Living Well in Litchfield County, Connecticut

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My most vivid memory when faced with making a garden almost 20 years ago was a sinking feeling of not knowing how or where to begin.
Children Will Have an Unforgettable Summer at One of These Area Camp
The Cue has joined the rapidly expanding hipster occupation of Bank Street and delivers down-home, affordable, Southern style cooking––seven days a week.
Cobble Pond Farm is a unique sylvan adventure. The beauty of this meticulously maintained landscape lies partly in the diversity of trees, including specimens that have lived on the property for a hundred years or more performing beside recent arboreal introductions.
Project SAGE is thrilled to announce the return of Trade Secrets, the revered gardening extravaganza, for its 24th consecutive year.
It was love at first sight for Patricia Yarberry Allen when she stepped into the antique Greek Revival on South Street in Roxbury.
Trained in architectural history, Glenn Hillman’s garden design is perfectly in sync with his surroundings.
Will Schenk is the newest owner of the iconic space, which he purchased in late 2022, renovated extensively, and opened as the Cornwall Market in January 2024. 
In recent decades, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency helped draw up maps of ecoregions in North America, where growing conditions such as climate, soil, and geology are taken into consideration, like hardiness zones, only better.
When it comes to celebrating and improving the lives of people in the LGBTQ+ community, there’s much to be done. Pride in the Hills is helping, with everything from film festivals and scholarships, to funding gay-straight alliances to reduce bullying in schools.
Ultimately, Lime Rock allows drivers not only to challenge personal capabilities, but to experience a car’s maximum potential in an ever-changing environment.
Even before Sylvia and Jay Abbott were given keys to Marshfields, Sylvia had her hands in the soil. Elizabeth Renshaw, the elderly owner of the 1790 Litchfield farmhouse, wouldn’t sign the contract, it seemed, until she could observe how this young mom handled herself in a garden.
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