Edgerton Park Conservancy Garden Party
Saturday, June 21, 2025, 5:30 pm – sunset Join us in the Community Garden for a spectacular evening of live music, festive drinks, fine food, and an exciting silent auction. All to support the restoration of the park's greenhouses! Wear your best festive florals and welcome summer surrounded by flowers and friends. • Silent Auction • Greenhouse Tours • Live Music featuring the New Haven Jazz Underground • Festive Beverages from Little Lion Collective • Fine Food from Farm Belly 
Annual Meeting featuring Max Webster
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 6:30 pm Join us in the Carriage House for the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Edgerton Park Conservancy. This year we are thrilled to have Max Webster, Director of Parks for the City of New Haven present "What Are Parks For?" Bring your questions and join us for snacks and beverages directly following. 
Seeking Summer Grounds Assistant
May 2025 Job Posting The Edgerton Park Conservancy seeks a horticulturally and ecologically-minded Grounds Assistant who can work part-time as an independent contractor to help maintain and enhance the park. Reporting to the Groundskeeper and chair(s) of the EPC Grounds Committee. To learn more and apply click here. 
Curious about the plants, like the one shown above, in Edgerton Park? Ariana Buckley, who works in the greenhouse for G.R.O.W.E.R.S., has taken photos and supplied some fun detail. Click here to view.
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Our Park is Beautiful – and Historic
A green space jewel on the Hamden/ New Haven border, Edgerton Park has been a part of the New Haven Parks system since 1965. Click the link to learn about the history of the Park. And visit a Flickr site to see photos of the mansion in the Park. Benefactor Frederick Brewster's will required this to be razed before the park could be opened to the public. The Carriage House, pictured below, still exists, and is the center of our activities.  The Carriage House today
How We Evolved
In 1972, the Edgerton Park Conservancy was formed to encourage and give support to local gardeners and park users. The Conservancy works collaboratively with the city and other groups to ensure a vibrant park. Over the years, the Park's mission has expanded to include: • Encouraging and promoting horticultural programs and education and to organize, coordinate and support all efforts and activities concerned with the preservation, restoration and enhancement of Edgerton Park. • Organizing, coordinating and supporting supporting environmental awareness • Providing education programs for elementary school children to enhance connections with nature and the arts. SPECIAL FEATURES: Garden Plot Rental Program lets members of the Edgerton Park Conservancy with a range of gardening experience enjoy raising vegetables and flowers in the Edgerton Community Gardens. MORE Greenhouse Rental Program This option gives area residents winter gardening opportunities from October to June. DETAILS |
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PHOTOS ABOVE ARE OF THE ANNUAL SUNDAY IN THE PARK, HELD EACH SEPTEMBER.
Families enjoying Sunday in the Park
St. Luke's Steel Band in the park
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G.R.O.W.E.R.S. staff welcomes all.
Shakespeare in the park is an annual event
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BE PART OF OUR SUCCESS
The Park – listed on the National Register of Historic Places – encompasses 25 acres and is a valued community resource. It is the scene of many musical and dramatic events, and well as several fairs. Keep Edgerton Park a vibrant place for the community. Click the link below to give online to Edgerton Park Conservatory. You may also become a member or renew your annual dues on line. Go to the Give or Join Online page and click on Memberships.
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