Connecticut Landmarks

Coventry Farmers Market
2024-10-06 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-10-13 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-10-20 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-10-27 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Nathan Hale Homestead, 2299 South St, Coventry, CT, 06238, United States
The Coventry Farmers’ Market on the grounds of the Nathan Hale Homestead is an experience not to be missed. This market carries the tradition of being the largest farmers’ market in the state, featuring some of the best of Connecticut-grown, Connecticut-made products in one of the most unspoiled countryside settings in the state. Each week, the staff of the Homestead will lead a family-friendly activity to connect the history of the site with the theme of the market. Learn more about Farmers’ Market themes here.
Admission to the Nathan Hale Homestead is by regular admission and is not included in the Farmers’ Market program.
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If you have any questions, please contact Site Administrator Anne Marie Charland at hale@ctlandmarks.org or call 860.742.6917.
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The Vexed Visitation: An Immersive Victorian Halloween Tale in Partnership with Escapism Productions
2024-10-12 - 2024-10-26 | Isham-Terry House, 211 High Street, Hartford, CT, 06103, United States
1885 – The residents of Blackwood Lake have received a curious letter from the Widow Whitlock. Mrs. Josephine Whitlock invites you to celebrate the life of the recently deceased Luther Whitlock. As we bid farewell to our dear husband and father, we welcome you to join us at Blackwood Manor as we hold visitation hours. We understand our family has been quite reclusive, but this recently widowed woman and her only child could really use your support at this difficult time. The town is abuzz. Luther Whitlock, the cloistered miser who lived in Blackwood Manor, had a family? Why would a wealthy man who could afford to live anywhere move into a house with such a tragic history? What kind of support is this mysterious family looking for? Come to the visitation to find out what dark and dangerous secrets the Whitlock family are hiding.
Connecticut Landmarks is excited to partner with Escapism Productions at the Isham-Terry House to create an original supernatural story. Come and explore the House and the story in this unique production. We are waiting for you to escape with us.
Special CTL Member ticketing discount is available – promo code will be sent to members via email
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Palmer-Warner Open Tour Saturday
2024-10-12 13:00 - 16:00 | Palmer-Warner House, 307 Town Street, East Haddam, CT, 06423, United States
Experience the home Frederic Palmer and Howard Metzger made together in what they called “the wilds of Connecticut.” Explore the property’s Colonial-era history to understand why Palmer was interested in purchasing the home with his mother in 1936. Learn about the collection of letters and diaries, photographs, historic furnishings, and decorative arts used to reconstruct their lives together. When weather permits, explore the grounds to see the constructed landscape Metzger and Palmer created.
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Advance reservations for tours appreciated, but walk-ups welcome as space permits! Tours leave on the hour; last tour departs at 3:00 pm.
If you have any questions or would like to schedule a tour outside of these hours and dates, please contact Site Administrator Lynette Fisher at palmer.warner@ctlandmarks.org.
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Phelps-Hatheway Open Tour Sunday
2024-10-13 13:00 - 16:00 | Phelps-Hatheway House, 55 S Main St, Suffield, CT, 06078, United States
Step inside the museum to be transported to the 18th and 19th centuries and learn about the lives of those who built, lived in, and preserved the house. Winning submissions from the 2023-2024 Trees for Suffield Photo Contest will be on display in the Visitor’s Center.

