Finding Spring Across New England

MARCH

Vermont Flower Show(Essex Junction, VT) March 4-6. 802-425-5117; greenworksvt.org

Portland Flower Show(Portland, ME) March 10-13. 207-775-4403; portlandcompany.com

Boston Flower & Garden Show / Blooms!(Boston, MA) March 16-20. 781-237-5533, thebostonflowershow.com; 617-933-4900, masshort.org

Seacoast Home & Garden Show(Durham, NH) March 26-27. 207-935-2845; homegardenflowershow.com

APRIL

Florence Griswold Museum(Old Lyme, CT) 860-434-5542; flogris.org

Laurel Ridge Foundation(Wigwam Road, Northfield, CT) 860-567-4506; litchfieldhills.com

Bridge of Flowers(Shelburne Falls, MA) Opens April 1. bridgeofflowersmass.org

Bangor’s Garden Show (Bangor, ME) April 8-10. 207-947-5555; bangorgardenshow.com

Blithewold Mansion Daffodil Days (Bristol, RI) April 10-May 1. 401-253-2707; blithewold.org

Garden in the Woods (Framingham, MA) Opens April 15. 508-877-7630; newfs.org

Earth Day (check for local events) April 22. 202-518-0044; earthday.net

Nantucket Daffodil Festival Weekend(Nantucket, MA) April 29-May 1. 508-228-1700; nantucketchamber.org/visitor/daffodil.html

Meriden Daffodil Festival(Meriden, CT) April 30-May 1. 203-630-4259; daffodilfest.com

Spohr Gardens Daffodil Days (Falmouth, MA) April 30, May 7. 508-548-0623; spohrgardens.org

MAY

Belltown Hill Orchards (South Glastonbury, CT) 860-633-2789; belltownhillorchards.com

Hadlock Garden/Daffodil Hill (Welcome Hill Road, West Chesterfield, NH)

Long Hill (Beverly, MA) 978-921-1944; thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/northeast-ma/long-hill.html

Dogwood Festival (Fairfield, CT) May 6-8 203-259-5596

Arnold Arboretum Lilac Sunday(Boston, MA) May 8. 617-524-1718; arboretum.harvard.edu

Northern New England Home, Garden & Flower Show(Fryeburg, ME) May 13-15. 207-935-2845; homegardenflowershow.com

Beacon Hill Garden Club Hidden Gardens Tour (Boston, MA) May 19. 617-227-4392; beaconhillgardenclub.org/tour.html

Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion Lilac Festival (Portsmouth, NH) May 28. 603-436-3040; wentworthcoolidge.org