Civic Involvement
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Tavern Garden
In 2018 the Club donated the funds and helped to design the Tavern Garden at the Greenwich Historical Society campus. Members continue to maintain the garden and plant bulbs, perennials and annuals each fall and spring.
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Library Rain Garden
The Club donated the funds for plantings at the new Library Rain Garden. The space serves as a drainage area for rainfall and run off and provides a pretty view from inside the library and from the street.
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Babcock Entrance
In the 1960s with leadership by Nancy Reynolds Bagley, an honorary member and aunt of the four heirs of the Babcock property, the Club worked with many town residents and the Conservation Commissioners to raise the funds to purchase the 250 acres of important watershed woodland.
In honor of the Babcock family, the Club assumes the planting at the entrance of the preserve with bulbs, native plants, and shrubs.
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First Steps, Kids Corner at Armstrong Court, and The River House Adult Day Center
The Education Outreach Committee serves First Steps and Kids Corner at Armstrong Court and Greenwich Adult Day Care Center. Simple seasonal flower arranging and horticulture activities are planned four times a year at each location, and in addition, a theme-based book is usually read to the children.
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Greenwich Audubon
The Fern Garden, The Susannah Chase Wildflower Meadow, and the Rain Garden are a few of our collaborative projects. The Greenwich Audubon is a community partner in the Club’s Pollinator Potluck/Greenwich Grown program.
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Greenwich Botanical Center
The Club provided funds to restore a wildflower trail and native plant/pollinator garden. The Botanical Center is a community partner in the Club’s Pollinator Potluck/Greenwich Grown program.
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Greenwich Land Trust
The Club funded the habitat fountain and planted a rain garden adjacent to it at Greenwich Land Trust Meuller Preserve property, and our Club donates funds each year to support the Youth Corps. The Greenwich Land Trust is a community partner in the Club’s Pollinator Potluck/Greenwich Grown program.
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Children's Garden at Armstrong Court
This Children’s garden at the Family Centers’ Armstrong Court Preschool is weeded and planted with vegetables and herbs in early Spring. With help from other gardening angels who pop in to weed and water, the space provides a teaching opportunity and happy respite for the children and teachers.
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Family Center's Entrance
The Family Center’s main office building and Grauer Preschool on Arch Street was in desperate need of plantings after a recent flood destroyed what was there. With some help from local college aged workers, the space has been planted with four Holly Trees and some Hosta, and will be added on to in Fall ‘23.