Encouraging community gardening ~ providing expertise and financial support:
*Wojan’s Woods and Wolcott School’s Children’s Forest
*Community Pollinator Pathway Garden at Spicebush Swamp Park
*Hall High School Student Pollinator Garden Planning and Implementation Project
*Hall High School watering system for Global Problem Solving Class initiative
*Auer 4H Farm ~ provided tools for children’s programs
*St. Agnes Home (for teen mothers) ~ design and implementation for residents and staff
*Westmoor Park Community Garden “Plant A Row for the Hungry” ~ volunteers
Planting Trees, Shrubs and Plants: On April 14, 2024, we helped plant trees, shrubs and plants at Wojan’s Woods, a West Hartford urban forest donated to our local land trust, Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy (TRLC). The West Hartford Garden Club has helped to remove invasive plants and has been an integral constituent in the selection of native plants, shrubs, and trees to repopulate the area. This effort to restore a natural balance for all creatures will result in a beautiful asset to the community. We have high schoolers who dug some holes for the trees. Another date will be scheduled later in the month – plantings that have been ordered are arriving in two installments. More information will be shared soon about additional planting date(s).
Invasive Plant Removal Party at Wolcott School’s Children’s Forest: Our club collaborated with many sustainability/ecology groups in town to clean up some completely overgrown areas of the Children’s Forest for Wolcott School’s outdoor classroom program. Thanks to WHGC members Karen Hartford, Madeleine Hexter, Christine Van Drasek, and Beth Ann Loveland Sennett for their help.
