• Darci and John Lombardo
    Connecticut Gardener

    More about the Gardens at Saybrook Point Resort & Marina

    In our Winter ’22-’23 issue we featured a story about the beautiful gardens at Saybrook Point Resort & Marina and Darci Lombardo, the woman who has tended them for the last 7 years. There was no space to add any captions to the photos (we packed in as many as we could) so I promised to get some plant IDs in here for those who are interested. Darci helped identify most everything, and the plants are listed below (not latinized, for the most part, so you’ll have to do some googling if you are so inclined). Click here for a pdf of the story. Page 20: Top left, Strawberry Vanilla…

  • Connecticut Gardener,  Invasives,  New Plants,  News

    Our March/April 2019 issue

    Our March/April 2019 edition is at the printer. It’s scheduled to go into the mail on Feb. 20. For subscribers with digital access, it should be available the same day. We’ll also have plenty of copies with us at the Connecticut Flower & Garden Show in Hartford Feb. 21-24. Find us at the four corners (booth 831), our usual location — back-to-back with NE Seed. March/April 2019 features a breathtakingly illustrated story on Flower mandalas by Michael Russo of Trout Lily Farm (the cover story), and our friends and frequent contributors Lorraine Ballato and Nancy DuBrule-Clemente share their takes on the evolution and generation of a new generation of gardeners.…