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Today's DW ship of the day is...

Dollie x Dandy !

Ship names; SunnyFlower, PeaceGarden

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Springtime at the Peace Garden

Spring colors are popping at the Peace Garden!

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RJS Co. x The New Delhi Company Concept Shoot

Bride and Grooms Outfits: @thenewdelhicompany​ Jewellery: @rjs_company

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Ehcatl area night sky, Peacegarden, North Shroud

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April Peace Garden Updates: Special Work-Day April 16 with Albertus; Regular Work-Days Begin April 24; Official Greenspace Sign Installed; Mother's Day Planting Project

Dear Friend of the Peace Garden,

I wanted to wish you a Happy Earth Month and provide a few important updates about the Peace Garden:

* Join Us For the First Work-Day of 2026 -- Thursday, April 16, 10am

We had a great year of working in the Garden in 2025, and we are very excited to get going in 2026!

Our first work day of the new year will be on Thursday, April 16 from 10am to 12pm, when we will be hosting a community service activity for students from Albertus Magnus College at the Garden, as we have done the last two years!

[Working with Albertus Magnus students in April 2025.]

Note that this is not our regular work time, but please join us if you are available, even if you are a new volunteer! (We will be giving an introductory garden tour at the beginning.) Parking is available at the garden or across the street. Heavy rain cancels. 

* Regular Weekly Work-Days Resume on Friday, April 24

On April 24 we will resume our regularly scheduled work-days on Friday mornings. We meet every Friday at 9:30am to work at the Garden, unless there is extremely inclement weather.

We have been talking about possibly moving our regular work time to accommodate more people, particularly students and people from the surrounding blocks in West River and Hill North. Please email us ([email protected]) if you would like to come to our regular work-days but are only available in the evening or on weekends (please suggest a time that might work for you).

In June we will begin our collaborative work with Urban Resources Initiative, which runs through August. This is the most important window of time in terms of having volunteer support at the Garden. We are always happy to help students get community service hours for their volunteer participation.

* New Community Greenspace Sign Installed at the Garden  - Yay!

We were thrilled to have our new official Community Greenspace sign installed at the Garden back in February! 

It has been an honor for us to be part of the Community Greenspace program the past five years, and it's great to finally make it official!

* Mother's Day Garden Project

We are very excited to be hosting a special Mother's Day planting at the Garden this year honoring all the wonderful mothers in West River (and across the City) and their special role in nurturing a healthy, positive community!

This project started last year with the creation of a new planting area on the north side the Garden, and will be developed further this year with more formal events and activities involving the Cofield Estates and other community partners. Please stay tuned for more details! 

* Update on New Benches and Signs -- Partnership with New Haven Public Schools is Moving Full Steam Ahead!

As we reported back in December, we are in the process of updating our amenities at the Peace Garden including new benches and signs. In December we mentioned that we were exploring several options for benches and now we can report that we have decided to pursue an exciting partnership with the New Haven Public Schools (in this case, Wilbur Cross and Hillhouse High Schools) in which the students will produce benches for us in their school wood shop! One of the original goals of the Peace Commission going back more than three decades was to forge partnerships with the public schools in New Haven, in order to build community around the promotion of peace, and this project has afforded us a unique opportunity to do just that!

Thanks to the efforts of Fred Brown, JoAnne Wilcox and Manny Camacho of the Peace Commission, and also Millie Grenough and Paul Bloom from Friends of the West River Peace Garden, for helping us to make this connection with the schools and for meeting with school officials and students on multiple occasions. We will keep you updated as this exciting project progresses!

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Well, I think that's it for now. Thanks for your ongoing support and hope to see you at the Garden or out in the community sometime soon!

Aaron G.

Friends of the West River Peace Garden 

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January 29 Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda

West River Peace Garden Advisory Committee

Meeting Agenda Date: Thursday, January 29, 2026

Time: 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Location: Zoom

I. Call to Order & Welcome

Introductions of members and guests.

Approval of minutes from the previous meeting.

II. 2025 Year in Review

Retrospective: Discussion of major milestones achieved last year.

Budget Summary: Final look at 2025 expenditures and donations.

(Peace Commission transferred $850 to the Peace Garden restricted account in 2025.)

Community Impact: Review of visitor numbers and volunteer engagement.

III. Planning for 2026

Seasonal Goals: Establishing the primary objectives for the upcoming greenspace season.

Events Calendar: Preliminary scheduling of garden tours and workshops.

Resource Allocation: Identifying needs for tools, plants, mulch, etc.

IV. First Work Day: Thursday, April 16

Logistics: Coordinating with Sister Cathy Albertus Magnus

Following week we will resume meeting on Fridays (April 24)

V. Amenities Project Updates: Benches and Signage

Benches Update: Report on meetings with Hillhouse and Wilbur Cross re: bench fabrication.

Signage Update: Installation of official URI Community Greenspace sign.

VI. New Business & Misc.

NHI article about Curtis Cofield Estates.

Helping to shovel out bus stops around Peace Garden.

VII. Announcements

Community news, partner organization updates, upcoming events.

VIII. Adjournment

Next Meeting Date: February 26, 2026

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Springtime at the Peace Garden

Our purple plum tree is blossoming, the tulips are out, and we are starting to see some great colors at the Garden!

Next time you're in the area, please come by and check it out! Or contact us for a guided tour.