The display gardens are filled with colorful sweeps of annuals, perennials, and container plantings. In early spring a colorful display of Daffodils and Tulips in the thousands will greet you. As the season gets started, drifts of perennials share the spotlight with distinct combinations of flowering shrubs and companion plants to provide successful planting schemes for you to try at home. As you continue to stroll the grounds, we hope you’ll draw inspiration from our 280-foot Lloyd Border; the Rose Garden, which showcases a wide variety of Roses and their preferred companion plants; a shady nook with spring ephemerals and Peonies; borders featuring plants to attract pollinators; numerous legacy tree specimens, and a greenhouse showcasing a midsummer display of treasured Blackmore & Langdon Begonias. Discover the joys and benefits of gardening while enjoying a stroll around the grounds with family and friends.

The house on the north side of Esthers Lane was a barn when two New York City writers, William Harris and Jane Grant, purchased the 1⅓-acre lot upon which it sat in the late 1930s. These industrious weekenders wasted no time in renovating the barn into a country residence. They then turned their energies to the landscape. Initially, all they wanted was a proper lawn and a small garden to supply cut flowers. But for Harris and Grant, as they preferred to be called, their avocation soon became an obsession, and before long they started a plant nursery. White Flower Farm takes its name from their first perennial border, the all-white garden known as the Moon Garden, which still occupies its original site. Elsewhere on the property are now several other gardens and attractions, which have been developed under the ownership of the Wadsworth family, owners of White Flower Farm since 1975. Visitors are invited to stroll the White Flower Farm Display Gardens during store hours. Below is a brief summary of what you’ll see.

Note: Many of our staff members are dog lovers, but we regret that dogs are not welcome on farm property, which includes the store, the parking areas, and the display gardens. Thank you for your consideration.

We've created a self-guided walking tour to highlight the grounds and gardens and give a bit of insight into the history and operation of the nursery. The numbered stops on the map begin at the main parking lot and end at the retail store.