Lecture: Connecticut’s Historic Gardens

Connecticut is home to many beautiful and unique gardens. Sixteen historic sites dotted throughout the state, with historically significant gardens have joined to form Connecticut’s Historic Gardens (CThistoricgardens.org). These delightful places offer visitors an opportunity to explore a variety of garden styles and time periods. Laurie Masciandaro introduces you to the history and beauty of these fifteen distinctive historic sites and gardens that have charmed and inspired visitors for a century or more. She is currently Site Manager at Historic New England’s Roseland Cottage in Woodstock, Connecticut, where she daily enjoys of one of the loveliest Historic Gardens in the northeast.

Laurie is from the state of Washington, and a graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle. She holds a Master’s Degree in American History from the University of Connecticut. Her Master’s thesis, “Disdaining the Republic: William Wetmore Story, Expatriate Aristocrat,” reflects her primary interest in ante-bellum United States…