During September and October’s Open Tour days, visitors are invited to hear about the history of the home’s original 18th century wallpapers and the current efforts to stabilize them. In the Visitor’s Center, guests of all ages can try their hand at making their own wallpaper using decorative stamps and tempera paint! Regular fees apply to tours, but the wallpaper activity will be held free of charge. Learn more about the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden wallpaper project here.
Suffield native Shem Burbank built a center chimney structure in 1761 where he and his wife Anna Fitch Burbank raised nine children. Although well-appointed for the mid 18th century, the Burbank house reflected conservative trends in design popular for the period. Financial hardship forced Burbank to sell his house to Oliver Phelps in 1788. The youngest of 17 children from neighboring Windsor, CT, Oliver Phelps was apprenticed to a Suffield merchant at an early age. During the Revolution, he skillfully served as Deputy Commissary under George Washington. A budding land speculator after the War, Phelps commissioned the addition of a substantial wing decorated with imported Parisian wallpaper in 1794. From the stylish new rooms, Phelps peddled a vision of American expansion to New Englanders looking for a new life in the west. Phelps’ attempts to sell significant swaths of Seneca Nation land as part of Connecticut’s Western Reserve proved unsuccessful; within a decade, his fortunes had collapsed. Understand the role of Connecticut in the American Revolution, examine colonial era trade and commercial exchange, consider land and real estate speculation and Indigenous people’s land rights, and observe the ways we display wealth and status in our homes.
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Advance registration for tours appreciated, but walk-ups welcome as space permits! House tours leave on the hour; last tour departs at 3 pm.
CTL Members, please sign in to our ticketing system to access your benefits.
If you have any questions, please email phelps.hatheway@ctlandmarks.org or call 860-668-0055.

Walktober: Foraging Connecticut
2024-10-18 10:00 - 11:30 | Nathan Hale Homestead, 2299 South St, Coventry, CT, 06238, United States
This slow-paced walk will explore an 18th-century kitchen garden to show how plants that are considered invasive in a modern garden, and can usually be found growing as wildflowers, were once grown with care for their useful properties. Continue down the Old Road to Norwich into the Nathan Hale State Forest to comb the landscape for edible plant life.
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Presented FREE as part of The Last Green Valley’s Walktober programming. For more information on Walktober events, visit the Last Green Valley website!

There are no guarantees as to what will be growing at the time of the walk. There will be no sampling or tasting of plants. Leashed dogs are welcome.
If you have any questions, please contact Site Administrator Anne Marie Charland at hale@ctlandmarks.org or call 860.742.6917.
CTL Members, sign in to our ticketing system to access your benefits.

Following Death: Cemetery Walk & Talk
2024-10-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Palmer-Warner House, 307 Town Street, East Haddam, CT, 06423, United States
New Englanders have always shown particular care for their dearly departed. Explore the burial customs, traditions, and superstitions around death in the region from colonial times through the 19th century with Dean Massey, an urban planning researcher at a university in Boston. Following Massey’s talk, a short walk to the Warner Cemetery will offer participants the opportunity to closely examine epitaphs and iconography up close, as well as engage in a thoughtful discussion about the rich diversity of New England’s remembrance practices.
Dean Massey lives in Providence, Rhode Island. He has strong ties to Connecticut: he grew up in a small town east of the river filled with historic cemeteries, studied at Connecticut College, and worked at the Connecticut General Assembly. In his spare time, he enjoys visiting house museums, tracking down gravestones by masters like Zerubbabel Collins, and hiking in the woods. He has visited every Connecticut Landmarks property, starting with the Nathan Hale Homestead as a child.
This program will take place at 2 pm and 3 pm.
Interested in touring the Palmer-Warner House? Tours will be held after each session at 3 pm and 4 pm. Tour tickets can be purchased as an add-on to your program tickets through the same event ticketing link.
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If you have any questions, please email palmer.warner@ctlandmarks.org.

Isham-Terry Open Tour Sunday
2024-10-20 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-18 13:00 - 16:00 | Isham-Terry House, 211 High Street, Hartford, CT, 06103, United States
The Isham-Terry House is a time capsule of genteel life in turn-of-the-century Hartford. In 1896, Dr. Oliver Isham purchased the 1854 Italianate house for his medical practice and as a home for himself, his parents and his three sisters. His sisters, Julia and Charlotte, lived in the house until their deaths in the 1970s as urban renewal claimed many of the houses in the once-grand neighborhood. Explore this beloved family home to learn about the booming industries and culture of Hartford in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, understand medical practice and public health at this time, and learn more about the Isham and Terry families through the items they owned.
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Advance registration for tours appreciated, but walk-ups welcome as space permits!
CTL Members, please sign in to our ticketing system to access your benefits.
Can’t make it on an Open Sunday? Tours are also available by advance reservation! If you have any questions, please email isham.terry@ctlandmarks.org.

