Boston Flora

Month: February 2009

  • Thursday, April 2, 6:30 – 9:30 pm – Taste of the Back Bay

    The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay invites you to the 14th Annual Taste of the Back Bay, Prudential Skywalk, from 6:30 – 9:30 pm.  Benefit for NABB’s many community programs, with a portion of the proceeds this year donated to Horizons for Homeless Children.  The Taste offers a sampling of the finest food and drink available in Back Bay and the surrounding area, including signature dishes, fine wine, and micro-brewed beer.  Reservations are $75 for NABB members, $85 for nonmembers, and $100 day of the event, if available.  Reservations can be made online through www.nabbonline.com, or by calling 617-247-3961.

  • Saturday, March 14, 6-8 pm – Blooms Benefit Cocktail Party

    The Massachusetts Horticultural Society invites you to the Blooms Benefit Cocktail Party at the Intercontinental Hotel, 510 Atlantic Avenue. Enjoy tapas and the music of the Bo Winiker Orchestra. Tickets are $75 each, and benefit the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, which is attempting to bring back the New England Spring Flower Show in 2010.  Cocktail attire.  Call 617-933-4995 to order tickets, or you may order online at www.masshort.org.

  • Saturday, February 28, 1-3 pm – Small Fruit & Berry Gardening

    Learn about the art and science of growing small fruit including designing, planting and cultivation. This discussion will survey the fruits and berries that grow well in New England with a focus on realistic success. Discuss plant varieties, siting, cultivation, and fruit production of small fruits with low pesticide use. Small fruits such as raspberries, blackberries, grapes, strawberries, blueberries and currants will be covered. Instructor Sonia Schloemann is the small fruit specialist at the University of Massachusetts Extension in Amherst. Her specialty is education and research in small fruit production with a focus on IPM.  Berkshire Botanic Garden, Routes 102 and 183, Stockbridge, MA.  For more information call 413-298-3926 or log on to www.berkshirebotanical.org.

  • Saturday, March 8 – 11 a.m. – Trips to Yunnan: Chinese Plants and How To Grow Them

    Ted Elliman, who works at Garden in the Woods, is a very good botonist on New England flora, and also has travelled in Yunnan Province in China.  This meeting will be held at Garden in the Woods in Framingham and is the monthly meeting of the New England Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society.  Membership is $10 per year for members of NARGS.  For more information, log on to www.nargs.org

  • Saturday, February 28, 11-3 – New England Rose Society Meeting

    Master rosarian Clarence Rhodes will present a program entitled “Anything About Roses”, and if you have ever had the privilege of hearing Clarence talk, you know he can talk about Anything and Everything!  Clarence will regale listeners with tales of his adventures at Weeks Rose Nursery in California, and will be happy to answer all rose related questions. He always has some new gardening implement inventions on his drawing board, so preview what is coming up next.  Coffee and pastries will be served.  Reading Public Library, 64 Middlesex Avenue, Reading, Massachusetts.  Enter the library from the rear of the building.  Handicapped accessible.  The meeting will be held on the second floor.

  • March 12 – 22 – Blooms at Copley Place

    The Massachusetts Horticultural Society has announced the extension of “Blooms” to three Simon Malls venues, Copley Place, The Mall at Chestnut Hill, and the Atrium Mall, where the public is welcome to experience a variety of landscape and garden exhibits in common areas throughout the malls.  Free and open to the public during regular mall hours.  For more information, log on to www.masshort.org.

  • Thursday, February 26, 7 pm – Flower & Patio Show Preview Night

    Come to the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts for the Flower & Patio Show Charity and Preview Night.  Some items to be auctioned include a rain water harvesting system, a 400 square foot patio, a pondless waterfall, irrigation system, plus cruises, tickets to sporting events, and gift certificates. All proceeds benefit Juvenile Diabetes and the Sterling Community Park.  Live and Silent Auction begins at 7 pm.  Tickets $20.  Call 978-422-0071 to order tickets, or log on to www.sterlinggreenery.com/Events for charity.html

  • Sunday, February 15, 9 am – 4 pm- “Love in Bloom” Orchid Show

    The New Hampshire Orchid Society’s 18th Annual Orchid Show will be open Sunday, February 15,  at the Radisson Hotel, Nashua, New Hampshire, just off US Route 3 at Exit 1.  Exhibits, Workshops and Sales.  Adults $10, Seniors $6, 12 and under free.  For more information log on to www.nhorchids.org/show2009

  • Wednesday, March 4 – Isabella’s Gift, The Story of Larz Anderson Park

    Mary Dewart chronicles the story of a prominent New England landscape, a turn-of-the-century creation by a visionary couple, Larz and Isabella Anderson. Their estate in Brookline, Massachusetts became Isabella’s gift to the town in 1948. Like many large estates across the country after W.W.II, Larz Anderson Park and its celebrated, world-class gardens underwent a period of dramatic decline. These changes have been followed in recent years by an emerging respect for historic landscapes and a call for renewal. An accompanying slide show illuminates the details of both the history and design of this once famous estate. We all are familiar with Larz Anderson Park in Brookline, but not many of us know that Larz’s wife Isabella was the moving force behind the magnificent landscape which was almost lost to development pressures in the twentieth century. Ms. Dewart, who spoke to our Club last season to much acclaim, will detail the preservation story of this fabulous garden. Mary Dewart has owned her design/build practice for over fifteen years. A certified landscape designer, Mary serves clients throughout New England. She works to integrate beauty and inspiration with practicality in the landscape. A traveler and teacher, she helps clients envision the possibilities of their sites. An optional lunch with our speaker will follow the meeting. 10:00 am, The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.  Lunch $19.  For more information, contact The Garden Club of the Back Bay.

  • Sunday, February 15, 1 – 2:30 pm – Winter Tree Ramble

    Meet Joseph Wheelwright and enjoy a tour of his spirited Tree Figures.  Set amid the winter landscape of the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts, discover the intermingling of nature and art.  Joe’s tour will end with a discussion about his career and new book.  Free to members of Fruitlands Museum, $10 general public.  102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, MA.  For more information or directions, call 978-456-3924, or log on to www.fruitlands.org.