2024 – Spring Civic Gardens – The Olde Ripton Garden Club Civic Gardens Committee Chair is Teya Bell.
Plumb Memorial Library is tended by Chair Teya Bell and member Myra Faulkner
Shelton High School is tended by Chair Judy Pavone and member Joy Reho
Shelton Police Department is tended by Chair Joan Mauri and member Joy Reho
Shelton City Hall is tended by Chair Joy Reho and members Jennifer Lombard, Lori Hansen, Cheryl Biros and Donna Kay Pensiero
Shelton Historical Society is tended by Co Chairs Joyce and Gail Donnelly
Huntington Community Center is tended by Co Chairs Debby Garrow and Lydia Locke and members Laurie Norris and Dee Blewett
Huntington Branch of the Post Office is tended by Co Chairs Alfred Mozdzer and Irmina Grabarz and member Terri Johnston
Huntington Green is tended by Co Chairs Lisa DiNardo and Pat Robik, Marybeth Banks, Joanne Brunelle, Lori Kniffin, Martha Nosal and Holly Secskas
Huntington Fire House is tended by Lisa DiNardo
2023 – Fall Civic Gardens – The Olde Ripton Garden Club Civic Gardens Committee Co-Chairs are Lisa DiNardo and Pat Robik
Huntington Branch of the Shelton Post Office
Shelton High School
Shelton Police Station
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- City of Shelton Police Department
2023 – Summer Civic Gardens – The Olde Ripton Garden Club Civic Gardens Committee Co-Chairs are Lisa DiNardo and Pat Robik.
Shelton City Hall
Shelton Community Center
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- Shelton Community Center
Huntington Center Green
Plumb Memorial Library
Shelton Police Station
Huntington Branch of the Shelton Post Office
Shelton High School
Shelton History Center
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- Shelton History Center
2023 – Spring Civic Gardens – The Olde Ripton Garden Club Civic Gardens Committee Co-Chairs are Lisa DiNardo and Pat Robik.
The gardens designed and maintained by Olde Ripton Garden Club are the Huntington Green, the Shelton Community Center, the Huntington branch of the Shelton Post Office, the Shelton Historical Society’s herb garden, the Shelton High School’s sign, the Plumb Memorial Library and new this year are the Shelton City Hall, the Shelton Police Department and the Huntington Fire Department.
Recently added to the Civic Gardens is the Huntington Fire Department which Lisa DiNardo is maintaining.
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- Memorial to Firemen that have passed away
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- Huntington Fire Department’s emblem
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- Olde Ripton Garden Club’s Paver
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- Memorial Garden
The Shelton Historical Society’s Herb Garden is maintained by Gail Donnelly.
Club member Joy Reho, with the help of club members Jennifer Lombard, Lori Hansen, DonnaKay Pensiero, Cheryl Biros and Daria DeAngelis, worked on one of our newest gardens at the welcome sign and front doors of Shelton City Hall.
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- Welcome sign at the Shelton City Hall
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- Rear side of the welcome sign at the Shelton City Hall
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- Plantings at the front entrance to Shelton City Hall
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- Plantings at the front entrance to the Shelton City Hall
Club member Janet Spann along with the help of club members Joy Reho and Judy Pavone maintain the Shelton High School welcome sign.
Entrance to the Shelton High School
Club members Joan Mauri, Joy Reho and DonnaKay Pensiero worked at redesigning the Shelton Police Station‘s welcome sign gardens.
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- Original Police Station garden on Wheeler Street
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- Police Station
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- New Plantings on Wheeler Street
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- Original garden on the corner of Meadow Street and Wheeler Street
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- New plantings on the corner of Meadow Street and Wheeler Street
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- New plantings on the corner of Meadow Street and Wheeler Street
Debby Garrow maintains the Shelton Community Center‘s gardens at the Church Street entrance.
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- Community Center garden
2022 – Fall Civic Gardens – The Olde Ripton Garden Club Civic Gardens Committee is Co-Chaired by Lisa DiNardo and Pat Robik. Pictured here are Co-Chair Lisa DiNardo and club member Marybeth Banks working at cleaning up the Huntington Center Gardens for the fall season.
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- Huntington Center Fountain on the Green
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- Co-Chair of the Civic Gardens Committee Lisa DiNardo
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- Marybeth Banks by the Huntington Center Fountain
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- Lisa DiNardo at one of the Huntington Center Gardens
2022 – Fall Civic Gardens – The Shelton High School Garden is tended by Janet Spann and Joy Reho, the Huntington Branch of the Shelton Post Office is tended by Alfreda Mozdzer, Irmina Grabarz and Marybeth Banks and the Community Center is tended by Debby Garrow.