The Final Act at Home: A Victorian Wake
2024-10-20 14:00 - 15:00 | Isham-Terry House, 211 High Street, Hartford, CT, 06103, United States
Saying good-bye in the Victorian Era was a complicated process. Join this fact-based exploration of a Victorian wake presented in partnership with the researchers and performers at Escapism Productions.
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If you have any questions, please email Assistant Site Administrator Jana Colacino at isham.terry@ctlandmarks.org.
Image: Mira qué bonita era (“Look How Lovely She Was”) by Julio Romero de Torres, 1895
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SOLD OUT! 18th-Century Chocolate Making
2024-11-02 10:00 - 12:30 | Nathan Hale Homestead, 2299 South St, Coventry, CT, 06238, United States
Immerse yourself in 18th-century chocolate-making with Robert Lecce of Pewter Pot Fine Spiced Chocolates. Guests will be invited to enjoy samples of chocolate and hot cocoa. Like what you sampled? Chocolate bars will be available for sale in the Nathan Hale Homestead Museum Store.
10:00 Session SOLD OUT
11:30 Session SOLD OUT

This program is part of the Nathan Hale Homestead’s 18th-Century Living series. Visitors will get a first-hand experience of life in the 18th century. See the full line-up here.
If you have any questions, please contact Site Administrator Anne Marie Charland at hale@ctlandmarks.org or call 860.742.6917.
CTL Members, sign in to our ticketing system to access your benefits.

Revealing Réveillon
2024-11-03 13:00 - 16:00 | Phelps-Hatheway House, 55 S Main St, Suffield, CT, 06078, United States
Toast the start of conservation work with the team working to stabilize the Réveillon wallpaper adorning the Phelps-Hatheway House. Enjoy exclusive access to the expertise of conservators from Studio TKM Associates, who will explain and demonstrate their work caring for the papers. Attendees of this intimate gathering are invited to learn about the house and its residents while imagining the turbulence of the 1790s as two nations attempted to assert their independence—and their identities.
This program will take place at 1 pm and 2:30 pm.
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Proceeds support wallpaper conservation. Learn more about the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden wallpaper project here.
CTL Members, please sign in to our ticketing system to access your benefits.
If you have any questions, please email phelps.hatheway@ctlandmarks.org or call 860-668-0055.

Making Music Together: The Ishams' Parlor Music
2024-11-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Isham-Terry House, 211 High Street, Hartford, CT, 06103, United States
Enjoy an afternoon’s vocal and instrumental performance by Andrew Wilcox (piano) and Mae Czuba (vocals) to hear the late-19th and early-20th century songs that would have filled the Ishams’ parlor, drawing upon the sheet music in the Isham-Terry collection and representing the lives and interests of the household’s amateur musicians. The performers will play music from the collection, and sheet music will be on display during the event.
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If you have any questions, please email Assistant Site Administrator Jana Colacino at isham.terry@ctlandmarks.org.
CTL Members, please sign in to our ticketing system to access your benefits.

Sold Out! Holiday Lantern Tours
2024-12-14 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-12-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Phelps-Hatheway House, 55 S Main St, Suffield, CT, 06078, United States
Suffield’s South Main Street bears a particular charm as the holidays approach. The “grand dames” of this historic thoroughfare are festively lit and decorated to celebrate the season. Join our costumed guides as they transport guests to the time before electricity illuminated our homes. Beginning promptly at 4 pm, the Holiday Lantern Tour will lead visitors of all ages from the King House to High Street and finally to the exquisite Phelps-Hatheway House. In collaboration with the Suffield Historical Society, we invite you to find warm hearts and local traditions at the Society’s Holiday Fest from 1-4pm (please see Suffield Historical Society for details & admission) before joining the lantern walk.
Children are especially welcome to participate in the easy 1-mile journey, as this walk will contain more sparkle than darkness and is suitable for even our youngest visitors.
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This tour will begin and end at the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden. Parking is available onsite. Staff will lead the group to the King House for the start of the tour at 4 pm.
Please dress for the weather as this event takes place outdoors. If you have a flashlight or lantern, please bring it to help light our way!
CTL Members, please sign in to our ticketing system to access your benefits.
If you have any questions, please email phelps.hatheway@ctlandmarks.org or call 860-668-0055.

