CtVisit.com (Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism) writes that the Hill-Stead Museum’s Sunken Garden in Farmington, Conn., is a haven for new flowers blooming throughout the spring.

At the Hill-Stead Sunken Garden,, you’ll find, for starters, English Primroses in early April, Johnny-Jump-Ups in May and Coral Bells Coral Bells in late May. Also, be sure to check out events like the annual May Market, scheduled for May 6 and 7. More than 50 home and garden vendors will be on hand at the May Market to offer demonstrations and lectures on garden care, as well as horticulturalists and master gardeners.

The Hill-Stead Museum is a National Historic Landmark, that “develops, preserves, documents, displays and interprets its exceptional Impressionist paintings, 1901 historic house, collections and 152-acre landscape for the benefit of present and future generations.”

We recommend logging onto CtVisit.com for more event listings, as well as th many other attractions and destination that make this New England state so special. For more information on the Hill-Stead, including admission and hours, visit its Museum Web Site.

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