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Since 1922, the Ithaca Garden Club has invested several hundred thousand dollars into its projects, including the installation of gardens at Cayuga Medical Center, Hospicare, Sciencenter, Cayuga Heights Fire Station, Paleontological Research Institute, Cancer Resource Center, Stewart Park, Waterfront Trail, Ithaca Children’s Garden and Hangar Theater.
In 2022, the Club celebrates 100 years with a keen focus on the continued mass planting of daffodils. (See menu above for Daff-a-Dazzle.) In October 2020, the Ithaca Garden Club made an extraordinary gift to the City of Ithaca, with the planting of 12,000 narcissi and over 5,000 muscari and crocus. Located along Taughannock Blvd, just north of the Ithaca Children’s Garden, this daffodil planting creates a beautiful naturalizing splash of color for all passersby to enjoy for many springs to come.
The daffodils, combined with the multi-year planting of crabapple trees along Floral Avenue at the Inlet, are part of the Ithaca Garden Club’s “Garden Trail” and part of the Club’s on-going gifts to the City as we celebrate of century of educating and fostering interest in horticulture, flower arranging and landscaping.
Additional ongoing projects include designing holiday decorations for Cayuga Medical Center locations and annual recognition of a downtown Ithaca garden.
The Garden Trail: History of Club Projects: On-Going Projects:
Arbor Day Tree to City of Ithaca since 1956
Boyce Thompson Institute summer internships in plant science research since 2012
2020: Mass Daffodil Planting: 12,000 daffodils & 5,000 crocus & muscari / Taughannock Blvd
2016-2022: Memorial Crabtree Renewal & Expansion – Cayuga Inlet/Floral Avenue
2016: Healthy Food For All
2014: Ithaca Children’s Garden
2014: Friends of Stewart Park – entrance garden
2012: Mayor Stewart Memorial Flagpole Garden in Stewart Park
2012: Franziska Racker Centers
2011: Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce
2010: Beechtree Care Center-‐hardscaping
2010: Hangar Theater – landscaping for theater renovation
2009: Cayuga Medical Center
2009: Alex Haley Pool – garden at entrance
2008: Cayuga Medical Center
2008: Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes
2007: Ithaca Children’s Garden
2007: Inlet Crabapples and Benches
2006: Paleontological Research Institute (PRI) Museum of the Earth
2004: Cayuga Heights Fire Station – 9/11 Memorial Garden
2004: Sciencenter Gardens
2000: Hospicare
1996-‐97: Washington Park
1993-‐94: Cayuga Medical Center
1991-‐92: Women’s Community Building (WCB)
1991-‐92: Cayuga Nature Center gifted with Burling Woods
1988-‐89: Reconstruction Home (now known as Beechtree Care Center)
1984-‐85: Cornell University, the Secret Garden behind the A.D. White House
1983: The Club’s largest project to date: landscaping for the new grounds at Cayuga Medical Center
1980-1981: Initial planting gifts for the new Hospital building
1976-1979: Hangar Theater
1976-1978: Tompkins County Airport
1972-1974: Memorial Crabapple Tree Project
1971-1972: Shade Tree Advisory Council Formed
1970-1972: Senior Citizens Center
1969: Landscaping for DeWitt Park
1964-1967: Cornell Plantations
1966–1967: The Ithaca Post Office
1965: The Reconstruction Home
1964–1965: Honoring Cornell Centennial
1963: More for the Women’s Community Building
1962–1963: Cass Park Marina trees
1960–1962: Women’s Community Building Landscaping pledge fulfillment and more
1959: Daisy Farrand Memorial Garden
1958: Women’s Community Building Landscaping
1956: Liberty Hyde Bailey Memorial
1956: Arbor Day tree donation to City of Ithaca begun
1955: Forsythia Campaign Continue with more flowering trees, shrubs and bulbs
1953–1954: Dutch Elm Disease Control
1953–1954: The Forsythia Campaign
1952: Window Boxes for City Hall
1952: Filling Station Appearance Awards
1952: Plantings at the Railroad Station and YMCA
1950–1952: A Park on the Elmira Road
1941–1945: Wartime Hiatus
1930: Billboard Removal
1924: Triangle Park on the Elmira Road
1924: Rock Garden at Cornell
1922: Tulip Bulbs for Area Schools
In 2022, the Club celebrates 100 years with a keen focus on the continued mass planting of daffodils. (See menu above for Daff-a-Dazzle.) In October 2020, the Ithaca Garden Club made an extraordinary gift to the City of Ithaca, with the planting of 12,000 narcissi and over 5,000 muscari and crocus. Located along Taughannock Blvd, just north of the Ithaca Children’s Garden, this daffodil planting creates a beautiful naturalizing splash of color for all passersby to enjoy for many springs to come.
