The Garden Oasis of Hollister House and Garden

Photography & Words by Alison Engstrom

Tucked away in the bucolic hills of Washington, Connecticut in Litchfield County, Hollister House and Garden is a verdant manicured landscape that was first conceived in 1979 by collector George Schoellkopf. Fashioned after storied English gardens like Sissinghurst, Hidcote, and Great Dixter, it sprawls over 25 acres and is marked with flourishing boarders that change with the season—you’ll find blousy peonies in June and dahlias in the late summer—a sunken garden, intimate rooms enclosed with expertly trimmed boxwoods, and an herb garden. Hollister House, which sits in the middle of the property peers out onto a rolling hill with the gardens below.

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First Image and Above The serene reflecting pool as seen from the Gray Garden and below.

Above Purple valerian lines The Rill, which is situated behind the main house.

Above The Gray Garden punctuated with dusty miller and flowering sage.

Above A view of the house from the stone steps leading down to the Gray Garden.

Above The kitchen garden flourishing with a variety of zinnias and purple valerian.

Above The house perched on top of the hill