Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Dear Banning, Gibson, Berg families,
I am so sorry to hear of Teddy's death. What good times we shared together in her gardens here in New Canaan, and also up at Rice Mountain where I visited and photographed many times, and my son, coincidentally named Teddy, helped in the garden one summer. (I remember watching a 5-hour epic Federer-Nadal Wimbledon final with Teddy and Peter too, with lots of hoots and hollers.)
Teddy and I spoke the same language to be sure--and she was so very generous to both me and my family, and in hosting the New Canaan Garden Club for a visit to Rice Mountain, and in both running and having her gardens featured on the New Canaan Nature Center's Secret Garden Tour.
I'll never forget my dear friend.
Emily Kelting