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A Time To Plant, A Time To Buy Plants…
The Westport Garden Club is 90 years young this year. They’ve come a long way since 1924. Back in the day, members sent their gardeners to do the heavy lifting. In 2014, they do it all themselves. And...
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Oh My 06880 – Photo Challenge #5
Last week’s Photo Challenge was quite challenging: graffiti on the inside of the Saugatuck River retaining wall by the library — visible only at high tide. Robert Mitchell was the 1st “06880” reader to...
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How Our Gardens Grow
You can see the Westport Garden Club‘s work all over town. In the early 1970s, Ginny Sherwood asked fellow members to reclaim a 3-acre landfill on Imperial Avenue. Her vision of a refuge along the...
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Westport Helps Waltersville’s Garden Grow
Westport has a long history with Waltersville School. For years, Staples High School world language students have volunteered at the K-8 facility across the street from the former Father Panik Village...
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Garden Club’s Annual, Perennial Event Set For Friday
Forget the wet weather. Actually, celebrate it: You don’t have to worry about watering your plants. Don’t have any to water? You’re in luck! The Westport Garden Club‘s annual plant sale rolls onto the...
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
Today marked the 5,272nd consecutive rainy/cloudy/blah spring day this month. But that did not deter the crowds thronging the Westport Garden Club‘s annual plant sale, at Saugatuck Congregational...
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Oh My 06880 — Photo Challenge #73
Last week’s 2-fer — photos of a boulder surrounded by overgrown brush, and a plaque saying the planting was made possible by the Westport Garden Club — was as tough as the tangled weeds in Bob...
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Oh My 06880 — Photo Challenge #90
The Nevada Hitchcock Memorial Garden is hidden in plain sight: on the well-traveled corner of Cross Highway and Weston Road. Fred Cantor, Susan Schmidt, Bobbie Herman, Barbara Sherburne and Nancy...
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Ginormous Plant Sale Set For Friday
How does the Wakeman Town Farm’s garden grow? With a ton of help from the Westport Garden Club. WTF has received a $5,000 gift from the WGC — the club’s largest single donation in its 93-year history....
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Garden Club Plant Sale: A Perennial Attraction
If you’re a gardener, you always think of the future. But it’s doubtful that the 8 women and 2 men who founded the Westport Garden Club back in 1924 could imagine that 94 years later, their...
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Westport Garden Club Promotes Pollinator Project And Plant Sale
At 95 years old, people start to slow down. Even an organization nearing the century mark can lose a bit off its fastball. But the Westport Garden Club — founded in 1924, the year Calvin Coolidge...
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Eloise Reilly: The Centenarian’s Great Sequel
I was so glad this morning to run an upbeat story. Westporter Eloise Reilly turned 100 on Sunday, and — from a safe distance — her neighbors helped her celebrate. I called her a “longtime Westporter,...
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COVID-19 Roundup: Gardens; $$$; More
The Westport Garden Club‘s spring plant sale is always a red letter date for green thumbs. Like so many other events, it’s fallen victim to the coronavirus. But, the club says, it’s only postponed —...
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COVID-19 Roundup: Resurrection; RaRa; Frannie Faith; Garden Club; More
The pandemic has forced a lot of religious services into cyberspace. But there’s still plenty of activity at Green’s Farms Church. The 157-year-old meetinghouse of the 309-year-old church is being...
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COVID-19 Roundup: Supper & Soul; Plants & Earthplace; Technology & Masks; More
“Supper & Soul” was a great, popular concept. The Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce organized dinner, a concert, and dessert/drinks. It was a moveable feast, great downtown entertainment, and...
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COVID Roundup: Yarn Bombing; Minute Man Flowers; Masks; Movies; More
Anne Craig is familiar to Westporters. She spent 15 years on TV, as an entertainment and features reporter for Fox 5 in New York, and evening news anchor on New Haven’s Channel 8. These days Anne is...
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COVID Roundup: Reopening; Friday Flowers; Ford Escort; Donut Crazy; More
As Westport reopens, it may be hard to figure out who’s in charge of what. First Selectman Jim Marpe says: The Westport Weston Health District licenses restaurants and the beauty industry. So the WWHD...
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Roundup: July 4th House Decorating Contest; #FridayFlowers; More
There will be no 4th of July fireworks this year. But you can still show your patriotism — and win tickets to the 2021 show. Westport’s Parks & Recreation Department and Westport PAL — the...
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Roundup: Library Reopens; Oh Brother!; More
The Westport Library’s limited reopening begins Monday (July 13). In-person services include borrowing of books, audiobooks, movies, and magazines; visits to the Children’s Library to borrow...
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Roundup: Bingo; Bridgeport Rescue Mission; Flowers; More
Stan Witkow reports that the weekly virtual bingo game just crossed the $5,000 mark. Anyone can play. The winner chooses a non-profit to receive his or her winnings. Homes With Hope has been a major...
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