Green & Clean Day is April 9; Townwide Effort to Eliminate Litter Sponsored by the Easton Garden Club

Easton’s annual Green & Clean Day will take place Saturday, April 9, 2011 from 9AM to 4PM.  The townwide effort, sponsored by the Easton Garden Club, will focus on the elimination of litter in Easton.  Residents are encouraged to help clean up trash and debris in their own neighborhoods and along roadsides.

Free clear trash bags are available from March 5 through April 9 at the following locations:  Easton Community Center, Easton Public Works Town Garage, Easton Village Store, Greiser’s Store, Samuel Staples Elementary School and the Easton Public Library.  Separate bags should be used for recyclables and trash. 

Filled garbage bags may be dropped off on Green & Clean Day at the Easton Town Garage at 15 Westport Road from 9AM to 4PM, Saturday, April 9. 

Green and Clean days have become increasingly popular throughout the United States and Canada as a way for citizens to do their part and keep the towns they live in clean and attractive.   The Easton Garden Club sponsored the Town’s first Green & Clean Day in April 1979.

For more information call EGC Civic Chair Cheryl Frier at 203-254-3088, or leave a comment on this blog.  

Only Three Months 'til Garden Mart

Garden Mart will be here sooner than we think!  Saturday, May 7, 2011 is the date, and even though our gardens are covered in many feet of snow, we can all start thinking about which ten plants we'll contribute, and what we will buy to add to our own gardens.  Happy planning!

January 12th Meeting Cancelled Due to Snow

Get Your Copy of "Gardening for a Lifetime"

January is the perfect time to sit by a cozy fire and read Gardening for a Lifetime by our October speaker, Sydney Eddison.   Copies are available through the EGC for $20 each.  Call Cathy Meyer for more information.   

Holiday Luncheon

The EGC's annual Holiday Luncheon tradition continued on cold and sunny December day

Hostess Jill Young greets Janet Klein at the door

Cecelia Campbell, Abby LePage and Judy Goldbecker

Patti Popp and Lauren Ryng

  

Helen Maloney 

Bert Webbe and Abby LePage discuss
Yankee Swap strategies

Alka Sood

Janet Hoyt, Marilyn Savard and
Cynthia Carlson

Lunch was served: 

And then the Swap began: 

Yankee Swap presents under the tree

This year's highlight was the Flight of the Hummingbird: 

Bert claims his gift...

...it's a hummingbird

...Jane Butler

Janet Klein takes it next only to lose possession to...

Margot Abrams, deciding the hummingbird flew far enough,
selects an unopened gift

And a good time was had by all...

Jill Young opens her hostess gift 

EGC Decorates Easton for the Holidays

The Easton Garden Club was out in force on a sunny December morning, hanging 23 wreaths on buildings around Town.  The team, lead by Civic Chair Cheryl Frier, included Lisa Canada, Terry D'Ausilio, Judy Goldbecker, Janet Klein, Cathy Meyer, Jean Puchalski, Alka Sood and Bert Webbe. 

Judy Goldbecker and Janet Klein hang a wreath at Easton Town Hall

Easton's First Selectman Tom Herrmann joins Janet Klein, Judy Goldbecker and Cheryl Frier during wreath hanging activities at Town Hall

A collage of the holiday wreaths gracing the Town, all donated and hung by members of the Easton Garden Club 

Cutting of the Greens

Club members gathered on a warm November morning to carry out EGC's traditional "Cutting of the Greens."  The materials gathered will grace the Town's barrels and windowboxes throughout the holiday season. 

Participants in the annual even included (l to r): Douglas Wieser, Cecelia Campbell, Lisa Colasante, Jean Puchalski, Cheryl Frier, Shari Butler, Cynthia Carlson, Penny Wieser and Martin Wieser

Martin Wieser and Lisa Colasante, EGC's Barrel and Windowbox Chair,

take a short break

Martin Wieser, husband of Club member Penny Wieser, operates the chainsaw while Lisa Colasante and Shari Butler look on