Welcome
Stony Brook Garden Club of Princeton is a non-profit organization incorporated in New Jersey. The club was founded in 1939 and has been a member of The Garden Club of America since 1945.
Club members meet monthly to learn about topics including floral design, photography, horticulture and environmental conservation. Our committees facilitate hands-on workshops, field trips, and community projects.
Our purpose is to increase the interest and knowledge of horticulture and conservation among our members and the public at large, to beautify the surrounding community, to undertake civic, cultural, and historical projects and provide charitable donations and scholarships related to horticulture and conservation.
Community Projects
Pennington African Cemetery Remembrance Garden
This garden was created in honor of the unseen souls interred within this historic landmark. The project focuses on native, pollinator plants at the entrance of the front gate as well as shade trees on the inside perimeter of the cemetery.
Stony Brook Garden Club House at The Watershed Institute
The club secured funding for the construction of a nature inspired children’s clubhouse located within the Tree Frog Trail, a 2 acre, nature based interactive playground at The Watershed Institute in Pennington, NJ.
Garden for Hope & Solace
This garden was installed at a location in a Transitional Housing Program for families who are recovering from domestic violence. . It was designed and planted to provide a place in which they can find privacy, respite, and comfort.