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- Shelton High School entrance sign
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- Huntington Branch of the Shelton Post Office
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- Huntington Branch of the Shelton Post Office
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- Community Center
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- Community Center
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- Community Center
2022 – Civic Fall Gardens – Teya Bell along with the help of club members Jen Lombard, J. Stapkowski, Debbie Mica, Lori Hansen and Marybeth Banks worked on fall plantings for the Plumb Memorial Library.
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- Plumb Memorial Library
Donations were made by Benedict’s Home and Garden in Monroe, The Salvaged Garden in Shelton and Van Wilgen’s Garden Center in North Branford.
2022 – Plumb Memorial Library – Teya Bell redesigned the gardens around the flagpole, Veteran’s Memorial and Planters at the old front entrance to the Plumb Memorial Library
2022 Memorial Day Civic Gardens
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- Memorial at the Huntington Center Green
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- Shelton Community Center Entrance
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- Shelton Community Center
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- Shelton Community Center
2022 Spring and Summer Civic Gardens
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- Huntington Green
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- Huntington Green Fountain
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- Shelton High School Entrance Sign
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- Huntington Branch of the Shelton Post Office
2021 Holiday Civic Gardens
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- Wreath at the Shelton Community Center main entrance
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- Rear entrance of the Shelton Community Center
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- Front doors of the Shelton Community Center
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- Shelton Community Center
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- Holiday Arrangement at the Huntington Branch of the Shelton Post Office
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- Shelton High School
The 2021 Fall Civic Gardens
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- Huntington Green
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- Huntington Green
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- Huntington Green
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- Huntington Branch Post Office
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- Huntington Branch Post Office
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- Huntington Community Center
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- Huntington Community Center
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- Shelton High School
The 2021 Spring Civic Gardens
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- Huntington Green
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- Shelton High School
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- Huntington branch of the Shelton Post Office
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- Huntington branch of the Shelton Post Office
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- Huntington branch of the Shelton Post Office
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- Huntington Community Center
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- Huntington Community Center
Fall 2020 Civic Gardens
The Huntington Green Fountain Garden has been decorated with pumpkins and colorful Mums.
The main entrance to the Huntington Community Center has been decorated with colorful fall flowers and a witch inviting you to fly away with her.
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- Huntington Civic Center
The Shelton High School entrance sign is decorated for fall with colorful Mums and a Scarecrow.
2020 Civic Gardens
The Huntington Green
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- A new look for the Huntington Green’s Fountain garden
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- Closeup of the beautiful flowers
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- Rose bushes and Impatients in full bloom
Shelton High School
Huntington Community Center
2019 December Holiday Potluck Luncheon
2019 City Gardens
Huntington Green
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- Memorial Garden at the Huntington Green
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- Huntington Center Green
Common Bond Market
Shelton High School
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- Shelton High School
Huntington Post Office and Community Center
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- Huntington Branch of the Shelton Public Library
Plumb Memorial Library
Tussie Mussie Workshop with Sara Burns of Guy’s Eco Garden
June 2019 Luncheon at the Riverview Bistro in Stratford, Connecticut
2018 Holiday Wreaths around Town
2018 City Gardens
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- Huntington Branch of the Shelton Post Office
2016 Ikebana Presentation
At our August 2016 meeting, we hosted a beginner ikebana lesson for members. Ikebana (生け花, “arranging flowers”) is the Japanese art of flower arrangement, also known as kadō (華道, the “way of flowers”).1 Members had the opportunity to watch a live demonstration of the traditional Upright form and received instructional materials for creating their own arrangements at home.
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- An ikebana arrangement featuring 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Main Stems.
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- Adding the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Flowers.
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- A completed ikebana arrangement in a traditional container.
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- A completed ikebana arrangement featuring bamboo greenery and twisted twigs.
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- A completed ikebana arrangement featuring a natural wood container.
1. “Ikebana,” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikebana. Accessed 11/30/2016.
Our Gardens 2015
The Green Clean-Up
JUNE 10, 2015 TRIP TO SHAKESPEARE’S GARDEN, Brookfield, CT
JUNE 2 LUNCHEON AT MARISSA’S, Trumbull, CT
ANNUAL PERENNIAL PLANT SALE – Saturday, May 30th
Succulent Dish Garden Workshop – May 4th, 2015 Meeting
Holiday Wreath-Making Workshop – December 1, 2014 Meeting
Fall Decoration Workshop – November 3, 2014 Meeting
Artistic/Horticulture Display from the October Meeting – Witching Time: Seasonal arrangements using fresh and/dried material suitable for Halloween. Photos courtesy of Yonghua He.
