Garden Club of Darien in the news…
Town Hall Veterans Circle Gets a Make-Over.
The Garden Club of Darien enabled the renovation of the Veterans Circle at Darien Town Hall through a donation from Persephone Flower Show proceeds. This joint project with the Darien Beautification Commission was spearheaded by Juliet Cain, who is both a member of the GCD and Co-Chair of the Commission. Read more…
Photo: Betsy Becker and Tracy Drippé, join Juliet Cain and Jayme Stevenson at the Darien Town Hall with the new native garden plantings.
As seen in the Darien Times: Garden Club of Darien gifts plantings to Mather Homestead.
March 2, 2021 — Leslie McCarthy with Susan Doelp, Garden Club of Darien
DARIEN — A committee of twelve women from the Garden Club of Darien devoted time and attention recently to create a foundation garden that surrounds the newly-built Elizabeth W. Chilton Educational Center at Darien’s Mather Homestead… Read more…
Photo: Lesley Sandison, front, left, Garden Club of Darien, Kristy Barclay, Debbie Colon, Elaine Pizzarelli, Laura Petitt and Susan Nowak; Kathy Armstrong, back, left, Susan Doelp, Kathy Lozier, Lee Gowen, Margot Congdon, Amy Harned, Margaret Arrix, Sue Hayes; Betsy Becker and Tracy Drippé, GCD 2020-21 co-presidents
Darien Green Team with help from the GCD promotes environmental education for Darien newcomers.
The Darien Green Team recently contributed a packet of educational information packaged in green sustainable shopping bags to the Darien New Neighbors program (traditionally known as the Welcome Wagon). The bags are distributed to new residents as a way to introduce them to local non-profit organizations that promote conservation education. In addition to the CGD, participating organizations included the Darien Land Trust, Mather Homestead, the Darien Advisory Committee on Sustainability and the Pollinator Pathway program among others. “This was a great success,” commented Kat Sakara, who coordinates DNN.
Photo: A collection of colorful photo notecards, representative of the various seasons in Connecticut were contributed by the Garden Club of Darien.