The North Stonington Garden Club has announced its annual disbursement of grants funded by the club’s annual garden sale in May.

This year’s grants support the following:

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[naviga:li]a monarch butterfly waystation built by third-graders at Moriarty Environmental Sciences Magnet School in Norwich,[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center’s community garden, which provides fresh produce for the food pantry and educational opportunities,[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]the children’s

cognitive garden at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point[/naviga:li][naviga:li]landscaping at the historic Norwich home of former state politician William Buckingham, and[/naviga:li][naviga:li]the establishment of community gardens by the Eastern Connecticut Community Gardens Association to increase food security.[/naviga:li][/naviga:ul]

“We welcome the opportunity to give back to the wider community, not only in North Stonington, but within the region,” Janice Parker, co-chair of the community grants review committee, said in a release. “Many of our plant sale customers come from outside North Stonington, and we have members from Westerly to Bozrah.”

For more information, visit nsgardenclub.org.

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