HOUSE TOUR | A Sprawling Connecticut Home Defined By Vegetable and Flower Gardens

Today on Homeworthy, we’re visiting the home and gardens of Jennifer Csengody-Novetsky.
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After moving from New York City to Old Lyme, Connecticut, she and her husband went all in on perfecting their green thumbs - building out a vegetable garden, green house, potting room, formal rose garden, and more to ensure they made the most of their expansive grounds.
She tours us through each space, giving us a lesson on potting and al fresco tablescapes along the way.
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[@sandykay178]

I’m only 13 mins in, and what I love about this episode, is that this young lady appears to have done everything herself for the most part. It’s truly her style and not looking like it’s out of a magazine. She truly enjoys each piece in her home and in her garden and loves finding the perfect piece for her home. Thank you for sharing your home and garden with us.

[@liontribeofjudah5616]

This home and gardens are so wonderful..She is such a good decorator..furnishings are gorgeous!

[@joanrojas9084]

A dream space - inspiring. Thank you for sharing your home and gardens.

[@danasaulnier8889]

Loved the emphasis on the garden. It still baffles me though how these young people have so much wealth already

[@mariajensen4538]

Maybe born with a silver spoon , ( born rich, maybe)

[@lomeinvideo]

Loved this tour!! Jennifer has great style. What a task to take on such a beautiful home and sprawling garden. I admire her ability to tackle the exterior and interior on her own.

[@nancyvance2772]

More, please! I am enchanted by Jennifer and her sublime property. I'm especially taken with the idea that she and her husband actually dig in the dirt and are avid gardeners. I want to see all of the house, Homeworthy!

[@lisagorman2480]

Loved this episode. Obvious that she is equally as passionate about interiors as she is gardening, which is right up my alley. Beautiful!

[@jcrane45585]

This is one of my favorite episodes of homeworthy. More garden tours from real gardeners like this sweet lady

[@gina5827]

I enjoyed this beautiful home tour and especially seeing all the garden spaces. Just gorgeous. Lovely home and host. I loved her definition of home at the end. 😊

[@lindah.1104]

Love to see younger people gardening, not just us oldsters!

[@santinadiponti6402]

I definitely agree, shes a lovely lady in jeans and a nice shirt. I personally also draw inspiration from the those long floral dresses. I found one at Marshall’s for $20.00 and I am not rich by any means.😊

[@SamanthaBarry-y4j]

What an enchanting home and garden! Jennifer clearly has a great eye and elevated taste. A delight to watch!

[@gloriaevans202]

Beautiful. Artistically pleasing

[@miguelherrera3866]

The most gorgeous home!!

[@pear_jules4013]

Please visit these gardens again in a few years. I’d love to see its progression. ❤

[@bhazleton]

Growing vegetables is usually a kind of messy look. Jenny has been able to make it look lovely.

[@marieschmidt9416]

Jennifer has a terrific house and garden. As a gardener myself, she seems so young to possess all that hands-on knowledge and experience in gardening and decorating. Plus, good presentation by Jennifer also.

[@dttttt]

I can't decide whether to save this in my Gardening list or Interior Design, or both! I got so many ideas from this video. Mostly, the mention that the potting shed was a garage gave me a lightbulb moment for our property.

[@lizannestinson1765]

Nice host, beautiful house and garden. Probably my favorite homework episode

[@ginnyyount9127]

This gal has got style and vision...beautiful property!

[@doreen9838]

Beautiful home and garden!!!!!

[@eileenchang2173]

The array of different plants and cultivars is amazing especially for the gardening zone. 🌎I love ❤️ the potting room ! 🥰🌸🇨🇦

[@zachnovetsky2912]

Thank you both!

[@pamd1861]

Loved this episode! Great home and gardens!

[@sue2611]

In case anyone is curious, the Diamond Frost plant is a Euphorbia.

[@TizzyLisch]

THANK YOU! That's the whole reason I came to the comments. ❤

[@patriciahogg5763]

This property and home is well loved! ❤️🌺❤️🌺

[@ginny736]

I have a serious case of “garden envy”! Wow!

