Earth Month 2026

Celebrate Native Plant Month This April

The New Canaan Garden Club, New Canaan Land Trust, and New Canaan Nature Center are partnering this April to promote the beauty and benefits of planting native species.

As part of this initiative, the New Canaan Garden Club has organized a special native plant promotion in collaboration with Copia Home & Garden. A curated selection of 10–12 native plants, chosen by the Garden Club and the Land Trust, will be featured and available for purchase throughout the month.

A portion of proceeds will support local conservation efforts: 15% of sales, up to $1,000, will benefit the Land Trust’s Barbara Johansen Pollinator Garden at its headquarters. Funds raised beyond that amount will support the Garden Club’s native plant projects at Irwin Park.

Location:
Copia Home & Garden
475 Smith Ridge Road
South Salem, NY
https://copiahomeandgarden.com/

Thursday, April 9, 12:00PM-1:00PM: Environmental Issues Regarding Gas Powered Leaf Blowers 

Dr. Sarah Evans, a professor and researcher at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, will present at the New Canaan Conservation Commission about the environmental issues surrounding gas-powered leaf blowers. This virtual presentation will be held in the Town Hall meeting room with a Zoom option that will be available on the Conservation Commission agenda.

https://bit.ly/48o4MjI

Saturday, April 11, 11:00AM - 12:00 PM: Berry Fruit Gardening

Come to Grace Farms to learn the basics of growing these fruits at home. Understand the process from start to finish, beginning with plant choice, garden preparation and management, all the way to harvesting and preservation. https://gracefarms.org/event/nature-workshops-berry-fruit-gardening

New Canaan Clean Your Mile- Open to All

Monday, April 20^th – Sunday, April 26^th  

Clean Your Mile 2026 has three key components: 1. New Canaan families picking up roadside trash in neighborhoods; 2. Community groups scouring public spaces including parks and schools; 3. Merchants cleaning up sidewalks, storage areas and parking spaces in the downtown village district. Upon completion of neighborhood clean-up, if unable to transport collected trash to Transfer Station, volunteers are asked to notify the Highway Department of the locations of bags to be picked up by the Town. Call 203-594-3704 with any questions. Garbage bags are available for pick-up at the Public Works or Inland Wetlands departments in Town Hall. Dumpsters will be located in the Elm Street train station commuter lot Friday - Sunday. Volunteers are asked to secure the bags and place them on grassy shoulder and not on the roadways.Remember to work safely when cleaning roadside! Co-sponsored by Town of New Canaan, New Canaan Chamber of Commerce, and Planet New Canaan.

Earth Day Adventure with New Canaan Children's Librarian Miss Marie at Still Pond Preserve

Wednesday, April 22 @ 4pm

Join the New Canaan Land Trust and Miss Marie on Wednesday, April 22nd at 4 pm for an afternoon in nature to celebrate Earth Day and this beautiful time of the year. We’ll start with a short nature walk and scavenger hunt then make our way to the Council Ring at Still Pond Preserve. There, Children’s Librarian Miss Marie will read a Earth Day stories and songs. What a wonderful way to experience the wonder of the changing seasons and Earth Day at the Land Trust’s Still Pond Preserve! Appropriate for ages 2 and up. Please register once for your whole family! We are counting cars not people as there is limited parking on site. This program is hosted in partnership with New Canaan Land Trust. 

https://www.newcanaanlibrary.org/event/story-earth-day-walk-still-pond-preserve-198326

Wednesday, April 22, 6:30PM - 8:30PM: Preserved: A Film About Ted Turner's 'Pinnacle of Conservation'

In 1996, with the purchase of Vermejo–558,000 acres in northern New Mexico that had been scarred by mining–media mogul Ted Turner launched an ambitious project. In this feature-length documentary, scientists, ranchers, and conservationists reveal how the seemingly impossible has been achieved here, from North America's largest native trout restoration to the return of beaver, elk, and bison. In an era of wildfires, drought, and species collapse, Vermejo is living proof that restoration is not only possible; it’s a blueprint for what comes next. Screened at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church by the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society. 

https://bit.ly/4sbBxrK

Wednesday, April 22, 7:00PM at New Canaan Town Hall

Town Council on Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers

The Town Council, New Canaan’s legislative body, will debate and consider the current proposal regarding use of gas-powered leaf blowers. This meeting is open to the public in person and on Zoom.    

Town Council

Hybrid Meeting  - Town Meeting Room

Public Hearing and Regular Meeting 

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Saturday, April 25, 10:00AM - 5:00PM : Earth Day at Grace Farms 

Hands-on activities, art inspired by nature, and interactive learning around our season’s theme, We all build. Earth Day at Grace Farms invites you to explore how architecture and connection to the natural world can inspire communities to build and thrive together.

https://gracefarms.org/event/we-all-build-earth-day
 

Tiny House Experience! Film and Tour with Escape the Waste

Saturday, April 25 between 12pm - 5pm

Tour a tiny house anytime from 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM at the Library, and from 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM watch the truly amazing film that reveals how it was made--including live Q&A with the builders and professional "reusers"! Using almost nothing but reused, repurposed, and dumpster-dived materials, Alex Eaves and Derek “Deek” Diedricksen will share the 17-foot moving truck they transformed into a 98-square-foot tiny house and mobile reuse education center. This is co-sponsored by Planet New Canaan, which oversees the Swap Shop at the New Canaan Transfer Station. 

https://www.newcanaanlibrary.org/event/hold-tiny-house-186649

Sunday, April 26^th 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM at Carriage Barn Arts Center 

Reuse hands-on art workshop for young creators (8+) to learn from two masters of eco-design! Alex Eaves, founder of "Escape the Waste", and Deek Diedricksen, creator of the Off Grid Tiny House, will lead collaborative projects such as designing quirky wooden cat and dog characters and objects from wood scraps, and create martian plants using concrete and recycled odds and ends, as well as other eco projects. $50 per child /registrant. Please register.

https://carriagebarn.org/event/kids-reuse-recycle-workshop/

Tuesday, April 28, 6:30PM: Composting from A-Z with Alice Ely

Master gardener and composter Alice Ely presents the basics of composting, choosing the method that’s right for you, and managing the process once you get started. This program is co-sponsored by Planet New Canaan and New Canaan Library. https://www.newcanaanlibrary.org/composting-lecture