Explore Revolutionary War history & beautiful formal garden,  learn about flowers and gardening, take photographs, celebrate weddings in Stamford CT.

About the Goodbody Garden

The Stamford Garden Club looks after the beautiful garden enclosed within white Italianate balustrades with support from the City of Stamford. Take a walk under a shady stone-pillared pergola. Surround yourself with the sweet fragrance of peonies. Admire the beautiful urn in the sunken garden. Relax on a bench under falling magnolia blossoms. Watch the bees and butterflies flit from one purple-spiked flower to the next.

What and where is Fort Stamford?

  • Go to Fort Stamford 1781-1783  to discover the Revolutionary War history of this park  and to help you identify what can still be seen see today.

 

The Stamford Garden Club

For more than 40 years, members of The Stamford Garden Club have met every two weeks to plant, prune, weed, mulch, deadhead and maintain the Goodbody Garden Working in the garden is fun.  It’s a wonderful way to connect to and learn from fellow gardeners. We welcome new members and your questions or suggestions. Meet… Continue reading The Stamford Garden Club

Fort Stamford 1781-1783

Why was a fort built in Stamford? For most of the Revolutionary War, the British were in control of Long Island and New York. It took just an hour to sail across Long Island Sound so raids on the people of Stamford and surrounding areas were a constant threat. Many of these raids were for… Continue reading Fort Stamford 1781-1783

Goodbody Family 1928-1970

In 1928, the Goodbody family moved to Stamford and purchased a Colonial Revival mansion set in about 300 acres which included beautiful land along the Mianus River. In the 1970s,  their land became Fort Stamford Park and part of the Mianus River Park.  Marcus Goodbody (1876-1958) was head of the Wall Street trading firm Goodbody… Continue reading Goodbody Family 1928-1970