Plan your visit this Labor Day weekend! Tickets available link in bio. David Hartt’s project A Colored Garden features the first artist-designed garden to activate the 49-acre site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in New Canaan, CT, as well as an exhibition of paintings by Charles Ethan Porter (1847 – 1923). Reflecting on The Glass House’s recent transformation from a storied private home to a publicly accessible institution, Hartt’s project considers the site’s potential to foreground new possibilities for social, political, and cultural engagement. Located in the south meadow just below the Glass House, Hartt’s circular garden spans forty feet and comprises an array of flowers — including peonies, chrysanthemums, zinnias, and phlox — that bloom sequentially, creating a variation of height, texture, and color. The selection of flowers corresponds to the plant varieties found in the paintings of Porter, a Connecticut-based artist who was among the first Black Americans to exhibit his work nationally and the only such artist that has been recorded to specialize in still lifes at the turn of the century. A selection of nine paintings by Porter hangs in the Johnson-designed Painting Gallery. #newcanaan #midcenturymodern #trustsites #architecture #Fairfieldcounty #davidhartt #charlesethanporter #art #painting #gallery #exhibition #garden #gardendesign #newcanaan #connecticut #upstateny #hudsonvalley #tristate #daytrip #nycdaytrip #mtaaway #carfree #theglasshouse_newcanaan