NCGC News
Merry Mailboxes Are Coming To Town!
Celebrate the season and support the New Canaan Garden Club with our beautiful handmade mailbox swags! Each one features a lush mix of greens, holly berries, a pinecone and a gorgeous velvet bow — crafted and tied by our own NCGC members.
Hort Therapy at Waveny Care Center
The Horticultural Therapy Program at Waveny Care Center was established in 1975 when Waveny opened. Trained volunteers, including several NCGC members, met weekly with residents to work on plant-related activities. Today, “Hort Therapy” is operated entirely by NCGC volunteers who meet eight times a year with two groups of residents arranging flowers for the dining room and creating plant-oriented projects for their rooms. Hort Therapy is a member favorite and is a fun and rewarding experience for all!
Support the Irwin Park Restoration Project!
For 20 years, the open lawns, spring daffodils, and walking trails at Irwin Park have offered a daily reminder of what makes New Canaan so exceptional. Today, the New Canaan Garden Club invites you to help write its next chapter.
NCGC Updates the Colonial Herb Garden at New Canaan Museum & Historical Society
NCGC began tending the Colonial Herb Garden in 1981. Over the years the garden has undergone several renovations and improvements including a redesign in 2011-2012, planting of new herbs in 2014-2015 and the installation of brick pathways in 2018.
Irwin Park
A Cherished Retreat in the Heart of New Canaan Nestled just moments from downtown, Irwin Park is a 36-acre haven of rolling lawns, an apple orchard, and a remarkable collection...
Tray Touches
NCGC has a history of providing Tray Touches (originally referred to as Tray Favors) to Meals on Wheels clients. Small miniature arrangements are created by our members and delivered to...
Colonial Herb Garden
The NCGC has maintained the Colonial Herb Garden at the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society garden for 30 years. It is made up of the Shirley Bird perennial garden...
Waveny Gardens
The Waveny Walled Garden was originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted’s firm as a formal rose garden. The garden had fallen in disrepair and in 1995 a committee of Garden Club members...
Waveny Care Flowers
NCGC’s involvement at Waveny Care Center is longstanding, starting when the center opened in 1975. Championed and nurtured by pioneer flower volunteer and NCGC member Allison Caesar, the volunteer-based flower arranging...
Holiday Stroll
New Canaan Garden Club annually decorates trees for the annual Holiday Stroll held in downtown New Canaan prior to the holiday season. The trees surround the stage that features Santa’s...
Horticulture Therapy
The Horticultural Therapy Program at Waveny Care Center was established when Waveny opened in 1975. Professionally trained volunteers, including several New Canaan Garden Club members, met weekly with residents to...
Holiday Greens
Since 1960, the Garden Club has convened each holiday season to make large holiday wreaths for our downtown area and buildings. In 1976, NCGC joined forces with the New Canaan...
Flowers on Wheels
In 2018, NCGC members Kris Johnson and Stephanie Radman founded Flowers on Wheels. Having volunteered together for many years delivering meals to clients of Meals on Wheels of New Canaan,...
The New Canaan Garden Club celebrates the iconic habitats of southwestern Connecticut: woodlands, meadows, ponds, streams and wetlands. These ecological zones support biodiversity and all life within them is interconnected. Plants are often the first thing we notice when looking at these habitats. Yet, in any given landscape, plants are only half the story. The plant world cannot exist without its animal & fungal partners. They have developed co-dependent relationships through centuries of evolution.
In his new book, The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden. wildlife ecologist Doug Tallamy explores the complex relationships between plants and animals and the value of native species in our landscape. He challenges today’s gardeners to view their gardens in broader ecological terms –