Community Corner

Cherry Brook Garden Club Begins Planting Around Gazebo

Project part of continuing improvements at town green.

Tuesday morning, members of the Cherry Brook Garden Club, with help from the Town Public Works Department, installed the first half of planned plantings around the gazebo at the Canton Town Green at the corner of Dowd Avenue and Route 44. 

Also present was Kevin Wilcox of Silver Springs Nursery in Bloomfield. Wilcox designed the landscaping. 

The garden club is donating the plants, at a cost of about $500, club president Anne Duncan said. It will finish the plantings in mid June, she said. 

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The improvements are part of ongoing ones at the gazebo, also referred to as the bandstand. 

Last year, the Board of Selectmen voted to put $7,914.50 of Local Capital Improvement Program (LoCIP) funds from the state toward the project. The money paid for lead paint abatement, electrical work and materials, paint and stain, a code compliant railing system and more.

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In addition, the Canton Lions Club, which built the structure in the mid 1950s, donated decking, tore out the old and installed it and the railings. 

The garden club also recently donated a finial for the structure in celebration of its upcoming 75th anniversary, though that date is still a few years away. 

While the bandstand is a centerpiece in town, Duncan said the hope is that it will be once again utilized more frequently as it was in years past.

"We're hoping they'll be more events now," she said. 

Duncan said the project was a great effort among the clubs, tradesmen and town.

"It's a nice collaborative effort with the town," she said. 

Find out more about the garden club at its web site or facebook page


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