Frederick Law Olmsted’s Hartford
2025-04-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Butler-McCook House & Garden, 396 Main Street, Hartford, CT, 06103, United States
Traverse the streets and sites of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Hartford to commemorate this illustrious native son. Highlights include the Butler-McCook House & Garden, Olmsted’s birth site, Bushnell Park, the Capitol Grounds, High Street, Ann Street, and Keney Clock Tower, with optional visit (by car) to Olmsted’s gravesite in Old North Cemetery.
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Advance registration is required. This program is part of our Historic Hartford Walking Tours series, where we forge new paths through Hartford’s history! Register for additional walks here.
Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather, as this program will take place outdoors. In case of cancellation due to severe weather, registrants will be notified at the email address on file.
This walk will leave from the rear (east) end of the Butler-McCook Garden at the historic Amos Bull House, with entry and parking at 59 S. Prospect St. If entering from Main Street at the Butler-McCook House & Garden, please proceed through the garden gate to the garden lawn.
If you have any questions, contact Assistant Site Administrator Jana Colacino at jana.colacino@ctlandmarks.org.

Preserving Historic Main Street Hartford | Jane's Walk CT
2025-05-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Butler-McCook House & Garden, 396 Main Street, Hartford, CT, 06103, United States
Leaving from the Butler-McCook House & Garden, this walk will proceed north up Main Street to the G. Fox Building along the east side, and return to Butler-McCook along the west side with a collaborative stop at the Ancient Burying Ground. This walk is a variant of our “Discovering Main Street Hartford” walk, discussing changes to Main Street and encouraging participant discussion about what has been saved and why, as well as inviting participants to share their recollections about Main Street and its importance.
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This walk is offered free as part of Jane’s Walk CT in collaboration with the Ancient Burying Ground.  Jane’s Walk is a global festival of free, volunteer-led walking conversations inspired by community activist Jane Jacobs, held annually on the first Saturday in May. This day of community engagement encourages people to share stories with their neighborhoods, discover aspects of their communities, and connect with their neighbors.
This program is part of our Historic Hartford Walking Tours series, where we forge new paths through Hartford’s history! Register for additional walks here.
Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather, as this program will take place outdoors. In case of cancelation due to severe weather, registrants will be notified at the email address on file.
If you have any questions, contact Assistant Site Administrator Jana Colacino at jana.colacino@ctlandmarks.org.
CTL Members, sign in to our ticketing site to access your benefits.

Butler-McCook Open Tour Saturday
2025-05-03 13:00 - 16:00 | Butler-McCook House & Garden, 396 Main Street, Hartford, CT, 06103, United States
Visit the Butler-McCook House & Garden, the only 18th-century home remaining on Hartford’s Main Street, for a guided tour to learn about the McCook family, who loved music, art, and travel through explorations of the museum’s collections which include paintings, Japanese samurai armor, furniture, and toys.
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Advance registration for tours appreciated, but walk-ups welcome as space permits! House tours leave on the hour; last tour departs at 3 pm.
CTL Members, please sign in to our ticketing system to access your benefits.
Can’t make it on an Open Saturday? Tours are also available by reservation! If you have any questions, please email butler.mccook@ctlandmarks.org.

