The Easton Garden Club is
committed to increasing
knowledge in conservation,
sustainability, and protecting
our environment.
Toth
Park Remediation
Project
Enhancing
the Riparian Buffer
Early in 2010, conservation
chair, Jean Puchalski, was
approached by Sally Harold of
The Nature Conservancy to help
launch a Town of Easton
remediation project called the
Toth Park Remediation Garden:
Enhancing the Riparian Buffer.
The project was adopted by the
Easton Garden Club as a
perpetual project and Easton
Garden Club volunteers
and master gardener interns
from the 2011 Master Gardener
class, began work in the park
in July of 2011. The
plan, created by Nancy King of
Seventy Acres, LLC, was
designed to restore the
multi-layered vegetation and
streamside buffer plantings to
the shore of the Aspetuck
River around the Toth Park
swimming hole and upstream of
the pedestrian bridge. The
goal of the project is to
increase the native plantings
and biodiversity in the park,
help reduce the geese
population , and ultimately
improve water quality in the
park.
This project qualifies as an
approved MG outreach project.
So, members and volunteers may
apply to earn Master Gardener
and Advanced Master Gardener
outreach hours needed to
attain and maintain levels of
MG certification.
Project managers
Sally Harold, The Nature
Conservancy
Jean Puchalski, Chair,
Conservation of the Easton
Garden Club
& 2011 Master Gardener
(MG) intern
Nancy King, Seventy Acres LLC,
Landscape Architect
EGC Volunteers
Meredith Anand, Jane Butler, ,
Britt Bast, Cecelia Campbell,
Terry D’Ausilio, Julie Davies,
Catherine French, Cheryl
Frier, Eleanor Gosse, Linda
Gray, Hove Herrmann, Janet
Klein
2011 MG Interns
Kim Charles, Will Rowlands,
Don Strait
Donation of plantings by
the Easton Garden Club and
other members of the
community. Our EGC board
voted and approved the
donation of a mature tree to
the project. EGC will have a
plaque identifying the tree
both common name and botanical
name and its dedication by our
club. Other members of the
community or organizations may
also donate a tree or planting
s to this project. Please
contact Jean Puchalski, EGC
Conservation Chair, with any
questions or to volunteer.
