The Garden at Pinehurst Farm

The Garden at Pinehurst Farm Historic greenhouse, barn & plant nursery in Bristol, CT. Home of Schuma’s Path, inspiring connection through nature.

Garden workshops, private garden experiences, Plant Bingo, yoga, self-serve farmstand & seasonal plant sales. Our vision is to be the tranquil greenhouse farm that invests in and provides our community with top quality produce, and the platform that promotes local artisans, farmers and services to support individuals in our community to grow and be the best version of their selves they aspire to be.

🌿 Farmstand Update! 🌸🦋Fresh-cut flower bouquets and garden cups were harvested and arranged this morning and are now ava...
06/26/2026

🌿 Farmstand Update! 🌸🦋

Fresh-cut flower bouquets and garden cups were harvested and arranged this morning and are now available at our self-serve farmstand! Each bouquet is unique, featuring seasonal flowers and herbs grown right here at The Garden at Pinehurst Farm.

While you’re here, don’t miss our Black Swallowtail caterpillar habitat!

Several of our caterpillars have now left the dill and attached themselves to branches, preparing to become chrysalises. If you look closely, you may even spot the tiny white silk “seatbelt”—called a silk girdle—that holds each caterpillar securely in place as it begins one of nature’s most incredible transformations.

It’s a real-life science lesson for kids and adults alike, and a wonderful opportunity to witness the life cycle of a butterfly up close.

🦋 Please enjoy with your eyes only. These caterpillars are in a very delicate stage of their transformation, so please do not touch, tap, or move the enclosure. Even small disturbances can interrupt this remarkable process.

Thank you for helping us protect these future Black Swallowtail butterflies.

📍 The Garden at Pinehurst Farm
50 Pinehurst Road • Bristol, CT
Self serve- always open

🦋 Swallowtail Caterpillar Update!Remember the six Black Swallowtail caterpillars that claimed our dill?Well… they’re gro...
06/26/2026

🦋 Swallowtail Caterpillar Update!

Remember the six Black Swallowtail caterpillars that claimed our dill?

Well… they’re growing up!

Out of the six caterpillars, only one remains on the dill plant. The other five have wandered off in search of the perfect place to begin their next transformation. We found several climbing the sticks we placed in their enclosure, while others chose the sides and top of the screen habitat instead.

The next step is one of the most amazing parts of their journey—they’ll soon form their chrysalises, where they’ll transform into beautiful Black Swallowtail butterflies.

Now we’re waiting… and watching. 🐛➡️🦋

With a little luck, we may even witness a butterfly emerge during our Schuma’s Path Kickoff Weekend with Ember, July 9–13. There’s no guarantee—nature works on its own schedule—but what a beautiful symbol that would be as we celebrate new beginnings, conservation, and connecting people with nature.

If you’re stopping by the farmstand, take a peek at our butterfly habitat and see if you can spot where our little travelers have settled.

Please remember—eyes only. Thank you for helping us protect these future pollinators.

🌿✨ A Weekend of Plants, Food & Community at Pinehurst Farm ✨🌿Looking for something fun to do with family or friends the ...
06/25/2026

🌿✨ A Weekend of Plants, Food & Community at Pinehurst Farm ✨🌿

Looking for something fun to do with family or friends the weekend of July 9–12?

Join us for a weekend celebrating plants, community, great food, and the launch of Schuma’s Path, our new nonprofit dedicated to nature, conservation, education, and community connection.

Here’s what’s happening:

🌿 Ember CT Summer Pop-Up | July 9–12
Enjoy chef-driven outdoor dinners and brunch surrounded by the gardens at Pinehurst Farm. Reservations are recommended!

✨ Grow & Glow | Friday, July 10 | 6:00–8:30 PM
Girls ages 10–14 are invited for a creative evening making illuminated air plant terrariums, enjoying dinner from Ember CT, playing Plant Bingo, and creating a community garden marker. Parents are welcome to dine at Ember while the girls enjoy their evening, or simply drop off and return later.

🪴 Plant Bingo & Brunch | Sunday, July 12
Bring your family or gather a group of friends for one of our most-loved events!

Choose from:
🌿 Session 1 – Doors 10:30 AM | Bingo 11:00 AM
🌿 Session 2 – Doors 1:00 PM | Bingo 1:30 PM

Each session includes:
🍃 Four rounds of Plant Bingo
🌱 Plant Bar experience
🛍 Shopping specials
💚 Support for Schuma’s Path

🎁 Bonus!
Every day throughout the weekend we’ll be giving away a door prize raffle featuring:
🧘 A Pinehurst Yoga Bundle
🌿 Pinehurst plants and garden goodies
✨ And other botanical surprises!

Whether you’re joining us for dinner, bringing your daughter to Grow & Glow, or spending Sunday playing Plant Bingo, we’d love to welcome you to the farm.