Historic Hartford Walking Tour: Hartford Women
2025-05-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Butler-McCook House & Garden, 396 Main Street, Hartford, CT, 06103, United States
Join us on this new walk for 2025, as we cover what may seem like familiar geographic ground of Main Street, only with new stories to tell as we celebrate the lives of Hartford Women. Learn about Hannah Bunce Watson, Caroline Hewins, Elizabeth Colt, Beatrice Fox Auerbach, Ann Uccello & Carrie Saxon Perry, Ella Grasso, Katharine Houghton Hepburn, Mary Townsend Seymour and CT Suffragists, the Beecher sisters, and more.
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In celebration of Mother’s Day, spend May 10 with Connecticut Landmarks. At the conclusion of the Historic Hartford Walking Tour: Hartford Women, drive 20 minutes to Suffield’s Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden for a special women-focused museum tour and Mother’s Day Tea with Chef Renee Scharoff from Blonde on the Run Catering. Tea registrants can sign up for the walking tour for just $5 (code sent to Tea registrants via email). Plus, give three historic gardens worth of flowers to Mom with a Connecticut Landmarks gift membership!
Advance registration is required. This program is part of our Historic Hartford Walking Tours series, where we forge new paths through Hartford’s history! Register for additional walks here.
Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather, as this program will take place outdoors. In case of cancellation due to severe weather, registrants will be notified at the email address on file.
This walk will leave from the rear (east) end of the Butler-McCook Garden at the historic Amos Bull House, with entry and parking at 59 S. Prospect St. If entering from Main Street at the Butler-McCook House & Garden, please proceed through the garden gate to the garden lawn.
If you have any questions, contact Assistant Site Administrator Jana Colacino at jana.colacino@ctlandmarks.org.
CTL Members, sign in to our ticketing system to access your benefits.

Photo: Harris & Ewing. (1917) Arrest of White House pickets Catherine Flanagan of Hartford, Connecticut left, and Madeleine Watson of Chicago right. Washington D.C. United States, 1917. [Aug] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mnwp000228/.

Sold Out! Mother's Day Tea with Chef Renee
2025-05-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Phelps-Hatheway House, 55 S Main St, Suffield, CT, 06078, United States
Thank you for your interest in this program. We have reached capacity and tickets will not be available at the door. Please sign up for our e-newsletter to be informed of future programs.
Welcome spring with the return of Phelps-Hatheway’s Mother’s Day Tea in the historic Pine Room! Chef Renee Scharoff from Blonde on the Run Catering has prepared delectable savories and sweets to mark the occasion–accompanied by steaming pots of tea. After the celebration, join interpreters in the museum to hear of the women who called this place home and who continue to dedicate their lives to preserving this Suffield landmark.
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In celebration of Mother’s Day, spend May 10 with Connecticut Landmarks. At the conclusion of the Historic Hartford Walking Tour: Hartford Women, drive 20 minutes to Suffield’s Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden for a special women-focused museum tour and Mother’s Day Tea with Chef Renee Scharoff from Blonde on the Run Catering. Tea registrants can sign up for the walking tour for just $5 (code sent to Tea registrants via email). Plus, give three historic gardens worth of flowers to Mom with a Connecticut Landmarks gift membership!

CTL Members, please sign in to our ticketing system for 10% off tickets.
If you have any questions, please email phelps.hatheway@ctlandmarks.org or call 860-668-0055.

Lilac Walks
2025-05-14 11:30 - 15:45 | Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden, 9 Main St N, Bethlehem, CT, 06751, United States
When you think of the Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden, you think of lilacs. Each spring, the stunning variety of lilacs curated by Caroline Woolsey Ferriday and her mother scent the gardens and show off their fleeting blossoms in shades of purples, pinks, and even whites. Walk the grounds and garden with our guide to learn about the long history of the lilacs on the property and how we care for them.
Register for 11:30 am
Register for 3:00 pm

Lilac tours take place on select days at 11:30 am & 3:00 pm and require tickets. See the full line-up here. Advance reservation is recommended as space is limited and these tours sell out! This tour does not include a house tour; tickets for house tours may be purchased separately.
Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather, as this program takes place outdoors. In case of cancellation due to severe weather, registrants will be notified at the email address on file.
If you have any questions, please contact Site Administrator Peg Shimer at bellamy.ferriday@ctlandmarks.org or call (203) 266-7596.
CTL Members, sign in to our ticketing system to access your benefits.

