Greenwich residents’ love for their trees was on full display at an October 23 Greenwich Tree Conservancy Treasured Trees reception at Sam Bridge Nursery and Greenhouses.
The reception was the culmination of the Greenwich Tree Conservancy’s program inviting residents to nominate a “treasured tree” on their property, whether it be because of the tree’s special history, unique species, or shape. This year for the first time GTC also recognized statewide Notable Tree Champions and Co-Champions.
To recognize and celebrate the Treasured Trees on private property, the GTC installed a nameplate on the trees identifying the scientific and common name of the tree. At the reception, each family received a framed photograph of their tree and nameplate.
Families shared loving memories of why their trees are so meaningful, including a tree under which generations of a single family played and relaxed, a tree planted to commemorate a college graduation and newfound personal growth and lifelong passion for learning, a tree admired for its wonderful structure, canopy, and profusion of flowers in the spring, and a tree as a living piece of family history, rooted in the soil of a property that has been in their family since the early 1930s.
GTC congratulates the 2025 Treasured Tree Honorees: Fred Landman, Flo and Kim Leibrock, Nancy and Robert Sadock, Carmen Konigsbach and Colin Pearson for Stone Harbor Land Company, Colin Pearson for the Stanton House Inn, and Kevin Gallagher.
While the Treasured Trees Program is a “Greenwich-grown” GTC event, there is a statewide program that GTC has resurrected in Greenwich – the Notable Tree program. Among the hundreds of millions of trees in Connecticut, there are exceptional trees which are notable because of their great size, unusual species or for their historic or social significance. In the 1980s, the Connecticut College Arboretum established the statewide Notable Tree program, surveying all 169 towns across Connecticut. Since 2023, the Greenwich Tree Conservancy has submitted updates to the statewide Notable Tree Program. GTC recognized 29 statewide Champion Trees and 10 statewide Co-Champions and their owners with special certificates at the event.
The Greenwich Tree Conservancy congratulates the 2025 Notable Tree Champion and Co-Champion Honorees: Fred Landman, Dr. Ron Wilson, Ron Hoerner for the Lindemann Family, Thomas Riles, Jack Carr for Putnam Place Apartments, Lynn Garelick and Rusty Parker for Christ Church Greenwich, and Aaron Sinay for Greenwich Country Day School.
The Greenwich Tree Conservancy seeks to raise awareness and create respect for special trees and recognize the owners who steward them.