The Gardens on Spring Creek

What's Blooming:  Spring Plant Sale Preview Don't miss the plants our horticulture team is most excited to be growing! VEGETABLES Community Garden Program Outreach Coordinator Mary Miller is quite passionate about the favorite peppers she grows year upon year – this selection ranges from sweet (not spicy) to medium heat to medium hot.   ‘Jimmy Nardello’ Sweet Italian Frying Pepper boasts a dedicated following among gardeners, farmers and cooks.   Guiseppe and Angella Nardiello who immigrated from southern Italy to Connecticut in the 1880’s, brought with them seeds saved from their favorite garden vegetables.   Jimmy was the child who followed in his mother’s love of gardening, creating terraced gardens in which to plant the seeds his parents had brought from Italy.   What became known as Jimmy Nardello pepper was his favorite.   Each year he saved seeds from what he grew and continued to grow them until he passed away in 1983.   Prior to that he donated peppers seeds to