Lectures & Events
The White Flower Farm Store & Display Gardens are open for the season.
Each year, White Flower Farm hosts a series of guided garden tours, talks, activities, and other special events featuring staff members and notable guests. You'll have fun learning, talking with White Flower Farm staff, strolling our display gardens, shopping from a special selection of plants, garden tools, and gifts, and visiting scenic northwestern Connecticut. All talks are held rain or shine at our retail store on Route 63 in Morris, CT. Registration requests and fees are noted for each event.
Street Address: 167 Litchfield Road, Morris, CT 06763
Location: On Route 63, 3.5 miles south of the center of Litchfield, CT
Phone: 860-567-8789
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Come visit the farm and take a guided tour of our display gardens with head gardener Cheryl Karpeichik and White Flower Farm owner Eliot Wadsworth. Discover how we trial and select the plants we offer to customers, see what’s percolating in the gardens, and take home a few ideas to explore further in your own landscape. These casual tours are fun opportunities to ask questions, hear a bit about White Flower Farm and the nursery business, and to learn from Cheryl, who is among the wisest and most experienced temperate-climate gardeners we know.
Free event. Registration is required.
Come mid-July, our perennial borders are in full bloom and the gardens are exhibiting the vibrant color and energy of high summer. Mid-July is also when our display of Blackmore & Langdon Tuberous Begonias is at its very best. Our relationship with England’s Blackmore & Langdon extends back to the early days of White Flower Farm and we are honored to be the sole American retailers and exhibitors of these spectacular plants. Our Begonia House alone is worth the trip, but we’ll also stroll the outdoor display gardens and talk shop. Please note: This Garden Walk will be led only by head gardener Cheryl Karpeichik and will not include WFF owner Eliot Wadsworth.
Free event. Registration is required.
It’s a truism in the garden center business that foot traffic slows to a trickle after the busy spring planting season. We experience this phenomenon at WFF and it’s a shame, as our display gardens are designed to deliver a long season of interest. Indeed, our 280’ long Lloyd Border (named after the master English plantsman Christopher Lloyd) looks its beefiest and best in the fall and this Garden Walk will focus on how this border merges long-term cornerstone plantings with short-term nips and tucks. We’ll also have a look at our delightful and extensive Dahlia display and see lots of colorful annuals pushing hard as gardening season enters its home stretch.
Free event. Registration is required.
In mid-June, our Roses & Friends garden is at its riotous peak and this Garden Walk focuses on Roses and the companion plantings we enjoy experimenting with every season. We’ll also visit our other gardens and discuss, among other things, how we use annuals and tender perennials as seasonal highlights that can easily change from year to year.
Free event. Registration is required.
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Dahlias reward a season of attentive care with spectacular blooms. Now it’s time to preserve your favorites for the seasons ahead. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to dig, divide, and store tubers, with personalized guidance from our knowledgeable team. Attendees will have the unique opportunity to browse our extensive Dahlia patch and select favorite varieties to dig and divide. We’ll share end-of-season reflections, exchange practical tips, and celebrate the beauty and satisfaction that Dahlias bring to gardeners and bouquet-makers.
Free event. Registration is required.
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