Cortina Gardens

Full-Service Nursery and Garden. Top products: Perennials, Shrubs, Vegetable plants, Annuals, Landscape trees. Cortina Gardens is a multi-generational family-owned nursery and horticultural operation established in 1964 in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Since its founding by Mary and Quirino Cortina, the business has maintained a core focus on the cultivation of high-quality plant materials. The nursery specializes in the propagation and sale of a diverse range of perennials, shrubs, annuals, and vegetable starts, with a history of greenhouse operations. Currently managed by the third generation, Bill Leviness, the business has evolved to integrate retail horticultural sales with comprehensive professional landscaping and garden maintenance services. The nursery caters to local homeowners and regional clients, emphasizing a tradition of locally grown plants while maintaining the infrastructure for both garden center retail and property management. Their operations are defined by a long-standing commitment to plant health, local propagation, and seasonal horticultural planning.