The Limelight Hydrangea has huge, football-shaped flowers that open lime/white in summer and age to an array of pink, red and burgundy. The blooms persist for months. Plant in part to full sun. Requires well drained soil. Grows 6 to 8 feet tall and wide at maturity. Includes delivery to your driveway within 30 miles of the Museum.

Landscape designer Christine Darnell will meet with the winning bidder, whatever the size of your garden, for a two-hour design consultation to help you get the best from your outdoor space, and offer advice on how to get the best from your existing garden. She can give you advice on re-designing the planting in a particular area of your garden, make recommendations for improvements for year-round interest, give advice on planting for wildlife, or offer help and advice on how to best maintain your garden. Whatever your requirement, she will tailor her service to fit your needs. Valid through Fall 2025.

Pollinator gardens support and maintain pollinators by supplying food in the form of pollen and nectar that will ensure that these important animals stay in the area to keep pollinating our crops for continued fruit and vegetable production. The winning bidder will receive an assortment of twenty-five one-gallon perennials to create their own pollinator garden. Plants will be picked up at a mutually agreed upon time from Judge's Farm in Old Lyme, CT in the fall of 2024 or early spring of 2025 (fall is preferable).

The winning bidder will take home this elegant pair of Campania Moreland Garden Urns handcrafted in the USA of cast stone. Urns measure 14 x 14 x 10.5 inches. You will also receive a $50 gift card to Van Wilgen's Garden Center with locations in Old Saybrook, Clinton, and North Branford which can you can use to fill your urns with lovely seasonal or year-round plants.

Winning bidder will take home a variety of red cedar aka Juniper tree hand-picked and donated by Drew J. Kenney owner and designer from Outdoor Lifestyles in East Lyme specializing in coastal reclamation, urban space utilization, and high end development along Connecticut's Shoreline. Includes delivery and planting services by Tate's Property Care within a 20-mile radius of the Museum. Date to be agreed upon by October 5, 2024.

Naturally weeping branches are covered with showy, snow white flowers on this magnificent, compact, hardy specimen for the landscape. Produces very few red-black ornamental fruit in summer. Very disease and insect resistant. A beautiful small yard tree. Exquisite in Japanese style or nature inspired gardens. Deciduous. Slowly reaches 8 to 15 feet tall, 6 to 12 feet wide in natural form.

Add this handsome natural hand-carved bird bath with pedestal to your garden, carved from granite by stone mason Brant A. Amacher. Your feathery friends will thank you! Measures 25 inches tall and 19 inches across at the top.

Take home this trio of flowering shrubs from Broken Arrow Nursery in Hamden. Consists of the Buddleja davidii "Windy Hill" Butterfly Bush, which has showy fragrant lilac flowers with an orange eye bloom from mid summer to fall and grayish-green foliage, averaging 5 feet tall and wide; the Caryopteris x clandonensis "Summer Sorbet" Blue Mist Shrub, which is a refreshing visual treat in the garden all growing season with stunning, golden gilded leaves paired with icy blue flowers that emerge as the deepest heat of summer sets in. showing good resistance to deer and are excellent for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds, averaging 3-4 feet tall and 3 feet wide; plus the Vitex agnus-castus "Abbeville Blue" Chaste Tree with fragrant, panical type, lavender-blue flowers through out the summer and silver blue foliage with fuzzy white undersides, averaging 7 feet tall and wide.

Planter Torches by Arch One Glass are hand blown in Connecticut, by master glass blower Rob Wallace. Each torch brings an original look and warm feel to your garden, flower arrangements and decorations.

We recommend that all torches are used with citronella oil to help keep bugs away. Odorless lamp oil is recommended if you would like to use your Planter Torch with an indoor flower arrangement or centerpiece.

This is a set of three Planter Torches.

All Planter Torches come complete with:
1. Hand-blown planter torch bodies (made of Pyrex glass)
2. Glass inserts with log-lasting fiberglass wick
3. Glass covers for extinguishing flame and keeping wick dry
3. Plastic funnel for filling lamp oil
4. Metal pick to guide wick through glass insert

The winning bidder will take home this lovely orchid garden from Ballek's.