Throughout the year, the New Canaan Beautification League offers a variety of educational programs, hands-on workshops, garden tours, and special events designed to inspire a love of gardening, conservation, and community beautification. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or simply enjoy beautiful places and connecting with your community, there’s something for everyone. Many programs are free and open to the public, while others are reserved for members or require advance registration. Please see the calendar below for details. Please click the title of each event to register!
Click here to view past recorded programs on our YouTube channel.
Join Frances Palmer as she brings a fresh, inspiring perspective to the garden, guiding us through six distinct growing periods—from the quiet magic of prevernal, when snowdrops and hellebores first break through winter’s chill, to the lush abundance of summer, the rich color of fall with dahlias and Japanese anemones, and finally to hibernal, when […]
Back by popular demand, New Canaan’s very own Juliet Howe, founder of Twigs Design, will help us create stunning and sustainable fall flower arrangements during this hands-on flower arranging class. Juliet will share eco-friendly, approachable floral design techniques and some of her favorite strategies as you create your own unique arrangement. Containers and a choice […]
Back by popular demand, New Canaan’s very own Juliet Howe, founder of Twigs Design, will help us create stunning and sustainable fall flower arrangements during this hands-on flower arranging class. Juliet will share eco-friendly, approachable floral design techniques and some of her favorite strategies as you create your own unique arrangement. Containers and a choice […]
Calling all to help as we join forces with New Canaan Garden Club to create beautiful wreaths to adorn our public buildings. Please bring clippers.
In this inspiring virtual presentation, you’ll tour stunning private and public gardens from coast to coast and beyond. Discover a range of garden styles, gain fresh design ideas, explore new plant combinations, and learn how others have solved common challenges. A detailed handout with design tips, plant lists, and featured public gardens will help you […]
Learn design techniques from the Golden Age of American Gardens. Stretching across the turn of the twentieth century, designers such as Marion Coffin, Martha Brookes Hutcheson, and Ellen Shipman transformed the wealth of the Industrial Revolution into beautiful landscapes for estates across the country. This lecture highlights the design principles these women employed, principles that […]
Do you dream of fresh, homegrown bouquets on your kitchen table from spring through the first frost? Join us for an inspiring presentation on how to select, grow, and harvest flowers for a continuous season of blooms. We’ll go beyond basic garden planning to highlight high-performing varieties—from “cut-and-come-again” annuals to structural perennials and long-lasting bulbs. […]