The Garden Club of Old Greenwich held its annual meeting and awards ceremony at the Botanical Center in Greenwich. This year the club celebrates its 100th anniversary.th Anniversary.
The event included a gardening competition, historical presentation, coffee and annual meetings, and the passing of the torch from President Martina Doshan to new club president Char Barnes.
The meeting also provided an opportunity for members to celebrate all of the Garden Club’s accomplishments this year, which included decorating and maintaining the gardens in Old Greenwich Village, the Gateway Garden and the Butterfly Garden at Greenwich Point, beautifying the Old Greenwich Train Station, decorating the Village for First Light and the holidays, community service programs at Hill House and Pathways, design and horticulture workshops and lectures, a garden project with the Girl Scouts at Old Greenwich Elementary School, planting dogwood trees in Binney Park, and a lecture series co-hosted with the Perrot Library.
Congratulations to all the award winners for their hard work, great skills and commitment to gardening, the environment and the beautification of our city.
