Daffodil Festivals

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Daffodils - Images by Susan Cole Kelly

After a long brown mud season, New England bursts into color with a burst of daffodil festivals. It's time for eye-candy! Here's a list of upcoming events and places where you can view and photograph thousands of daffodils

Connecticut

• Wadsworth Mansion, near Middletown, CT Daffodil Day is April 18, call (860) 347-1064 to confirm
  

• Litchfield (Laurel Ridge Foundation daffodil fields)

10-acre field of daffodils with stone walls & pond. Open to the public during daffodil season only, in late April.

• Meriden Daffodil Festival - April 24-25, Hubbard Park, Meriden CT
  

A real festival with food, games, carnival rides & treats, surrounded by many acres of daffodils blooming in a woodland setting.

Maine

• Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco, ME is full of daffodils. It is one of the original turn-of-the-century garden cemeteries.

Massachusetts

• Brewster in Bloom (Cape Cod) - April 30-May 2 in Brewster, MA

Includes a run, parade, kids events, etc

• MA - Nantucket Daffodil Festival - April 23-25, Nantucket town

Antique cars, dog dress-up (in daffodils), hat decorating contest, picnic, pageant...

• Spohr Gardens Daffodil Days - Apr 25 and May 2 in Falmouth, MA

Activities for kids and thousands of blossoms

• Paul Revere Park in Charlestown and North Point Park in Cambridge -
  

These two parks flank the Leonard Zakim (Bunker Hill) Bridge and have carpets of blossoms in late April.

New Hampshire

• Daffodil Days - May 1, Antrim, NH

Breakfast, fishing derby, 8,000 bulbs in bloom

Rhode Island

• Blithewold Daffodil Days - Apr 10 to May 2 in Bristol, RI

Thousands of blossoms surround the Blithewold Mansion. Period fashion, teas, activities

Visit daffodilfestivals.com for a Daffodil Blog with lovely pictures around the world.  Some of the information here came from them!