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THE GARDEN CLUB OF NEW HAVEN, INC.

The Garden Club of New Haven's mission is to create interest in and promote knowledge of gardening, preservation of natural resources, and civic horticultural work in the Greater New Haven Area.

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​Join us in Celebrating the New Haven Green and American Elms of New Haven--Cell phone walking tour of the New Haven Green, and a
DVD about the history of the New Haven and the New Haven Green​


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Florence Bradley Award
This year the Garden Club of New Haven selected the Hunneebee Project as the recipient of the Florence Bradley Award. Established in 2012, the award recognizes an organization or individual whose work best reflects the mission of GCNH: "to create interest in and promote knowledge of gardening, preservation of natural resources, and civic horticultural work." The Hunneebee Project educates, trains, empowers, and employs youth who have aged out of the foster care system. Small cohorts of 5-6  "install honeybee hives in pollinator-friendly green spaces in vacant lots and gardens throughout the city, to promote environmental conservation through education and example, and power a sustainable social enterprise through their marketplace which sells their own honey, pollinator plant seeds, as well as other beautifully crafted items."

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The Connecticut Beekeepers Association is the 2020 recipient of an award from the GCNH's Henry and Nancy Bartels Fund in recoginition of its work in "increasing public awareness of the importance of honey bees for Connecticut agricultural crops and the environment and promoting and supporting all beekeepers and their local organizations." In addition to "providing a common forum for the beekeepers of Connecticut," the association conducts a "Bee School" that teaches the essentials of beekeeping.

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Partners for Plants Progress
​Hard work by Garden Club of New Haven members under the leadership of P4P project leader, George Davis, at New Haven's Edgerton Park has begun to pay off. Shown here is the pollinator meadow that replaced a jungle of the invasive, Mugwort, in the initial plot targeted by the multi-year project. P4P (partners for plants) is an inititiative of the Garden Club of America "to monitor and conserve rare plants, restore native habitats, and remove invasive weeds" on public land. Each project joins garden club volunteers with professional plant experts or land managers, in this case a member of the Edgerton Conservancy Board. This is one of two                                                            P4P projects of GCNH. To learn more click here.


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Phelps Triangle Vest-Pocket Park                                  

The Garden Club of New Haven oversees and maintains Phelps Triangle Park at the intersection of Trumbull, Whitney and Temple Streets in New Haven. Our continuing attention and hard work has made it a lovely, quiet spot in a busy city which entices many to relax and contemplate.  To see more pictures, click here.


​Utility Pruning and Removal of Street/Roadside Trees
Protect trees and shrubs next to or on your property, in your neighborhood and in your town or city.

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​We are proud members of
​The Garden Club of America
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Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc. ​​​​​​​
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Community Partners: CitySeed, CT Agricultural Experiment  Station, Common Ground High School, Urban Resources Initiative. Long Wharf Nature Preserve  

The Garden Club of New Haven
P.O. Box 6197
Hamden, Connecticut  06517
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Updated February 23, 2021