The Centennial Endowment Fund
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Litchfield Garden Club established the Centennial Endowment Fund in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Club’s 1913 founding. This endowed charitable fund, established at the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, enables the Litchfield Garden Club to accomplish projects of significant benefit to the community across multiple areas including civic beautification, environmental awareness, historic preservation, gardening and horticulture.
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Announcing the 2022 Centennial Fund Matching Challenge Grant!
To help build the vital Centennial Endowment Fund, and increase LGCs ability to undertake meaningful projects to benefit the community, an anonymous friend of LGC has provided a generous $10,000 matching grant. All donations made to the LGC Centennial Fund from April 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022 will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $10,000.
There are two ways to make a contribution to the Centennial Fund:
BY CHECK: made payable to the Litchfield Garden Club, with “Centennial Fund Contribution” in the memo area. Mail contributions to the Litchfield Garden Club, Attention: Asst. Treasurer, P. O. Box 848, Litchfield CT 06759
To help build the vital Centennial Endowment Fund, and increase LGCs ability to undertake meaningful projects to benefit the community, an anonymous friend of LGC has provided a generous $10,000 matching grant. All donations made to the LGC Centennial Fund from April 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022 will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $10,000.
There are two ways to make a contribution to the Centennial Fund:
BY CHECK: made payable to the Litchfield Garden Club, with “Centennial Fund Contribution” in the memo area. Mail contributions to the Litchfield Garden Club, Attention: Asst. Treasurer, P. O. Box 848, Litchfield CT 06759
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ONLINE: via PayPal. Click the yellow button to the right to make a secure, online donation. Please indicate "Centennial Fund" in the drop down menu on the donation page to direct your contribution and ensure your donation counts towards the matching grant.
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About the partnership: The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation engages donors and organizations with ties to Northwest Connecticut that want to enhance and transform the lives of those who live there. The Foundation provides LGC with financial support by managing assets and awarding grants as directed by LGC, according to its mission and purpose. Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation provides highly attentive, compassionate and knowledgeable service for the Litchfield Garden Club whose members exhibit an immense passion and dedication toward the beautification and preservation of the greater Litchfield area. Read Press Release - Litchfield Garden Club Establishes Centennial Endowment Fund.
Centennial Tree Project
In celebration of the Garden Club of America's (GCA) Centennial Anniversary in 2013, the Litchfield Garden Club chose an important and meaningful tree project to mark the occasion.
The GCA Horticulture Committee recommended that each GCA club participate in a tree project that would demonstrate the purpose of the GCA: “…to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, and to restore, improve, and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and action in the fields of conservation and civic improvement.
Litchfield Garden Club chose a historic and educational effort focused on the American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) for its historical significance to Litchfield. Oliver Wolcott, Jr. planted 13 sycamores ca. 1778 to commemorate the original 13 colonies. These trees can still be seen today lining South Street, and the Litchfield Green, with markers noting the name of the original colonies. Today, only one of the original Wolcott 13 trees remains. It stands enormous in front of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church on South Street. Since 1778, documentation has proven that 50 more sycamore trees were planted in Litchfield.
The LGC Centennial Tree Committee formed in 2008, outlined the following objectives:
The GCA Horticulture Committee recommended that each GCA club participate in a tree project that would demonstrate the purpose of the GCA: “…to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, and to restore, improve, and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and action in the fields of conservation and civic improvement.
Litchfield Garden Club chose a historic and educational effort focused on the American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) for its historical significance to Litchfield. Oliver Wolcott, Jr. planted 13 sycamores ca. 1778 to commemorate the original 13 colonies. These trees can still be seen today lining South Street, and the Litchfield Green, with markers noting the name of the original colonies. Today, only one of the original Wolcott 13 trees remains. It stands enormous in front of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church on South Street. Since 1778, documentation has proven that 50 more sycamore trees were planted in Litchfield.
The LGC Centennial Tree Committee formed in 2008, outlined the following objectives:
- Document history of tree planting by LGC (ongoing)
- Study sycamore and other trees with a forester
- Propagate existing sycamore trees
- Where can future trees be planted or replaced?
- Photography exhibit of sycamores by members