[@elsao1690]

Whoa since when is it polite to diss peoples homes and style of speaking? Such rudeness.I love your black laquer chinoiserie,and your beautiful caramel colored sofas. You have a very lovely home.

[@joannejohnson7006]

I really enjoyed your video and the garden 🪴 really everything was very enjoyable! Thank you for sharing your beautiful home, the care for each aspect of your life shows 😍 Thank you!

[@gretchenburton7184]

Lovely home and garden. Comfortable and elegant. Thank you, Jenny🎉

[@EJ-zs8ll]

Beautiful home! Absolutely gorgeous only thing I wouldn't want is a white house but everything else is on point 💯

[@MaryHelenDonnelly-ev2ww]

Love the garden and I am going to try growing fairytale eggplant and pineberries next summer. Love the outside rooms, greenhouse and logging room!

[@kylathomas68]

There are some really unpleasant comments on here. I know we have free speech but people could try to be kinder. If you don’t like the decor or someone ‘s wealth offends you then move on. There is no need to be so mean.

[@theresanoble1695]

I totally agree!!! Also respect their culture and their family! This family is lovely❤

[@kylathomas68]

@GreenGrenouille no need for unpleasantness is there? 🙄🙄

[@kylathomas68]

@GreenGrenouille yes Kermit 🤣🤣

[@hispid1]

Generally the Kiwi fruit vine is dioecious, so you will need a male and female plant, to get fruiting (and there's no telling whether that's a male or a female) Its also likely to prefer a warm climate to hold fruit.

[@zachnovetsky2912]

We have a male and female and this variety is cold hardy for our zone.

[@rachelburge2338]

Beautiful house! Only critcism is i love to see more art on the walls , but each there own 😊❤

[@NBportofino]

Bougen - veeaa. It’s a gorgeous plant and so prolific in southern California it’s almost a weed. Once planted it takes over and can become structural if trained correctly.

[@AlexClarkcompany]

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[@LouisMorganxb3]

it’s a personal decision, but according to Forbes, housing activities will remain stagnant for the most part of the year, so maybe hold off a little.

[@BaileyJames-zv2ddd]

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[@OscarOwenn]

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[@BaileyJames-zv2ddd]

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[@joannejohnson7006]

Kitchen 🫶🏼

[@vannatan6136]

Wow, that is beautiful home 😮

[@melissaann9765]

Heyyyy, I’m in Westport CT.. what is the name of the nursery where the plants came from??

[@zachnovetsky2912]

We love Balleck’s in East Haddam, Acer in Deep River, and Burnett’s in Salem.

[@NBportofino]

As a recent transplant from southern California to Nashville, which has occasional snow, I’ve been told that terra cotta pots will crack. Do you cold weather folks move all of your pots inside for the winter?

[@zachnovetsky2912]

We only move the citrus and pots by the greenhouse inside over winter. We also remove the lavender from the pots around the house and put it in ground around yard before it gets too cold, although the lavender in the large pots has overwintered in the pots outside for a few winters and thrives. Its Phenomenal, the cultivar.

[@Londonb5698]

The furniture in great room look too small for such a large room, also the room looks blah

[@liviamcardona-du2pe]

Screen,is beautifyfull,but is need to be by itself in the wall.The secreter need to be I a different please,that doesn't look like everything is not working together.good enjoy.liviam from puerto Rico.🎉

[@kimowen339]

Do you have problems with birds eating the different berries?

[@zachnovetsky2912]

Somewhat-but there seem to be plenty to spare! I’ve considered netting them but we’ve been getting enough so we share with the birds!

[@lianeabeyta4515]

So nice to see a lovely lady in jeans and a nice shirt..... instead of the proverbial rich lady long patterned floral dress ! We get it... they have money. My favorite is the kitchen and the incredible outdoor spaces. Who wouldn't love entertaining when you live here. Its beautiful.

[@proudmganda1159]

Try and find peace in everything situation.

