EVERYTHING
NEWTOWN STARTS
“AT THE FLAG POLE.”
1875
1955
The Garden Club of Newtown is established and the Yearbook
cover displays a precious fine line drawing.
1956
The Club affiliates with Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut and then c.1960 affiliates with National Garden Clubs.
1956 – 1976
The Hospital Committee supports patients at Fairfield Hills Hospital helping them form their own club, working together in their gardens, and inviting them to Club functions.
1958
Robert Hallock, artist who created the town’s rooster emblem, also designs our Club Logo and it appears on our Yearbook cover for years.
1963
The first documented Standard Flower Show is held at the Edmond Town Hall.
1963
Ruth Stout
the iconic gardener, delights us with “How not to exploit your husband.”
1967
Club members plant 1000 gelatin capsules with sand, coated fertilizer, and wildflower seeds “so that Newtown roads will explode in a riot of color.”
1972
The death of First Selectman, Tim Treadwell, prompts the Club to plant a tree in his memory in front of the Edmond Town Hall, and both the Garden Club and Town Archives record this memorial.
1974
Working together with Town & Country Garden Club, we co-sponsor a Flower Show, “Spectrum.”
1974
The Garden Club plants its first Historical Garden at the Curtiss House. Rudy Favretti, noted landscape architect / author, redesigns it in 1987. Later, it is restored in 2002 and 2011.
1982 + 1984
Edmond Marrotte, UCONN Horticulturist, presents “Propagating Natives.” And, Ed Weiss, Connecticut’s Master Beekeeper, shares information and his experience with bees.
THE QUEEN AND I.
1984
The Club contributes to the painting of David Merrill’s murals at Edmond Town Hall.
1987 – 2021
An auspicious year! The Club holds the first of its famous Greens Sales at the Curtiss House. AND, Sydney Eddison joins us to share her love of Primroses in the first of 11 meetings.
1990
Club members revise their By-Laws, but continue membership by invitation only: “shall place the names of approved applicants and sponsors in the bulletin prior to the vote.
1993
We visit Lexington Gardens where Owner, Tom Johnson shares with us “What’s New in Horticulture.” We linger to explore and inhale life in the greenhouse.
1995
We hold a fortieth “Rose Colored Year” Anniversary Party.
1998 – 2012
The Yearbook takes on a “new” look!
2003
We co-sponsor The Blue Star Memorial and accompanying Garden with the Lions Club only to discover we are among Connecticut’s earliest Garden Clubs to do so.
2007
John Himmelman, naturalist / author / illustrator, presents “Butterflies & Their Gardens” … a foreshadow?
2009
The Club honors Barbara Kasbarian, 30 year Director of Park & Recreation, with a garden — Barb’s Trail.
2011 +
Club members plant and maintain four rows of veggies at the Town Victory Garden.
2012
Individually and as a Club, we mourn our town’s profound loss on December 14th. Later we donate to The Remembrance Garden in memory of those who died.
2013
We design and plant a tiny Knot Garden at the Library to mark our long relationship.
2017
To implement the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut’s initiative, Tiny Acorns to Mighty Oaks, we plant an Oak Tree at Ram Pasture.
2017
We hold a Small Standard Flower Show at the Municipal Center.
2020 – 2021
COVID Constraints: We substitute a Members Only Directory for our Yearbook. We attend Zoom meetings. We postpone our 65th Anniversary Party.
BUT, a year later we celebrate our 66th with friends, food, silent auction, raffle and speaker, Ellen Ecker Ogden.
2023
We reinstate our Club Scholarship for Newtown post high school students pursuing education reflective of our Mission Statement.
EVERYTHING
NEWTOWN ENDS
“IN THE BEE”
