Stroll through the historic Borough of Stonington and experience the beauty hidden beyond its garden gates. Explore waterfront vistas, formal terraced rooms, and enchanted pocket gardens designed in styles ranging from formal to eclectic. The tour will showcase 10 full gardens, with another 3 accessible via guided paths, and a special viewpoint.
An added attraction is a tented Marketplace on Wadawanuck Square featuring a wide variety of vendors offering garden-inspired items, clothing, jewelry, and home decor. You will also find our new cookbook, Nature's Bounty, for sale there.
To celebrate our centennial, and as a part of our Native Plant Project, the club invested in our gardens and transformed them with native plantings. Both the public community gardens and the COMO Children's Learning Garden, an excellent example of regenerative farming, may be enjoyed as a part of the tour.​
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This year, many gardens will feature an on-site educator such as a Master Gardener, horticulturist, or landscape designer, who will share insights and answer questions.
Additionally, plein air artists will be painting in chosen gardens.
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DIRECTIONS
Pick up your tour guide or buy a ticket at the ticket booth located at 20 High Street. See the map link for a visual of the booth's location. Tickets will be managed via a guest list.
PARKING
Parking
As you drive up to Wadawanuck Square, parking volunteers will direct you to the closest parking lot.
TICKETS
Tickets Purchase & Check-in
Pick up your tour guide or buy a ticket at the ticket booth located at 20 High Street on Wadawanuck Square. See the map link for a visual of the booth's location. Tickets will be managed via a guest list.
CHILDREN
Are children allowed?
Yes. Children 17 and younger must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Strollers and baby carriages are not permitted in the gardens. Children 5 and under do not need a tour ticket. All other children must have a ticket.
SAFETY
Assumption of Risk
Gardens are private properties featuring stairs, uneven terrain, and natural hazards. By purchasing a ticket or participating in the tour, visitors assume all risks and agree to indemnify and hold harmless the homeowners and the Stonington Garden Club from any liability, injury, or loss. Sturdy walking shoes are strongly suggested; we kindly request that no heels be worn.
NON-PROFIT
The Stonington Garden Club
The Stonington Garden Club is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. After expenses are covered, 100% of the tour's proceeds are donated to local, state, and national horticultural environment and conservation causes, projects, and organizations.
