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New Canaan Garden Club wins approval to fund invasive-removal and meadow restoration at Erwin Park

2532731 · February 12, 2025
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The New Canaan Garden Club received commission approval to revive its Friends of Erwin Park fundraising, install informational QR signage, run membership outreach, and begin a multiyear invasive-species and meadow restoration project funded in part by club funds and outside contractors.

The New Canaan Garden Club briefed the Parks and Recreation Commission on a multiyear plan to remove invasive plants and restore a native meadow and mushroom-maze garden at Erwin Park. Tori Fraser, speaking for the Garden Club, said the group is reviving the Friends of Erwin Park fundraising arm and will use QR codes and temporary signage to raise money and educate visitors.

Fraser described widespread infestations of mugwort, Japanese knotweed…

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