CANCELED: Lilac Walks
2025-05-15 11:30 - 15:45 | Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden, 9 Main St N, Bethlehem, CT, 06751, United States
Please note: The 3:00 pm tour has been CANCELED due to weather.
When you think of the Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden, you think of lilacs. Each spring, the stunning variety of lilacs curated by Caroline Woolsey Ferriday and her mother scent the gardens and show off their fleeting blossoms in shades of purples, pinks, and even whites. Walk the grounds and garden with our guide to learn about the long history of the lilacs on the property and how we care for them.
Register for 11:30 am

Lilac tours take place on select days at 11:30 am & 3:00 pm and require tickets. See the full line-up here. Advance registration is recommended as space is limited and these tours sell out!This tour does not include a house tour; tickets for house tours may be purchased separately.
Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather, as this program takes place outdoors. In case of cancellation due to severe weather, registrants will be notified at the email address on file.
If you have any questions, please contact Site Administrator Peg Shimer at bellamy.ferriday@ctlandmarks.org or call (203) 266-7596.
CTL Members, sign in to our ticketing system to access your benefits.

Isham-Terry House Tour: Virtual Program
2025-05-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Program
Join the Avon Free Public Library on Zoom for a virtual tour of the Isham-Terry House!
A stalwart survivor of once the most elite Hartford neighborhood, the Isham-Terry House is a time capsule of genteel life in turn-of-the-century Hartford. In 1896, Dr. Oliver Isham purchased the 1854 Italianate house for his medical practice and as a home for himself, his parents and his three sisters. His sisters, Julia and Charlotte, lived in the house until their deaths in the 1970s as urban renewal claimed many of the houses in the once-grand neighborhood. Explore this beloved family home to learn about the booming industries and culture of Hartford in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, understand medical practice and public health at this time, and learn more about the Isham and Terry families through the items they owned.
This program will be led by Isham-Terry volunteer interpreter, Jan Beatty. After retiring as the art and architecture editor in the College Division of Oxford University Press, Jan became a docent at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. She has been guiding tours both at the museum and at the Austin House for the past 10 years; in the last few years, she joined the Connecticut Landmarks team at the Isham-Terry House.
Please register; Zoom links will go out the day before the event.
This event will not be recorded.
Register Through Avon Free Public Library
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If you have any questions, please email isham.terry@ctlandmarks.org.

Suffield Garden Club’s 47th Annual May Market
2025-05-17 09:00 - 14:00 | Phelps-Hatheway House, 55 S Main St, Suffield, CT, 06078, United States
Hello spring! A variety of vendors offer potted plants, trees, and shrubs, as well as practical tools and garden supplies. The ever-popular Collectibles and Member Plant booths have something for everyone! New this year are additional vendors adjacent to the Hatheway garden and in the Summer House! The Market is held rain or shine. A special garden-themed tour of the Phelps-Hatheway House will be available hourly from 10 am–2 pm with regular admission.
Stop into the visitor’s center for the Pastel Paintings exhibition opening for artist, Gina Trusiewicz. With a longtime interest in art, Trusiewicz developed her craft in an online class during the pandemic. Her interest in nature, animals, and plants, combined with her certification as a Master Gardener, has inspired her work–capturing everyday moments, and the feelings they evoke, in West Hartford or right from her own backyard.
Visiting the market, garden, or visitor’s center is free. Special garden-themed tours of the Phelps-Hatheway House will depart on the hour from 10 am – 2 pm with regular admission; book a tour today!

If you have any questions, please email phelps.hatheway@ctlandmarks.org or call 860-668-0055.

