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Program Schedule
Click here to download the 2018-19 Program Schedule.
Please note guests are welcome at all monthly meetings except those in September, December and June.
NCGC Constitution & Standing Rules
Constitution
NEW CANAAN GARDEN CLUB
Committees – 2018/19
Appointed Chairwomen
Archives………………………………………….Cathy Pike, Pam Randon Bulletin……………………………………………Debbie Simpson Directory ………………………………………..Susan Valk Federated Liaison…………………………….Ellen Zumbach Founders’ Fund………………………………..Debbie Wright Historical Society Gardens………………..Trisha Albus, Sheila McMann Holiday Greens………………………………..Muffy Lewis Holiday Stroll…………………………………..Catharine Sturgess Properties……………………………………….Lydee Hummel Scholarship……………………………………..Susan Bergen Visiting Gardens………………………………Lydee Hummel Waveny Care Flowers………………………Shirley Stancik Waveny Care Hort. Therapy………………Stephanie Radman, Rachel Whitcomb Waveny Care Garden……………………….Sheila McMannGarden Club of America
COMMITTEE ROLES GCA Zone II Chair ……………………………………………………………………………..Nancy Kalal GCA Bulletin Vice Chair………………………………………………………………………..Laura Case GCA House Committee……………………………………………..Manda Riggs, Jane VanderzeeCivic
Pam Randon, Chair
Diane Beck Susan Bergen Susan Blabey Patti Bradley Laura Case Diana Ferguson Gill Foster Jane Gamber, ex-officio Caroline Garrity Kris Johnson Amy Reid Weezie Reid Alice Runnette Barbara Schmidt Catharine Sturgess Jo ZiesingConservation
Julie Peter, Co-Chair Jo Ziesing, Co-Chair Tracy Merrill, Co-Chair Ellen Zumbach, ex-officio Diane Beck Nancy Bemis Shelley Emery Polly Goodyear Lydee Hummel Anda Hutchins Pamela Randon Susan Rein Manda Riggs Alice Runnette Barbara Schmidt Debbie Wright Jo ZiesingFinance
Kajsa Sheibley, Chair Ellen Zumbach, ex-officio Susan Rein Pamela Randon Manda Riggs Elizabeth ViganoFloral Design
Wendy Dewey, Co-Chair Martha Perry, Co-Chair Mary Tanzi, Co-Chair Ellen Zumbach, ex-officio Becky Barlow Marcie Blod Polly Boeschenstein Carrie Corocoran Lise Kaine-Dunn Diana Ferguson Tori Frazer Jane Gamber Polly Goodyear Mary Griffin Louise Havens Lydee Hummel Anda Hutchins Nancy Kalal Julie Marcus Ellen McMahon Nancy Means Karen Murphy Karen Murray Martha Perry Jennifer Pivirotto Weezie Reid Manda Riggs Debbie Simpson Shirley Stancik Katie Stewart Catharine Sturgess Taylor Tait Mary Tanzi Carol Taylor Elizabeth Vigano Rachel Whitcomb Debbie WrightHistorical Society Gardens
Trisha Albus, Co-Chair Sheila McMann, Co-Chair Ellen Zumbach, ex-officio Laura Case Tori Frazer Jane Gamber, Jocelyn Glatthorn Mary Griffin Betty Grymes Diane Lynn Cheryle Richards Alice RunnetteHort Therapy at Waveny
Past Presidents
1909 Miss Alice Driggs
1910 Mrs. Payson Merrill
1912 Mrs. Herbert Knox
1914 Mrs. Henry J. Davenport
1916 Mrs. Walter Wood
1918 Mrs. Henry W. Chappell
1920 Mrs. Myra Valentine
1922 Mrs. Francis H. Adriance`
1924 Mrs. Percy Williams
1926 Mrs. Lewis Lapham
1928 Miss Alice Taggart
1930 Mrs. William H. Carey
1932 Mrs. Benjamin Vanderhoof
1934 Miss Mariam Walker
1936 Mrs. H. Monros Humason
1938 Mrs. Frederick T. Fisher
1940 Mrs. T. Ferdinand Wilcox
1942 Mrs. Wycliff Rose
1944 Mrs. L. J. Calvoxoressi
1946 Mrs. Kenneth C. Faile
1948 Mrs. A. D. Wilt, Jr.
1950 Mrs. W. Lawrence McLane
1952 Mrs. Eric Stainton
1954 Mrs. Northrop Dawson
1956 Mrs. David M. Proudfoot
1958 Mrs. David M. Proudfoot
1960 Mrs. Redinton Fiske
1962 Mrs. F. David Lapham
1964 Mrs. William R. Crawford, Jr.
1966 Mrs. Fredric Legler
1968 Mrs. Thomas M. Schriber
1970 Mrs. W. Whittredge Katzenbach
1972 Mrs. David B. Kirkbride
1974 Mrs. Gouverneur M. Nichols
1976 Mrs. Donald G. Stewart
1978 Mrs. Joseph N. Olmstead
1980 Mrs. Gordon Fearey
1982 Mrs. Edmund R. Swanberg
1984 Mrs. Walter A. Bastedo
1987 Mrs. Kennon Jayne
1989 Mrs. John W. Christensen
1991 Mrs. James M. Stewart
1993 Mrs. Charles A. Parker
1995 Mrs. Howard K. Gray
1997 Mrs. William E. Pike
1999 Mrs. Charles D. Wright
2001 Mrs. Cynthia J. Goulard
2003 Mrs. Brace B. Foster
2005 Mrs. Robert M. Stephan
2007 Mrs. Robert E. Albus
2009 Mrs. Dennis J. Taylor
2011 Mrs. Jeffrey C. Sturgess
2013 Mrs. Jonathan Garrity
2015 Mrs. Scott Gamber
GCA Directors
1965-1967 Mrs. F. David Lapham 1987-1987 Mrs. Gordon Fearey 1991-1993 Mrs. Edmund R. Swanburg 2006-2008 Mrs. James M. StewartGCA Executive Committee
2009-2011 Mrs. James Stewart – Corresponding Secretary 2011-2012 Mrs. James Stewart – Vice President
Board Members – 2018/19
Executive Committee Members
President: Ellen Zumbach*
About Us
New Canaan Garden Club
Founded 1909
GCA 1913
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