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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  • 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 […]

  • Fall Flower Arranging with Twigs Design! – Morning Session

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

    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. […]

    $35

  • Fall Flower Arranging with Twigs Design! – Evening Session

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

    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. […]

    $35

  • Annual Holiday Wreaths and Greens Workshop

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

    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.

  • There’s Treasure Everywhere, C. L. Fornari

    Zoom

    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 […]

  • Designing Women, Marta McDowell

    Waveny House 677 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT

    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 […]

  • A Guide to Starting a Cut Flower Garden, with Betheny Naccarato

    New Canaan Library 151 Main St, New Canaan, CT, United States

    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 […]