📲 Scan the QR codes on the flyer to reserve your Ember table, register for Grow & Glow, or save your spot for Plant Bingo.

🌿 Come for the plants. Stay for the purpose.

🌿 Harvesting fresh Pinehurst-grown catnip and watching the cats roll, purr, and happily nibble on it is an instant smile...
06/25/2026

🌿 Harvesting fresh Pinehurst-grown catnip and watching the cats roll, purr, and happily nibble on it is an instant smile. 💚

Jefar and Cruella at the barn couldn’t get enough of today’s harvest! I even brought some home for our house cat, Brady. I think he looks like a prince wearing his little catnip crown. 👑🐈

The gardens were looking especially beautiful today after the much-needed rain. Everything seems a little greener, fresher, and happier.

Our rain gauge at home measured about 3 inches of rain. I think it’s time I put one out at the barn too—I have a feeling it may have been a little different there.

Sometimes it’s the simple moments—a basket of fresh herbs, happy cats, and a garden after the rain—that remind you just how special this place is. 🌿

Pollinator Week Day 1: Black Swallowtail ButterfliesToday is the first day of Pollinator Week, an annual celebration ded...
06/23/2026

Pollinator Week Day 1: Black Swallowtail Butterflies

Today is the first day of Pollinator Week, an annual celebration dedicated to raising awareness about the important role pollinators play in our ecosystems and what we can do to support them.

This mission aligns closely with what we believe at The Garden at Pinehurst Farm. Healthy gardens aren’t just about beautiful flowers—they’re about creating habitat for the creatures that depend on them.

Throughout the week, we’ll be sharing pollinators, plants, and garden lessons from here at Pinehurst.

Today, we’re celebrating one of my favorites: the Black Swallowtail Butterfly.

Many gardeners panic when they find these caterpillars on their parsley, dill, fennel, or other plants in the carrot family. And honestly, they can devour a plant surprisingly quickly!

But those chewed leaves are part of something beautiful.

Over the years, we’ve watched Black Swallowtails lay eggs in our garden, raise their hungry caterpillars on our herbs, form chrysalises, and eventually emerge as stunning butterflies. Earlier this year, we moved several caterpillars into a protected screen enclosure where they could complete their life cycle safely away from birds and other predators. We have done this for a few years now and it’s so rewarding to watch them do their thing.

The bright green caterpillars with black bands and yellow spots are the final stage before they transform. Soon they form a chrysalis and begin one of nature’s most incredible transformations.

A garden doesn’t have to be perfect to be healthy.

Sometimes a parsley plant becomes a nursery.
Sometimes a few leaves become a meal.
And sometimes, if we’re lucky, those leaves become butterflies.

Have you ever found Black Swallowtail caterpillars in your garden?

🦋🌿

☀️ Good morning and happy first Monday of summer!Our kids are officially on summer break, and Bristol schools will be jo...
06/22/2026

☀️ Good morning and happy first Monday of summer!

Our kids are officially on summer break, and Bristol schools will be joining them soon. Sending lots of positive energy to all the teachers, staff, and students heading into their final week. You’ve almost made it!

This morning I walked into the greenhouse and was greeted by our first sunflower bloom of the season. 🌻 These sunflowers reseed themselves every year from what started as a beautiful little gardening “mistake,” and now I look forward to seeing them return.

Meanwhile, our six Black Swallowtail caterpillars are thriving. They’ve pretty much mowed down every dill plant we’ve given them in their screened enclosure! We keep them protected from birds because, let’s be honest, they look exactly like the kind of snack Timon and Pumbaa would enjoy. 🤣 This morning I planted them a fresh dill plant because they completely finished the last one.

If you’re out and about this week, stop by our self-serve farmstand and see what’s new. We have vegetable starts, herbs, houseplants, succulents, beautiful container gardens, seasonal flowers, and a few Pinehurst finds waiting for you.

I’ll be around quite a bit this week, generally from 9:30 AM–1:30 PM. If you’d like to stop by, feel free to send me a message or text/call me at 860-845-8463.

If you’ve been curious about Pinehurst, are considering the space for a future event, or just want to stop by and say hello, you’re always welcome. 🌿

The Garden at Pinehurst Farm
50 Pinehurst Road, Bristol, CT

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Happy Father’s Day! 💙We hope everyone had a wonderful Father’s Day weekend. The weather couldn’t have been more beautifu...
06/22/2026

Happy Father’s Day! 💙

We hope everyone had a wonderful Father’s Day weekend. The weather couldn’t have been more beautiful, and we were grateful to spend some quality family time together. Even Coal made his kayaking debut—and seemed to enjoy every minute of it!

Today we’re celebrating and honoring all the fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers, father figures, and special men who show up for their families with love, guidance, support, and strength.