Hartford Art & Monuments Walk
2025-05-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Butler-McCook House & Garden, 396 Main Street, Hartford, CT, 06103, United States
Public art and monuments create a shared understanding of the events, people, and ideas that a city values. Set out from the Butler-McCook House to explore the artistic treasures and monuments of Hartford along Main Street, in Bushnell Park, and at the State Capitol Building.
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This program is part of our Historic Hartford Walking Tours series, where we forge new paths through Hartford’s history! Register for additional walks here.
Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather, as this program will take place outdoors. In case of cancelation due to severe weather, registrants will be notified at the email address on file.
If you have any questions, contact Assistant Site Administrator Jana Colacino at jana.colacino@ctlandmarks.org.
Highsmith, C. M., photographer. (2011) Capitol, Hartford, Connecticut. United States Connecticut Hartford, 2011. September. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012630265/.
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Lilac Walks
2025-05-17 11:30 - 12:15 | Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden, 9 Main St N, Bethlehem, CT, 06751, United States
Thank you for your interest in the lilacs at the Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden. Unfortunately, the cold winter and recent bouts of significant rain have impacted the quality and visibility of this year’s blooms, and the plants are now past their prime. Scheduled Lilac Walks will proceed to highlight the remaining flowers and discuss the gardens’ history and care.
When you think of the Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden, you think of lilacs. Each spring, the stunning variety of lilacs curated by Caroline Woolsey Ferriday and her mother scent the gardens and show off their fleeting blossoms in shades of purples, pinks, and even whites. Walk the grounds and garden with our guide to learn about the long history of the lilacs on the property and how we care for them.
Register for 11:30 am

Lilac tours take place on select days and require tickets. See the full line-up here. Advance reservation is recommended as space is limited and these tours sell out! This tour does not include a house tour; tickets for house tours may be purchased separately.
Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather, as this program takes place outdoors. In case of cancellation due to severe weather, registrants will be notified at the email address on file.
If you have any questions, please contact Site Administrator Peg Shimer at bellamy.ferriday@ctlandmarks.org or call (203) 266-7596.
CTL Members, sign in to our ticketing system to access your benefits.

Pastel Paintings Art Exhibit: Gina Trusiewicz
2025-05-17 13:00 - 2025-10-12 16:00 | Phelps-Hatheway House, 55 S Main St, Suffield, CT, 06078, United States
Stop into Phelps-Hatheway’s Visitor Center for the Pastel Paintings exhibition by Gina Trusiewicz. With a longtime interest in art, Trusiewicz developed her craft in an online class during the pandemic. Her interest in nature, animals, and plants, combined with her certification as a Master Gardener, has inspired the work for this exhibit–capturing everyday moments in West Hartford or right from her own backyard through the medium of soft pastel sticks. She also aims to capture the feelings these moments evoke; whether it be the brightness of the sunshine, the iridescence of a flower, or the sweet look on the face of a neighborhood bear as he has finished raiding the neighbor’s garbage can.
An opening reception will be held on Saturday, May 17 during the Suffield Garden Club’s 47th Annual May Market. Gina Trusiewicz will be on site from 1 pm-3 pm.
During the museum’s open tour day on September 14, Trusiewicz will be onsite from 1 pm–2 pm to demonstrate the art of pastel painting.
The exhibit will be open during the property’s regular open hours this season. If you would like to book a tour to accompany your visit, please see the calendar.

If you have any questions, please contact phelps.hatheway@ctlandmarks.org.

Lilac Walks
2025-05-18 11:30 - 12:15 | Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden, 9 Main St N, Bethlehem, CT, 06751, United States
Thank you for your interest in the lilacs at the Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden. Unfortunately, the cold winter and recent bouts of significant rain have impacted the quality and visibility of this year’s blooms, and the plants are now past their prime. Scheduled Lilac Walks will proceed to highlight the remaining flowers and discuss the gardens’ history and care.
When you think of the Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden, you think of lilacs. Each spring, the stunning variety of lilacs curated by Caroline Woolsey Ferriday and her mother scent the gardens and show off their fleeting blossoms in shades of purples, pinks, and even whites. Walk the grounds and garden with our guide to learn about the long history of the lilacs on the property and how we care for them.
Register for 11:30 am

Lilac tours take place on select days and require tickets. See the full line-up here. Advance registration is recommended as space is limited and these tours sell out!This tour does not include a house tour; tickets for house tours may be purchased separately.
Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather, as this program takes place outdoors. In case of cancellation due to severe weather, registrants will be notified at the email address on file.
If you have any questions, please contact Site Administrator Peg Shimer at bellamy.ferriday@ctlandmarks.org or call (203) 266-7596.
CTL Members, sign in to our ticketing system to access your benefits.
