Our fun and informative programs are are free of charge and open to all, unless otherwise noted. Please see the calendar below for a full schedule.
During January, February and March, our programs are held on Zoom so you can attend from the comfort of home. Please register in advance to attend these fantastic webinars. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about how to join.
Please click the title of each event to register!
Click here to view past recorded programs on our YouTube channel.
MEMBERS ONLY It's time to mark your calendar for the 2023 NCBL Informal Garden Visits. This year we will be having garden visits on: Thursday, May 18, Thursday, June 15, Wednesday, July 12, Wednesday, August 16. The gardens will be open from 9:30 to noon, to 35 registered NCBL members. Pre- registration for all 4 events will open […]
RAINDATE: Join us for our annual Welcome Back Coffee! Members and Friends welcome. Due to the forecast we have moved this to Thursday, September 14 - same time and place!
Join us for our Annual Autumn luncheon where Anne Meore,a Horticultural Therapist at NYBG and Good Samaritan Hospital, will be our guest speaker. Her talk on how plants and flowers help heal us will include a hands-on tea demonstration. We will be invited to make two therapeutic tea bags for ourselves prior to lunch. Luncheon […]
Jenn Cipriano of Copia Home & Garden will explain what and when to prune, fertilize, and mulch. She will suggest plantings that will provide interest and color in the Winter. You can view Jenn's recorded presentation on our YouTube channel - link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmWpoaVo32g
Calling all Members to help create beautiful wreaths to adorn our public buildings. We will assemble in the New Canaan Nature Center Greenhouse. Please bring clippers. This is a shared event with New Canaan Garden Club. (Set up on Nov. 28)
Laurie Masciandaro, Site Manager of Roseland Cottage and Garden, introduces us to the history and beauty of the CT gardens that have inspired visitors for a century or more. This program will be presented through Zoom. Please click here to view the replay of this program on our YouTube channel.
Deborah Chud is a retired Massachusetts physician turned garden-maker, consultant and educator. Her 6 years of research on New Perennial gardens, including New York’s High Line, Chicago’s Lurie Garden, the Oudolf Meadow at Delaware Botanic Gardens, and Oudolf Garden Detroit, generated the most comprehensive existing database of New Perennial plant combinations and led to the creation of her own […]