The Ridgefield History Club topic for Tuesday, May 20, at 10 a.m. will be “Ridgefield Gardens and Gardening.” Everyone is welcome to attend this free gathering at the Scott House at 4 Sunset Lane.
It’s a great time to talk about gardens, as the Ridgefield Garden Tour approaches: the June 8 event is the joint fund-raiser of the Ridgefield Garden Club and the Ridgefield Historical Society and the first local garden tour in more than 30 years. A Spring Soiree on the evening of June 7 will add to the celebration of garden beauty.
Join us on May 20 to share your stories about the town’s gardens—whether they were flower beds, vegetable plots, or grand estate landscapes. Do you remember a time when backyard gardens were a wartime necessity or a neighborhood staple? Were you part of a garden club or involved in school garden projects? What were the go-to nurseries and garden centers in town over the years? Let’s talk about your favorite heirloom tomatoes, hydrangeas, compost piles, and victory gardens—and the people who kept Ridgefield blooming. Bring your green-thumb memories and help us cultivate a colorful chapter of Ridgefield’s past.
The Ridgefield History Club, an informal community storytelling program (it’s not a presentation or lecture) of the Historical Society, meets for an hour on the third Tuesday of every month to share memories and stories related to a specific topic in Ridgefield’s history. The discussion is recorded and cataloged in the Historical Society’s archive to preserve all the stories of Ridgefield’s people, places, and events for future generations. It’s also streamed live on Facebook and is uploaded to our YouTube channel.
For more information about this program, contact the Historical Society at 203-438-5821 or info@ridgefieldhistoricalsociety.org Parking and seating at the Scott House is limited, and registration is requested for this free program.