WTNH Spotlights Resident-Led Gardens at Edgehill

Edgehill residents are transforming the community's gardens into vibrant spaces that support wellness, friendship and local pollinators.
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July '26

Angelica Toruno from CT BUZZ on WTNH recently spotlighted the resident-led gardens at Edgehill, highlighting the opportunities that bloom for residents in the community. 

 

Community Gardens That Inspire

At Edgehill, gardening is more than a hobby. Residents are helping cultivate and maintain a variety of gardens that add beauty to the campus while fostering connection, purpose and environmental stewardship.

Three vertical nature photos displayed side by side for a blog layout. The left image shows a pollinator-friendly garden sign along a grassy path surrounded by wild greenery. The center image features a yellow and black swallowtail butterfly resting on soft purple wildflowers. The right image captures a blooming meadow filled with native plants, orange and blue wildflowers and lush green foliage beneath mature trees.
A butterfly rests on a blooming flower in Edgehill’s pollinator garden, where nature and tranquility flourish.

Edgehill’s 22-acre campus features several resident-led garden spaces connected by walking paths, including a Koi Pond Garden, South Wing Gardens and rooftop gardens. One of the standout spaces is the Certified Pollinator Pathway Meadow, which residents like Beverly S. and Laura G. helped transform an area once overtaken by invasive mugwart into a thriving habitat for pollinators, with native plants, including butterfly weed, bee balm, daisies, black-eyed Susans and asters.

Residents Laura G. and Bev S. in the Edgehill community gardens.

“The whole idea of a pollinator pathway is to create a chemical-free zone where native insects and bees can feed and propagate,” says Laura. “When we watered the asclepias, it was swarmed by bees. Recently, I’ve even started to see monarchs—that’s what the effort is about. All of this was here; it just needed the air and the light and the chance to grow.”

Residents Create a Vibrant Landscape at Edgehill

Beverly also leads the Edgehill Grounds Committee, helping shape the landscapes residents enjoy each day. Alongside her husband, Mike, and their golden lab, Sandy, she spends afternoons tending the gardens and her own balcony plantings. Known to many as “Bev,” she also remains active with the Riverside Garden Club and has welcomed members to tour the gardens at Edgehill.

Residents can stroll through the gardens along walking paths that wind throughout the property, offering opportunities to enjoy nature and spend time outdoors.

“I was pleased that part of what brought me here was having the garden,” Beverly said. “It’s wonderful being here in more ways than my passion.”

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