The daffodils, combined with the multi-year planting of crabapple trees along Floral Avenue at the Inlet, are part of the Ithaca Garden Club’s “Garden Trail” and part of the Club’s on-going gifts to the City as we celebrate of century of educating and fostering interest in horticulture, flower arranging and landscaping.
Additional ongoing projects include designing holiday decorations for Cayuga Medical Center locations and annual recognition of a downtown Ithaca garden.
The Garden Trail: History of Club Projects: On-Going Projects:
Arbor Day Tree to City of Ithaca since 1956
Boyce Thompson Institute summer internships in plant science research since 2012
2020: Mass Daffodil Planting: 12,000 daffodils & 5,000 crocus & muscari / Taughannock Blvd
2016-2022: Memorial Crabtree Renewal & Expansion – Cayuga Inlet/Floral Avenue
2016: Healthy Food For All
2014: Ithaca Children’s Garden
2014: Friends of Stewart Park – entrance garden
2012: Mayor Stewart Memorial Flagpole Garden in Stewart Park
2012: Franziska Racker Centers
2011: Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce
2010: Beechtree Care Center-‐hardscaping
2010: Hangar Theater – landscaping for theater renovation
2009: Cayuga Medical Center
2009: Alex Haley Pool – garden at entrance
2008: Cayuga Medical Center
2008: Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes
2007: Ithaca Children’s Garden
2007: Inlet Crabapples and Benches
2006: Paleontological Research Institute (PRI) Museum of the Earth
2004: Cayuga Heights Fire Station – 9/11 Memorial Garden
2004: Sciencenter Gardens
2000: Hospicare
1996-‐97: Washington Park
1993-‐94: Cayuga Medical Center
1991-‐92: Women’s Community Building (WCB)
1991-‐92: Cayuga Nature Center gifted with Burling Woods
1988-‐89: Reconstruction Home (now known as Beechtree Care Center)
1984-‐85: Cornell University, the Secret Garden behind the A.D. White House
1983: The Club’s largest project to date: landscaping for the new grounds at Cayuga Medical Center
1980-1981: Initial planting gifts for the new Hospital building
1976-1979: Hangar Theater
1976-1978: Tompkins County Airport
1972-1974: Memorial Crabapple Tree Project
1971-1972: Shade Tree Advisory Council Formed
1970-1972: Senior Citizens Center
1969: Landscaping for DeWitt Park
1964-1967: Cornell Plantations
1966–1967: The Ithaca Post Office
1965: The Reconstruction Home
1964–1965: Honoring Cornell Centennial
1963: More for the Women’s Community Building
1962–1963: Cass Park Marina trees
1960–1962: Women’s Community Building Landscaping pledge fulfillment and more
1959: Daisy Farrand Memorial Garden
1958: Women’s Community Building Landscaping
1956: Liberty Hyde Bailey Memorial
1956: Arbor Day tree donation to City of Ithaca begun
1955: Forsythia Campaign Continue with more flowering trees, shrubs and bulbs
1953–1954: Dutch Elm Disease Control
1953–1954: The Forsythia Campaign
1952: Window Boxes for City Hall
1952: Filling Station Appearance Awards
1952: Plantings at the Railroad Station and YMCA
1950–1952: A Park on the Elmira Road
1941–1945: Wartime Hiatus
1930: Billboard Removal
1924: Triangle Park on the Elmira Road
1924: Rock Garden at Cornell
1922: Tulip Bulbs for Area Schools