Don't let your tropical patio plants die this winter. This business can board your plants in their greenhouse!
Do you have a special tropical plant you want to keep alive this winter that you don't have the means to care for? You have some options! Instead of letting those plants die each year, some businesses are offering a winter storage service that will nurture your beloved plants through winter.
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Do you have a special tropical plant you want to keep alive this winter that you don't have the means to care for? You have some options! Instead of letting those plants die each year, some businesses are offering a winter storage service that will nurture your beloved plants through winter.
It's not as cheap as buying new plants, but it's much more rewarding and gives you the option to grow unusual specimens that are healthier and more impressive than ever. One local business rescues 2,000 of these irreplaceable plants across our area every year. It's called Gardens at Cheshire, and while they plan on moving and changing names next season, their mission will remain the same!
Gardens at Cheshire
Gardens at Cheshire specializes in plant storage, transportation, and overwintering services throughout the Northeast. The company has been helping homeowners, businesses, landscape designers, and property managers preserve tropical and container plants for more than two decades. They are located in New Haven Connecticut, but also service New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.
The company has 43,000 square feet of greenhouse space uses climate-control systems, backup generators, and experienced horticultural staff to give you plants the exact climate conditions they need. Gardens at Cheshire cares for a diverse variety of plants from palms and bananas in their tropical greenhouse, to citrus and olive trees in their subtropical house. They have massive plants up to 18 feet tall and small specimens like bonsai too.
Each plant receives individualized care, including watering, monitoring, pest management, and maintenance through the cold weather months. When spring arrives, the plants are delivered back home, ready to slip right back into the garden.
How to have a plant rescued by Gardens at Cheshire
Their greenhouses are located in Connecticut but they rescue plants throughout New Jersey, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and extend into the Boston area too. Gardeners don't have to lift a finger. Just request a quote, schedule pickup, and Gardens at Cheshire sends a transportation team to carefully load and transport the plants.
Homeowners can contact Gardens at Cheshire directly at (475) 434-2056 or visit gardensatcheshire.com to request a storage quote.
Other businesses that offer winter storage services.
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Bayport Flower Houses in Suffolk County services Long Island and the city with their winter plant storage program. The program is all booked for the 2026/2027 season. Head to their website for details!
CT Palm Trees / CT Palms & Tropicals (Connecticut) provides tropical plant and palm tree winter storage for customers in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, including pickup, delivery, watering, pruning, and pest management, according to their website.
Bloomin Haus in Suffolk County may offer this service as well.
