Logees - Connecticut's Tropical Paradise
Written: Jan 05 '01 (Updated Jan 18 '01)
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Pros: A great mental health day
Cons: They won't let you spend the night
The Bottom Line: An excellent mental health day destination. Sunny, balmy and fragrant it's a trip to the Bahamas without the time or expense.
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| nollequeen's Full Review: Connecticut |
I always feel like Dorothy, stepping out of my black and white existence into the world of Technicolor when I enter Logees Greenhouse in Danielson, Connecticut. From the street, Logees looks like nothing more than a rundown old ranch house. Step in the front door and it still looks like an old ranch, until you notice a small set of steps before you. Walking down them, you descend into a fragrant and lush tropical paradise. To your left, is a trickling water garden with waterfall and above you as far as the eye can see is a canopy of colorful Bougainvilleas.
Logees was established in 1892 by the grandfather of the current owner. Seven greenhouses, most of which are linked together give one the feeling of being able to wander endlessly through a variety of environments. The orchid greenhouse is dominated by a massive lemon tree planted by Logees’ founder at least one hundred years ago. The tree is covered with lemons, HUGE lemons, lemons the size of grapefruit. I may be prone to exaggeration, but I kid you not. These are the biggest things you have ever seen. Being able to stand under this tree in bloom and marvel over the fragrant beauty of the massive lemons is worth the trip to Danielson alone.
A few steps from the orchid greenhouse is the fern greenhouse with varieties of ferns you have probably never seen before growing out of the ceiling, the walls and the floor. A door on the back of the fern greenhouse leads you to the outdoors where you can walk to both the solar greenhouse and the herb house.
The magic of Logees lies in the fact that while you can purchase a small (usually three to five dollars) size version of a plant, you can also see the full size or mature plant as well. Standing under “The Sacred Tree of the Incas” {it also has a Latin name, which I forget right now}, I knew I had to have one. The same was true for the chenille tree (red and white) and four or five different colors of Bougainvillea. With a thousand varieties of plants, many of which are exclusive to Logees, it’s hard to leave with out a small boxful of different varieties.
A trip to Logees is beautiful at any time of the year as hundreds of different plants are always in bloom. If you live in the Northeast though, like I do, you have to go in the winter months when all is drab and dark outside. Just a few steps through the doorway and you too can feel like Dorothy entering the bright and colorful world of Oz.
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