Celebrate Connecticut Historic Gardens Day on Sunday, June 27 and mark the 160th anniversary of the formal parterre garden at Roseland Cottage in Woodstock, Connecticut. During the forty-minute tour (held on the hour from 1 – 4 pm), visitors learn the history, significance, and theory behind the garden layout and design, including Historic New England’s on-going boxwood restoration project. Free. Call 860-928-4074, or log on to www.historicnewengland.org for more information.

