The Greenfield Hill Garden Club of Fairfield recently won at the 40th annual Connecticut Flower and Garden Show, “Rhythm and Blooms,” at the Hartford Convention Center. The event was sponsored by the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut.
The first ever entry from the Greenfield Hill Garden Club took home the blue ribbon and the club competition award for the club’s “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” tailgate and buffet table design.
The winning entry’s vintage baseball theme featured peanuts and Cracker Jacks, boater hat legendary manager Connie Mack, a wicker picnic basket for the pre-game activity, as well as red gerbera daisies, white daisies and blue delphinium flowers.
The club’s lineup was: Eleanor Burke, Janet Litterer, Stacy Fama, Melanie Campbell and Luann Barchie.
Registration open for Rotary Club’s golf tournament
The Rotary Club of Fairfield will have its 34th annual golf tournament at the Brooklawn Country Club on May 16.
Visit fairfieldrotary.org to register, or to learn about sponsorship, team sign ups and individual sign ups.
Registration is required in advance.
All prices include green fees, a cart, lunch on the course and heavy appetizers after the game of golf.
Events like the tournament provide grants, scholarships and support for humanitarian projects locally and around the world.
Contact Rotary Club of Fairfield International Service Chair William “Bill” Llewellyn at 203-400-3111, or [email protected] for more information.
Pequot Library announces April programs
Pequot Library has announced a number of April programs, including the ongoing spring book sale, which runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and wraps up April 9.
There will also be an inaugural climate summit April 22-23 with pay-as-you-go programming.
First, at noon on April 22, Mary Hogue and Dan Martens from the Sustainable Fairfield Task Force will teach attendees how to compost by successfully recycling food scraps in their backyards. At 1:30 p.m., there will be a conversation with Patrick Horan of Waldingfield Farm, and Lori Cochran-Dougall, executive director of Westport Farmers Market, about the important role of consumers in the cycle of agriculture and environmentalism. There will be a coffee and networking break, followed by a recycling workshop at 3:30 p.m.
On April 23, the featured guest speaker will present at 1 p.m. The featured guest speaker is Edwina von Dal, landscape artist-to-the-stars and founder of the Perfect Earth Project, an influential nonprofit dedicated to eliminating chemical lawn treatments. The Aspetuck Land Trust will speak at 3 p.m. about conservation and preservation. The band Barnstorm will perform at 4 p.m.
There will also be two Young Persons’ Concerts at 7 p.m. on April 8 and 2 p.m. on April 9. The Easter Egg Roll will be at 10 a.m. on April 16.
For more information, visit www.pequotlibrary.org/calendar.
Fairfield Ludlowe student serving as U.S. Senate page
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) has welcomed Eli Moyse, a junior at Fairfield Ludlowe High School who is serving as a U.S. Senate page for the spring.
Moyse will work in the U.S. Senate chamber and assist with the day-to-day operations at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
He worked with the Connecticut Against Violence Youth Council and started the Connecticut Students’ Cooperative to help address COVID-19’s impact on food insecurity.
Pages’ responsibilities include delivering correspondences and legislative materials within the Congressional complex, taking messages for members, preparing the Senate chamber for Senate sessions, and carrying bills and amendments to the overall desk. They are also required to attend classes each morning at the Page School.
The program is administered by the sergeant at arms, the secretary of the Senate, and the party secretaries in the Senate.