Friday, June 10, 2011

Sites Around the State Series – Jessica’s Garden

Back in the spring I bought a groupon for a place called Jessica’s Garden in Marlborough, CT. I knew it was a bit of a drive for us, but also knew that with my love of gardens it was certainly something I would get good use of. I waited until after Memorial day and then took the girls with me to go pick out some flowers. Little did we know it was so much more than a garden nursery! It was a fun filled destination!

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Jessica’s Garden sells ALL sorts of perennials, annuals, shrubs, trees, statues, garden decor, plant food, vegetable plants, herbs, mulch, etc, etc, etc … and the gardens were absolutely STUNNING! All around the shopping areas were all sorts of neat and interesting touches – little statues, metal animal sculptures, ceramic painted mushrooms, etc. It was so neat just to wander and try to take it all in! And everything you see can be bought!

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The next thing that was really cool was this rope swing. The girls had SO MUCH FUN on it and never wanted to leave!

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They also have a lobster and ice cream shack where they serve all sorts of lunch foods and a HUGE list of yummy, farm-fresh ice cream! The girls had ‘Dirty barn Shoes’ ice cream {and I sampled some of theirs!} and it was SO delicious!

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Also on the property is this cute little fish pond. Around the whole pond are picnic tables, flowers, statues and other decorations. It was such a pretty setting! We sat for a while and enjoyed the beautiful day {and our ice cream!}

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They also have a large fire pit area where they host bonfires on Friday and Saturday nights.

The girls had so much fun helping me pick out flowers – we could have easily spent $300 there, everything was SO gorgeous!

If you’re interested in more info, you can check out their website … it’s located on RT. 66 in Marlborough, just a mile or two off of RT. 2.

http://www.jessicasgarden.net

1 comment:

Lora @ my blessed life said...

Love your pics! What a fun place to visit!