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!

 

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  • Memorial Day Parade

    Join your fellow NCBLers to march in New Canaan's Annual Memorial Day Parade!

  • Members Only: Historic Grainger House and Peony Garden Tour

    As part of the national commemoration of America’s 250th anniversary, The Glass House will, for the first time, open the 1783 Grainger House and its celebrated peony and iris garden for limited-access tours for one day only. The house sits on one of New Canaan’s earliest registered land parcels and was originally known as the […]

  • Annual Meeting – Spill the Dirt! Soil Basics for Gardeners with Greg Bugbee

    New Canaan Nature Center 144 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, CT, United States

    Head of Soil Testing at CT’s Office of Aquatic Invasive Species (OAIS). Healthy soil is the foundation of a productive and beautiful garden, providing essential nutrients, proper drainage and the right balance of air and moisture. Learn what constitutes healthy soil, soil type and PH levels. Learn the basics of soil science and what natural […]

  • Board Meeting-Old Board/New Board (Board Members Only)

    Lapham Community Center 663 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT

    Old Board - New Board Meeting. Our annual transition of old and new board members. Box lunch and refreshments will be served after a brief meeting.

  • Members Only – Private Garden Visit

    Meet old and new friends and enjoy the beauty of a variety of gardens as you learn about them with our generous garden hosts. Two to four gardens are featured each month in the spring and summer. Gardens are open 9:30 am to 12pm.  Only registered visitors may attend. Information on how to register as a visitor or […]

  • 250th Anniversary Parade

    Calling all NCBL members. Join us as we march in New Canaan's 250th Anniversary Parade! Participants will assemble at the Lumberyard Lot and proceed along the parade route to New Canaan High School alongside floats, marching bands, and colonial groups in celebration of this historic milestone. We would love a strong showing—please consider volunteering to […]

  • Members Only – Private Garden Visit

    Meet old and new friends and enjoy the beauty of a variety of gardens as you learn about them with our generous garden hosts. Two to four gardens are featured each month in the spring and summer. Gardens are open 9:30 am to 12pm.  Only registered visitors may attend. Information on how to register as a visitor or […]

  • Members Only – Private Garden Visit

    Meet old and new friends and enjoy the beauty of a variety of gardens as you learn about them with our generous garden hosts. Two to four gardens are featured each month in the spring and summer. Gardens are open 9:30 am to 12pm.  Only registered visitors may attend. Information on how to register as a visitor or […]

  • Members Only – Pruning Meditation: Mindful Pruning in the Japanese Garden Tradition

    Olive and George Lee Memorial Garden 89 Chichester Rd, New Canaan, CT

    In collaboration with the Japan Society of Fairfield County. Join us for a unique hands-on program exploring how caring for a Japanese garden can become a calming, focused practice. This is not a meditation class. Instead, Japanese master gardener Mr. Umeno will demonstrate how attentive pruning encourages mindfulness through careful observation, patience, and responsiveness to […]

  • Welcome Back Coffee – Thanks a Latte for Beautifying New Canaan Since 1939

    New Canaan Museum and Historical Society 13 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, CT, United States

    Join us as we kick off another exciting NCBL year! Reconnect with friends, welcome new members, hear what's ahead, and pick up your new Membership Directory. We'll also have a few special surprises, along with a drawing for a signed copy of Life with Flowers by our October speaker, Frances Palmer.

  • Life with Flowers, Frances Palmer

    Country Club of New Canaan 95 Country Club Road, New Canaan, CT

    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 […]