The Lovely Garden Award (established 2006 in memory of Penny Jarvis): An award certificate and a donation to a cause/charity of the recipient’s choice are given by the Gardening Consultants Council for a garden created with love. The recipient is selected by the Gardening Consultants Council from recommendations submitted to the…
Yearbook Award of Excellence (established 2004 by Program Chairmen Florence Flynn and Inge Venus): This award may be presented to the outstanding Yearbook that best demonstrates an all-around approach to furthering The Federation President’s Theme. For 2023-25, President Karin Pyskaty’s theme is Care for Our Air, Plant a Tree. If your…
Tribute Awards are distinct awards to honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions within their club, The Federation, and/or the community. A pin and a certificate are presented to the award recipients in the following categories: Civic Development Communications Conservation Floral Design Garden Therapy Horticulture Landscape and Landscape Design Photography…
Roseland Cottage 556 Route 169 Woodstock, CT 06281 (860) 928-4074 www.historicnewengland.org/property/roseland-cottage/ Henry Bowen, a successful New York businessman, returned to his hometown in 1846 to establish a retreat where he entertained friends and others which included four U.S. presidents. The boxwood-edged parterre gardens planted in the 1850’s still exist as…
Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust 596 Flanders Road Woodbury, CT 06768 (203) 263-3711 www.flandersnaturecenter.org The Flanders Land Trust holds in trust more than 2100 acres of open space in the towns of Woodbury, Bethlehem, Southbury and Middlebury, and includes seven nature preserves and sanctuaries. The Nature Center found at…
Weir Farm National Historic Site 735 Nod Hill Road Wilton, CT 06897 (203) 834-1896 www.nps.gov/wefa/index.htm The 60-acre property, once owned by three generations of the artistic Weir family, includes the Weir House, Weir and Young Studios, barns, gardens, and Weir Pond. A colonial revival Sunken Garden and the Weir Garden…
Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum 211 Main Street Wethersfield, CT 06109 (860) 529-0612 www.webb-deane-stevens.org The Museum is composed of three 18th century homes and their grounds located in the center of Connecticut’s largest historic district. The Webb House Colonial Revival Garden was designed by landscape designer Amy Cogswell in 1921. Over the years,…
Earthplace, The Nature Discovery Center 10 Woodside Lane Westport, CT 06880 (203) 557-4400 www.earthplace.org Earthplace, also known as the Westport Nature Center was founded in 1958. Sixty-two acres of open space include miles of walking trails accessible to wheelchairs and strollers. In addition to the variety of natural habitats, a…
Elizabeth Park 1561 Asylum Avenue West Hartford, CT 06117 (860) 231-9443 www.elizabethparkct.org Elizabeth Park is the oldest municipal rose garden in the US, with over 100 acres of park land which includes 15000 plants, 800 varieties and a 2.5 acre rose garden. In addition to its heritage rose garden, an…
Harkness Memorial State Park 275 Great Neck Road Waterford, CT 06385 (860) 443-5725 Harkness-Memorial-State-Park The property owned by Edward and Mary Harkness included the mansion (their summer home) ‘Eolia’, and 200 acres of working farmland. Between the years of 1918 and 1929, Beatrix Farrand redesigned the West Garden and created…