CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION
The Garden Center funds ongoing projects, one-time major projects and educational grants.
"holiday greens at the train station"
On-going Projects: Triangles and Tubs and More
From each spring into fall, Garden Center members redesign, plant and maintain 25 roadway triangles throughout the town. They also plant and maintain 33 flower tubs in the downtown area during the summer months. In addition, the Garden Center plants and maintains other prominent areas in New Canaan, including the Train Station, the God's Acre monument, the Vine Cottage, the Center School Bell area and the Morse Court parking area.
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Triangles (Triangles map) |
Members and interested neighbors "adopt" a triangle annually and make sure that their triangle is well maintained throughout the year. Each spring, volunteers coordinate what plant materials would enhance the triangles, from the planting of spring bulbs, the addition of annuals for summer color to any necessary refurbishment of hardy plants and perennials. The Garden Center pays for the landscape designs, all plant materials, their installation and any other maintenance needed.
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Tubs |
Each spring, our members plant 25 tubs which are placed throughout the New Canaan downtown area. The Garden Center purchases the tubs and all of the plantings that grow in the tubs. The tubs are either watered by our members or interested merchants within the downtown area.
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Town Holiday Decorations |
At the beginning of the holiday season, our Holiday Decorations Co-Chairs gather greens, ribbons and tools, and our members join in to make decorations and decorate Town Hall, the police and railroad stations, and the band stand in God's Acre.
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Flower Arranging |
The Garden Center provides floral arrangements weekly at Waveny Care Center for two months each year and for all of our meetings. Under the leadership of our Flower Arranging co-chairs, flowers are purchased, arranged and distributed.
One-time Major Projects
During September 2005, the Garden Center financed the new landscaping at Lapham Community Center.
Among other recent, one-time major beautification projects the Garden Center has financed are:
Re-landscaping of the train station, including the installation of an irrigation system
The South Avenue Tree Project where over 60 deciduous trees were planted from Elm Street to Bank Street along South Avenue
Saxe Middle School and New Canaan High School's gardens and entrance areas were planted and re-landscaped
Groupings of Magnolias, River Birch and Kousa Dogwood trees were planted at Saxe Middle School
In coordination with the town, the alleyway from Elm Street to the parking area and Teen Center near the movie theater is being redesigned and landscaped.
Spring bulb plantings along South Avenue
Other civic landscaping projects that the Garden Center has provided monies and means for are: the plantings around Wayside Cross at God's Acre; the Gold Star Walk in Mead Park; and landscaping the exteriors of the New Canaan Library, the Carriage Barn at Waveny Park, and the School House Apartments.