Merritt Parkway Conservancy

Working to protect, preserve and enhance this historic Connecticut roadway through education, advocacy and partnership

Save the Date for Our Summer Event

Join us on June 14 at Stamford's Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens for coffee and a lecture featuring Barbara Paul Robinson, author of the biography Rosemary Verey: The Life & Lessons of a Legendary Gardener.

During a sabbatical from Debevoise & Plimpton where she was the first woman partner, Robinson worked as a volunteer gardener for Rosemary Verey at Barnsley House in Gloucestershire, England. Robinson's biography of Verey describes her wonderful life and accomplishments. Robinson and her husband have created their own outdoor oasis at the well-known Brush Hill Gardens in Litchfield County.

Coffee will be at 9:30 a.m., and the lecture starts at 10. Attendees are welcome to tour the designer show house and gardens as well. Tickets are $25.

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Help Plant a Dogwood Tree

When the Parkway opened, not only was the landscape a sensitive and extraordinary re-creation of natural beauty, but it also served to tie the roadway into a 37-mile linear park.

Unfortunately road improvements, blight, and reductions in road maintenance have destroyed many of the original plantings and almost all of the dogwoods.

Join us in our efforts to restore the Parkway's storied landscape and protect this magnificent travel experience for years to come.

Donations will be used for the purchase and planting of dogwoods by a professional tree service, as volunteers are not permitted on the Parkway for safety reasons.

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Photographs for the Merritt Parkway Conservancy courtesy of Eric Seplowitz, Tod Bryant, Westport Now.com, the Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER).