The Lewisboro Garden Club, a non-profit organization, was founded in 1972 to promote the art of gardening, to aid in conserving natural flora and to help beautify public areas.
Today, we are still true to our roots. We are a hands-on, work-the-ground, community service club. The women and men of our garden club represent the full range of gardeners, from the very experienced to those new to gardening.
Gardens we manage
The Lewisboro Garden Club designs, plants, and maintains seventeen roadside flower triangles; cares for the Alice Poor Memorial Garden at Onatru Farm; manages the organic Community Gardens at Onatru Farm, tends the window boxes at the Cyrus Russell Community House, and more. See details.
Other community initiatives
John Jay High School student awards. Each year, the Lewisboro Garden Club offers three awards to graduating seniors at John Jay High School who demonstrate an appreciation and respect for Lewisboro’s environment, environmental conservation and natural resources, and are pursuing environmentally focused commitments and goals within the community.
Golden Roads, a roadside daffodil beautification initiative. Golden Roads, in its sixteenth year, encourages homeowners and businesses to plant daffodils along their roadsides. Each fall we plant thousands of daffodils in public spaces, with over 60,000 daffodil bulbs planted to date.
Seasonal events
The garden club holds many events throughout the year. Some are educational and others are to further support the Lewisboro community and its environment. You can learn more on our Programs page, or view our Events calendar. Here are a few examples.
LGC commemorates Earth Day through activities that range from road clean ups to creating a meadow at Onatru Farm.
We have gatherings for winter and summer solstice.
Every December we make holiday evergreen swags and mount them on signs at 24 locations throughout Lewisboro, including hamlet markers and public building signs.
December is also the month of our annual brunch potluck party. In the Spring we have a new members event.
Learning opportunities
In addition to helping out at one of our gardens, members have plenty of other opportunities to learn about gardening, landscaping, and nurturing the local environment. LGC members and outside experts run tours and classes through 3 seasons, and our newsletters provide timely gardening tips and links to vetted online gardening resources and outside events.
If any of these activities are of interest to you please join us or fill in the contact form if you have questions and want us to get in touch. You can also read about us in our LGCBrochure