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Wave Hill’s 2021 Gardeners’ Party celebrates Louis Bauer
Several NCGC members attended Wave Hill’s 2021 Gardeners’ Party on Thursday, September 30th to celebrate Louis Bauer. For nearly two decades, Louis has dedicated himself to Wave Hill, first arriving in 1994 to work under Marco Polo Stufano, and returning in 2014 as Director of Horticulture. He epitomizes the distinctive style of gardening Wave Hill is known for—intimate, adventurous and plants first! Under Louis’ inspired leadership, Wave Hill remains at the forefront of American horticulture; his impact will last long into the future.
Waveny Flowers in January
Over the years, the New Canaan Garden Club has asked members to volunteer and give of their time and creative talents to arrange flowers for the main rooms at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan for chosen months. This year the month of January was selected and each week, depending on how many volunteers signed up, they created flower arrangements to suit the setting of the room and make sure the flowers stay fresh-looking for the week they volunteer for.
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!
Weed Wrangle at Irwin Park
On two consecutive Saturdays, September 19th and 26th, a group of energetic NCGC members cut down several patches of Japanese knotweed, opposite the goat pen in Irwin Park. Armed with clippers, horticultural vinegar and black coffee, they cut and bagged the branches, and then poured vinegar and coffee in the hollow stalks. Hopefully, this will weaken the roots of the invasive knotweed plants at the time when they are the weakest (producing seeds). This action is part of a 3-year project to find the safest way to eradicate invasives from Irwin Park and encourage more native pollinators to return.
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.
Welcome to our New 2012 Provisional Members
Susan Bergen has lived in New Canaan for 14 years and maintains a lovely “wild” garden on her property. After studying and photographing her garden for an entire year to show all the changes through the seasons, Susan recently gave a lecture using her own photographs to the New Canaan Beautification League. Susan’s volunteer activities over the years are numerous and include being head of Lee Garden for three years, co-chairing the Gardeners Exchange of Encore, and working on the Secret Gardens Tour for the Nature Center. Susan has served as a board member of the New Canaan Nature Center, the New Canaan Beautification League, Encore and Newcomers. Susan also ran the Holiday Market for the Nature Center and helped make crafts.
Welcome to our new and improved website!
Our updated New Canaan Garden Club website is now LIVE! It is always a work-in-progress but the content, graphics and navigation tools have all been updated and enhanced.
Winter 2012 focus Magazine and Online Photo Contest
Click on the PDF icons below to download the latest issue of GCA’s focus magazine and a Hotflash announcing the newest online photography contest. Maybe you would like to enter and be a part of this wonderful GCA discipline. It will make you even more aware of the beauty around you! It’s easy to enter — just send a name and an image via email. It can’t get any easier than that.
Zone II Annual Meeting
Last Thursday September 14th, Zone II held their annual meeting in Greenwich at the Belle Haven Club. Attendees were treated to a full day of activities, highlights being a history of Greenwich lecture by Curator of Science at the Bruce Museum by Dr. Daniel Ksepka covering the origin of the Long Island Sound and Coastline, a tour of the coastline on a 1930’s yacht lead by Susie Baker, marine biologist, retired oceanography teacher, conservationist and preservationist. Besides a delicious lunch we also enjoyed the awards presentation which had two special women honored who are especially close to our clubs heart. The first being past NCGC President, and zone Horticulture judge Jane Gamber who was honored with the Marcy Crutcher award. This award is given for spirit, energy and determination, expanding knowledge in horticulture by sharing in all ways. Words that epitomize all Jane does for our club.