Author Archives: Jean Shaw

New Canaan Garden Club Launches Audio Guide About Waveny Park’s History

The New Canaan Garden Club has launched an exciting new audio guide about the history of Waveny Park on Otocast. The project stems from the Garden Club of America’s initiative to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederic Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture. Waveny Park is an Olmsted firm designed property, and the Club felt it was important to enlighten our community on its historical background and significance in a unique and novel way.     Continue Reading →

NCGC Completes Irwin Park Master Plan

New Canaan Garden Club completes master plan for Irwin Park
March 3, 2022
To the Editor,
Since opening as a park in 2005, Irwin Park has been seen as a sanctuary where residents and our neighbors can walk, jog, ride bicycles, picnic and even cross-country ski. The New Canaan Garden Club (NCGC), as stewards of the park, recently completed a ten-year master plan for the park with Stimson Landscape Architects from Cambridge, MA. Stimson recently was awarded the 2021 Landscape Architecture Firm award from the American Society of Landscape Architects and their master plan will provide the road map for the future of the park.     Continue Reading →

Modern Mass Workshop

In preparation for the May 11th Modern Mass Sweeps entitled “Veg Out”, a Modern Mass Workshop was held on Tuesday, April 19th and attended by 12 members. Each member was provided with a black cube shaped container, a few necessary supplies and had their choice of a variety of flowers, fruit and vegetables and foliage.     Continue Reading →

Native Bee Booklet

“Native bees are a hidden treasure. From alpine meadows in the national forests of the Rocky Mountains to the Sonoran Desert in the Coronado National Forest in Arizona and from the boreal forests of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska to the Ocala National Forest in Florida, bees can be found anywhere in North America, where flowers bloom. From forests to farms, from cities to wildlands, there are 4,000 native bee species in the United States, from the tiny Perdita minima to large carpenter bees.”    

Genius in a Bulb

We are excited to share the forced bulb photos submitted by our members! Thank you all who sent in pictures. To view the slideshow, click this link. Then go to the upper right corner and click the button that says “Slideshow”. You can use your left and right arrows key to move from page to page.     

January 2022 Update

We are excited to begin 2022 full of great programming but the COVID virus has once again put a damper on our plans. Since health and safety of our members is always our first concern, we have decided to go virtual for our January 12th Monthly Meeting. A Zoom link to this meeting will be sent to you ahead of time.      Continue Reading →