Stick...

  • Garden of Kathryn Herman
    Garden of Kathryn Herman

    Part of the original Pepperidge Farm estate, the gardens, created by landscape designer Kathryn Herman, surround the charming 1920s groom’s cottage…

  • Inwood Cottage Garden
    Inwood Cottage Garden

    We use native plant material, including perennials, evergreens, and deciduous plants to add seasonal variety and texture…

  • Prospect Gardens Westport
    Prospect Gardens Westport

    Prospect Gardens Westport dates back to the 1874 original Victorian farmhouse and surrounding acres of the Wakeman onion farm.

  • Blau House & Gardens
    Blau House & Gardens

    These two acres of formal and informal gardens were developed over 50 years by Barry Blau and include many mature specimens, especially rhododendron groves planted below towering oaks and surrounding a Mid-century Modern house…

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