Open Gardens
Maple Hill Pollinator Garden
10:00 AM- 2:00 PM
701 Maple Hill Rd, Guilford, CT 06437
Garden is on a residential street. Parking on side of the road or in driveway.
Admission: Free
This is a great example of how one can convert a front lawn into a pollinator garden. The garden is two years old but completely blooming and buzzing like crazy. Come see the monarchs and the milkweed, mountain mint, bee balm, coreopsis and many more. Over 90 species of native plants on the property.
There will be an educational component at this garden. Come learn all about monarch butterflies and what you can do to help them survive.
Huge Native Plant Sale! Over 30 different species. Small and large potted plants. Landscape plugs, too! Click here for the inventory!
Artist's Garden
10:00 AM
2:00 PM
19 Hazel Rd, Guilford, CT 06437
The garden location is near the golf course and Guilford Lakes School. Parking is available on the road or at the school.
Admission: Free
Visit the Artist's Garden with a meadow-like front yard brimming with flowers; transition through the shade garden to a backyard with vegetable and flower gardens. All grass was removed to maximize additional pollinator plantings. Learn about ways we can all help the bees survive. Visit the tent for the Save the Bees project!
Robin's bee yard
10:00 AM-2:00 PM
579 Lake Dr, Guilford, CT 06437
Front yard along street
Admission: Free
A front lawn conversion to a Pollinator Garden. When we bought our home in 2016 this area was a lawn. Then I started keeping my bees down there and added a small wildflower patch, then at the end of 2019 when I decided to relocate the bees, I started turning the remaining area into a larger pollinator garden including native bushes and trees that also feed the birds... My goal is to provide a variety of native plants to host many different butterflies and birds...so there are violet patches for the fritillary butterflies and pokeberry stands for the cardinals.. it is a wild work in progress! I also have been adding natives to the existing gardens in my back yard- so you can tour that too..natives will be labeled.
Brand New Sun and Shade Pollinator-Friendly Yard
Saturday, June 25, 2022
10:00 AM- 2:00 PM
205 State St, Guilford, CT 06437
A block from the historic Guilford Green. Park on street.
Admission: Free
Come see a conversion in process! There are four areas of this property that are being converted to native pollinator gardens. Lawn has been smothered, invasive English ivy has been pulled and box woods have been banished! See what 1,000 native plugs look like in the nascent stages. Plants include swamp milkweed, butterfly milkweed, bee balm, rose mallow, mountain mint, yarrow, zig zag goldenrod, giant blue hyssop and many more.
In addition, check out the native wildflower meadow to-be and the growing shade garden.
Guilford Community Garden
Saturday, June 25, 2022
10:00 AM- 2:00 PM
171 3 Mile Course, Guilford, CT 06437
Located on grounds of historic Medad Stone Tavern
Admission: Free
Although this is not a converted front lawn, this community garden reminds visitors of the crucial connection between pollinators and the food we eat. A rare opportunity to visit this property. To visit the community garden, please park at Cox Elementary and walk to the driveway at the Medad Stone Tavern. The garden is behind the tavern.
Plant sale hosted by CPEN- UrbanScapes Native Plant Nursery, a nonprofit New Haven, organization that turns urban vacant lots into native plant gardens.
Sarah's Sunrise Garden
69 Davis Drive, Guilford
Saturday, June 25, 2022
10:00 AM-2:00 PM
Admission: Free
Come see a beautiful transformation in process. Last summer and fall, Sarah converted a large portion of her front lawn into a pollinator-friendly native plant habitat. If you live in a neighborhood with lots of lawns, this will give you a great idea of what an alternative can look like. Many different straight species in the front yard as well as in the additional backyard gardens. Sarah will be onsite to answer your questions. Parking on the street.