Whether you spent the day together, shared memories, or simply held someone special in your heart, we hope the weekend brought you moments of joy, connection, and gratitude.

Wishing you all a happy Father’s Day from our family at Pinehurst Farm. 🌿🐾🚣‍♀️

🌿✨ A Weekend of Plants, Community & Purpose at Pinehurst Farm ✨🌿If you’ve visited The Garden at Pinehurst Farm before an...
06/21/2026

🌿✨ A Weekend of Plants, Community & Purpose at Pinehurst Farm ✨🌿

If you’ve visited The Garden at Pinehurst Farm before and left feeling inspired, connected, and refreshed, this is a weekend you won’t want to miss.

If you’ve been meaning to visit Pinehurst, consider this your sign.

We’re celebrating the launch of Schuma’s Path, our new nonprofit rooted in nature, education, conservation, and community connection, with a full weekend of creativity, plants, community, and great food.

🌿 Friday, July 10 | Grow & Glow
Girls ages 10–14 are invited for a magical evening in the barn. We’ll create illuminated air plant terrariums, play Plant Bingo, enjoy dinner provided by Ember CT, and spend an evening making, laughing, and connecting.

Parents are welcome to stay and enjoy dinner onsite or drop off and return later in the evening.

🌿 Saturday, July 11
Our popular Terrarium Bar will be open, giving guests the opportunity to create their own custom terrarium while enjoying the gardens and farm.

🌿 Sunday, July 12 | Plant Bingo & Brunch
Plant Bingo returns with two sessions available:
🪴 11:00 AM
🪴 1:30 PM

Each session includes:
✔️ 4 Rounds of Plant Bingo
✔️ Plant Bar Experience
✔️ Shopping & Special Offers
✔️ Support for Schuma’s Path

🍳 emberconnecticut will be onsite all weekend serving delicious food and brunch options. We encourage guests to make dining reservations directly through Ember’s website. Need help? Send us a message and we’d be happy to assist.

Whether you’re a plant lover, a Pinehurst regular, or visiting for the first time, we’d love to welcome you.

💚 Come for the plants. Stay for the purpose.

🌿 First harvest of the season! 🌿I finally got to use my harvesting basket for the first time this year, and it was fille...
06/20/2026

🌿 First harvest of the season! 🌿

I finally got to use my harvesting basket for the first time this year, and it was filled with some of the first fresh-cut flowers from our gardens.

We just stocked the farmstand with petite flower arrangements featuring a mix of flowers and herbs grown right here at Pinehurst. Each arrangement is a little different, filled with whatever is blooming beautifully that day.

💐 $6 each or 2 for $10

These won’t last long, and quantities are limited as our cut flower garden begins to wake up for the season.

Thank you to everyone who continues to stop by our little self-serve farmstand. Every purchase supports our gardens, workshops, and the growing community we’re building here at The Garden at Pinehurst Farm.

📍50 Pinehurst Road, Bristol, CT
🌿 Self-Serve Farmstand Open Daily

🌿 Farmstand Update 🌿First, thank you.Every plant purchased, every bouquet taken home, every share, comment, and recommen...
06/20/2026

🌿 Farmstand Update 🌿

First, thank you.

Every plant purchased, every bouquet taken home, every share, comment, and recommendation helps support our small family business more than you may realize. Whether you’ve stopped by once or visit regularly, your support means the world to us and helps us continue growing.

To make room for what’s coming next, we’ve marked down many of our vegetable starts—including some plants for just $1!

We also have beautiful flower starts available for $3 per 4-pack or 3 packs for $10. These were all started from seed by us this spring and are perfect for creating your own cutting garden.

Current varieties include:

🌸 Zinnias
• Oklahoma White
• Cupcake
• Mazurkia

🌾 Supercrest Celosia
🌿 Green Autumn Celosia
🌼 Apricotta Cosmos
🌿 Amaranth
🌸 Scabiosa
☁️ Baby’s Breath

Our herb selection is still looking lush and beautiful, including basil, rosemary, oregano, thyme, creeping thyme, dill, parsley, lavender, lemon balm, mint, lemongrass, cilantro, pineapple sage, southernwood, lemon verbena, and more.

You’ll also find citronella plants, scented geraniums, bay leaf trees, jasmine, sun-loving ferns, succulents, ivy, houseplants, and some beautiful ready-to-enjoy container gardens that we’ve recently planted up. These make wonderful gifts or an instant splash of color for your porch, patio, or deck.

🐛 And while you’re here, stop by and visit our six Black Swallowtail caterpillars! We have them safely enclosed at the farmstand while they grow and prepare for their incredible transformation into butterflies.

📍 The Garden at Pinehurst Farm
50 Pinehurst Road, Bristol, CT

Thank you for supporting local, supporting small business, and helping us continue to grow. It truly helps more than you think. ❤️

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