Volunteers

A Heartfelt Thank You to Friends of Tarrywile Park

We are incredibly grateful for your generous support in funding the repairs of the compromised bridges following the floods in August. Your commitment to our community and our beloved Tarrywile Park means so much to us. Thanks to your efforts, we can ensure everyone has safe and enjoyable access. We appreciate you more than words can express!

Inaugural “Invasive Vines Cutting Day,” March 24, 2024

THANK YOU!

We want to take a moment to express gratitude to the 29 volunteers that came out on Sunday, March 24, 2024 for the inaugural Tarrywile Park Invasive Vines Cutting Day. Thanks also to the Friends of Tarrywile, for their donation of equipment, time and the refreshments.

We could not do it without you all!

 
 

Volunteer Appreciation

Carriage House Events & Catering provided an excellent experience at the mansion on Wednesday evening to celebrate our volunteers! From the delightful array of foods to the staff's professionalism and punctuality, they gave our volunteers and us a memorable evening! All Season Tent & Party Rentals provided their elegant glassware and tablecloths to help style the evening. Cork n Barrel from Newtown provided an incredible variety of wines and beers and even a specially crafted cocktail to sip on that evening! Thank you all for the fantastic services you both provided on Wednesday!

We are so grateful to our volunteers and Friends of Tarrywile Park for all that they do to keep our park beautiful and clean. With our fantastic park volunteers' dedication and hard work, our park's green spaces will continue to be the vibrant, welcoming place it is! Thank you for keeping our park beautiful!

Volunteers

The Tarrywile Park Authority welcomes volunteer projects that would help to better the park environment.

Self-initiated individual or small group projects are vital to Tarrywile Park. These may include:

• Eagle Scout projects
• Girl Scout Gold Award projects
• School group projects
• Family projects
• Community Service projects

The park asks that anyone interested in participating in a project call the Park Office at (203) 744-3130 to discuss arrangements. Volunteers are welcome to propose their own project ideas or to assist with park projects that are already under way.

Tarrywile Park wouldn’t be the beautiful oasis it is today without our many volunteers. We deeply appreciate all they do to help our small staff keep up with the demands of managing 722 acres of park with 17 buildings and 21 miles of hiking trails.

Friends of Tarrywile

The Friends of Tarrywile Park work with the Tarrywile Park Authority to promote community use and awareness of the Park. They conduct activities to solicit gifts of materials, equipment, exhibits, funds, endowments and bequests for the Park.

United Way Day of Caring

We have corporate volunteers who help us with large and small projects during the United Way Day of Caring. Theirs team from Belimo and Praxair have been responsible for dredging the ponds in the children’s garden. The crew from PepsiCo were responsible for creating a system of steps up to our overlook area for brides to navigate for their wedding day photos, as well as for painting the greenhouse.

 
 

Boy Scout Projects

The Boy Scouts have given us plenty of service time throughout the years. They are responsible for most of our picnic tables, which you will find scattered around the park, as well as shoring up the campsites. There have been many Eagle Scout projects including bridges for our trail system, and a bird box sanctuary.

Girl Scout Projects

The Girl Scouts have given us many educational tools. As a Gold Star project, 5 interactive signs were created for children to learn about wildlife as they walk around the pond as well as signage at the Silo that explains some of the park’s history as a dairy farm.

Danbury’s Youth Volunteer Corps

The Youth Volunteer Corp did work in the wetlands area to clear the path to the learning station and install fencing.