[@DESIGNSBYALICIA]

You guys really need self evaluation. Why you would judge or be upset about what another woman wears in her home is ridiculous. People with money don't need to dress a certain way, design a certain way or live to cater to your fragile egos. It's a big world out here for growth. Seek it

[@theladynextdoor313]

Wow, some of you are so miserable worrying about what other women wear in their homes…. 🥴😂 seek help…. I’m not rich and I like long floral dresses too 😅. Wild for you I guess.

[@lianeabeyta4515]

@@DESIGNSBYALICIA bless your heart

[@lisarubin1451]

Proverbial as in stereotypical? This makes no sense at all. Homeworthy goes to the Southern states a lot and it is hot down there. Way too hot for sticky jeans and a dress shirt!

[@rawsunnata829]

Figs are very invasive!

[@zachnovetsky2912]

They aren’t invasive (even if they have aggressive roots), and all of our fig trees are in containers anyways.

[@Looch267]

Does anyone know the variety of the newly planted (Martha Stewart) boxwood?

[@zachnovetsky2912]

It’s green mountain boxwood.

[@Looch267]

@@zachnovetsky2912 Thank you, beautiful gardens & home! 👍

[@annjones345]

Lovely gardens…..you need to do you tube teachings

[@rawsunnata829]

Probably that old paint on the floor and a table in the potting room has led in it and it is not good to have it there and breath all that.

[@marciawilson1113]

Jenny, does you kiwi need a mate? I thought you needed two, male and female. I could be wrong.

[@zachnovetsky2912]

Good observation! Yes, this kiwi needs and male and female but we also have a self-fertile version (newer cultivar) that we want to train to live and grow in the greenhouse full time.

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

For being an enthusiastic gardener, she needs to learn her plant names! The rose names would have been nice!

[@zachnovetsky2912]

We have more than 30 varieties of roses. But happy to send you any names you’d like to learn more about!

[@khensley7057]

Yes, id also like to know how did she buy something so $$$. Trust fund kid? Or just super rich husband?

[@r-anne7375]

Your home is beautiful and full of things that you and your husband love. That makes it a special place. Some of the people who comment on this are just rude and probably jealous. 🪴

[@danilagalaktionov8652]

Kind of…kind of…kind of….

[@lindah.1104]

Not everyone is a professionsl speaker. Casual colloquial.

[@theladynextdoor313]

It’s still better than “Umm” 😂

[@shonabeggs4640]

Wow, she really loves magnolia paint. A piano facing the room would make sense, as would a stool to use it. ' how do you fill a big giant wall' not that way love. The 'great'room is far from 'great'. Bland, empty, boring. Two fabulous pieces of furniture that are desperate to wow with a strong backdrop. The sofas look quite ridiculous, as do the chairs without a cushion or a throw. No art, no lamps, no plants - a theme she carried into her greenhouse lol. For a couple who claim to hunt auction sites every week they would have more success if they turned their device on. No idea what the garden was about either, mid summer and the rose garden is bare, did she purchase miniature roses by mistake? Veg garden seems to be planted with multiple varieties of the same thing, again, the plants are bare, like the greenhouse and the potting room. Bigger must be best philosophy, with no substance.

[@MammieBarry]

🦍

[@garykarel6809]

Your ally of trees need to be trimmed properly! They are totally out of control. Hire a professional! Hire a professional to help you with your garden beds. Your home is beautiful but… tend to your landscape properly.

[@lindah.1104]

Not everyone’s taste in landscaping is the same. Some people, like myself, like a natural, wild look. These trees are not for crops, so pruning specifics aren’t that important.

[@rachelburge2338]

​@lindaestoll1104 blooming hell everyones a garderner arnt they? Each to there own like you said some people like there gardens more natural, chill people!!!!!

[@kaywallace6139]

House is a show place… not cozy and comfortable feeling

[@zachnovetsky2912]

We inherited these trees from the prior owner and plan on putting in a pool where these trees are located so I prune them once a year, but makes no sense to waste money keeping them trimmed up when they wont be here much longer!

[@NBportofino]

Oh boy - you generously invite strangers into your home and some people are so rude.