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Reestablishing the Boxwood Parterre Gardens at Waveny

Buy your tickets NOW for the New Canaan In Bloom party and auction this coming Friday, October 7th at the home of Tracy and Joe Merrill at 726 Weed Street from 6:30 to 8:30pm. All auction profits and donations will go towards the reestablishment of the Boxwood Parterre Gardens at Waveny. If you are unable to attend and would like to be a part of the restoration of the gardens, please send donations to: Pamela Randon at 38 Main Street or click on the donate button below.  Thank you!      

Meet The New 2016 Provisional Class

Each fall we welcome a new group of talented and fabulous women from our community to become a part of the New Canaan Garden Club. This year we have a particularly diverse and skilled class.   Click here to see photographs of these women, read their biographies and begin to put faces with the names of the 2016 Provisional Class — we know you will all give them a warm welcome!     

Welcome Back!

Our 2016/17 season will kick off on September 14th with speaker Shanyn Siegel and a fascinating discussion of conserving and promoting America’s culturally diverse, but endangered food crop heritage for future generations. Author of The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving, Shanyn is a sought-after speaker and 2016 recipient of the prestigious American Horticultural Society Book Award.     

Waveny Walled Garden

Members were hard at work last week dividing and transplanting at the Waveny Walled Garden. Thank you to everyone for their time and effort to make this civic project a town treasure!
    

Irwin Park Wildflower Meadow

Enjoy Irwin Park’s latest addition! Take a walk and see the wildflower meadow bursting with baby’s breath, California and Shirley poppies, bachelor’s buttons and wallflowers. Photos courtesy of Susan Bergen.             

2015 Proposed Changes to Constitution and Standing Rules

Click on the link below to view the 2015 proposed changes to the NCGC Constitution and Standing Rules. The revisions have been approved by the Board and will be voted on by the entire membership at the June meeting. Please read and review them before the vote – the changes are referenced in blue and noted in the righthand column.   Proposed Changes to Constitution   Proposed Changes to Standing Rules