A dazzling show of daffodils delight visitors at the Laurel Ridge Farm each spring, during the months of April and May. The farm is located in Litchfield, Connecticut.
In the Spring of 1941, Remy and Virginia Morosani moved to Litchfield and began to assemble the pieces of property that became Laurel Ridge Farm.
There was a pasture across the road from their house that was too rocky to make into a good hay field, but the land had a rugged beauty to it. They were inspired to plant daffodils on that portion of their property, and by the fall of 1941, they planted approximately 10,000 daffodil bulbs in the rocky valley bottom.
Each year daffodil bulbs will multiply and sometimes they double. The Morosani's marked the clusters as the blooms faded, then went back to dig the bulbs up.
In early July when all the leaves had withered, the couple separated the extra bulbs and replanted the new bulbs elsewhere in the fall.
A simple concept, but very hard work. From the mid 1940's till the late 1960's the daffodils were periodically separated and replanted, expanding the original two acres to the full fifteen acres now evident.
The Laurel Ridge Foundation is open from sunrise to sunset and is free to the public, though care must be used when walking among the clusters. To see the amazing collection, drive through the center of Litchfield. Take Route 118 and then a quick right onto Route 254. Then take a right on Wigwam road, at the stop sign bear left for approximately one mile.