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Thank you for your purchase! Each swag will be handmade by NCGC members, making every piece truly unique. They will be decorated and installed the week of December 7th, 2025.
“Nature’s Best Hope” – Conservation That Starts In Your Backyard
Join the New Canaan Pollinator Pathway partners for an evening with Doug Tallamy, professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware and author of several books on the benefits of native plant gardening.
“Toxic Puzzle – Hunt for the Hidden Killer” Film Screening
Possible links of harmful algal blooms to ALS and Alzheimer’s disease are portrayed in the new film “Toxic Puzzle – Hunt for the Hidden Killer” directed by internationally-renowned film director Bo Landin. Narrated by Harrison Ford, the film portrays the efforts of the Brain Chemistry Labs (BCL) in Jackson, Wyoming, to find and fight environmental triggers for neurodegenerative illness like ALS.
2011 Stamford Flower Show
To see our club’s entries at the 2011 Stamford Flower Show “Timescapes”, click on Photo Gallery under the Activities tab. There are two albums for the show for a total of 14 photographs. Awards were numerous and we should be proud of all our particpants:
2012 Shirley Meneice Horticulture Conference
Written by Mary Griffin
2013 Shirley Meneice Horticulture Conference
Submitted by Judy Hopkins . . .
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
2017 Holiday Giving
At its December holiday party, the New Canaan Garden Club raised $3,000 which was donated to the Department of Health and Human Services for the town’s Food Pantry and Warm-Up Fund. The Food Pantry makes its largest distribution during the holidays with between 120 and 190 individuals accessing the food bank every two weeks. Many of the people who use the food bank also benefit from the Warm-Up Fund which helps with heating and shut off notices.
Continuing a long history of holiday civic projects, the New Canaan Garden Club also decorated trees for the town Holiday Stroll and assembled festive miniature arrangements for delivery through Meals on Wheels. The club worked with another organization to make large wreaths that decorated many of the town’s public buildings helping to create a cheerful atmosphere for residents and visitors.
From left to right: Catharine Sturgess, New Canaan Garden Club Holiday Stroll Chair, Carol McDonald, Director New Canaan Health and Human Services,
Ellen Zumbach, New Canaan Garden Club President, and
Kevin Moynihan, New Canaan First Selectman
2017-18 Directory Corrections
Please update your 2017-2018 NCGC Directories with the attached changes. Thank you!
2017-2018 Directory Corrections