Boston Flora

Month: March 2009

  • April 6,13,20 &27, 1-4 pm – Introduction to Botanical Drawing and Painting: Woody Plants

    Study techniques for depicting the finer details of trees and shrubs – budding boughs, newly unfurled leaves, and blossoming twigs with artist Ruth Ann Wetherby-Frattasio.  Learn to see like an artist in an encouraging atmosphere. A simple drawing method will be demonstrated followed by instruction in painting techniques, including the color mixing necessary for achieving the neutrals of bark, the mossy greens of leaves, the whites of emerging buds, and the delicate pinks, violets, reds, and yellows of flowers. Beginners will start with a technique for placing an image on paper. Continuing students will develop their skills further. During this class, botanical works of artist Esther Heins will be on display in the lecture hall, providing inspiration. List of materials required will be sent upon registration.  Four Mondays, 1-4, in the Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain.   Offered in collaboration with Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture. $130 members of the Arnold Arboretum or the Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture, $155 non-members. For more information, call 781-283-3094, or log on to www.wellesley.edu/WCFH.

  • Tuesday, April 7, 10 a.m.- American Women Landscape Designers

    The April meeting of the Garden Club of the Back Bay will be held at The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue, beginning at 10 a.m.  Nancy Hubert will speak on American Women Landscape Designers: Pioneers in a New Profession.  Nancy will survey a number of designers, including Rose Nichols, whose home in Boston is open to the public and who was the author of two importants early books on gardens. An optional lunch at the Club will follow the meeting ($19).  Notices will be mailed to Club members.  For more information, contact the Garden Club through the Contact link at the top of the page.

  • Sunday, April 5, 2 pm – Borromeo String Quartet at Forest Hills

    The Borromeo will play one of Bach’s magnificent works for organ – the C Minor Passacaglia and Fugue – transcribed for string quartet by first violinist Nicholas Kitchen.  This will be followed by one of the most wildly expressive of all quartets, Janacek’s Kruetzer Sonata, and will conclude with Beethoven’s first Razumosky Quartet Op. 59, No. 1. Presented by the Forest Hills Educational Trust.  Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Avenue, Jamaica Plain.  Free Parking. For ticket prices and information, call 617-524-3354, or log on to www.foresthillstrust.org.

  • Sunday, March 22, 3 pm – Food Project Benefit Concert

    You are invited to a family concert by the Solar Winds Quintet featuring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf on Sunday, March 22, 3 pm, at the First Parish Unitarian-Universalist Church of Watertown, 35 Church Street, near Watertown Square.  $20 individual, $30 families.  For more information contact Charlyn Bethell, 617-744-1987 or email urbeth@rcn.com.  The Food Project is a past recipient of a grant from The Garden Club of the Back Bay

  • Stella Trafford, 1912-2009, Past President and Founding Member

    With great sorrow we report the passing of Stella Trafford on Friday, March 14.  Stella’s many accomplishments may be found on the website of The Boston Globe, www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/17/city_loses_tireless_guardian_of_its_most_treasured_spaces/.  A memorial service is planned and the date and time will appear on the web site of The Garden Club of the Back Bay as soon as it is announced.

  • Friday, April 3 – Sunday, April 5, 10 – 4 – Spring Orchid Sale

    Hundreds of orchid plants are for sale at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses, Waltham, Massachusetts, including many hard to find varieties.  Among the varieties on display and for sale: cattleyas, laelias, paphiopedilums, and phalaenopsis. Both species and hybrid plants are available in bud or blooming. Free admission.  Call 781-891-4882, ext. 244 for more information and directions.

  • Wednesday, May 6, 5:30 pm – Preservation Massachusetts 22nd Annual Awards Dinner

    Celebrate sustainable green preservation at the 22nd Annual Awards Dinner of Preservation Massachusetts at The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston.  Each May, the Preservation Awards recognizes the efforts and accomplishments of individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to preserving the Commonwealth’s historic resources.  Since 1988 the awards have been a festive gathering for the Massachusetts preservation community and an opportunity to spotlight individuals and corporations that generously support Preservation Massachusetts and its programs. For ticket and sponsorship information email Erin Kelly at ekelly@preservationmass.org, or visit www.preservationmass.org.

  • Monday, April 27, 10:30-noon – Flower Power: Big Impact, Little Effort

    Rebecca Cole’s New York floral, garden, and interior design store is creative, hip, and stylish. Her arrangements make fresh, bold statements about modern living.  Join her at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for this floral demonstration and illustrated lecture for $35, and/or stay for her hands-on master class in flower arranging from 1:30 – 3:30 (class limited to 25, $200 charge). For tickets log on to www.mfa.org/tickets, or call 617-369-3306.

  • Sunday, April 26, 10:30 – noon – In the Company of Flowers

    For the last twenty years, Ron Morgan has dazzled lecture and garden club audiences through his imaginative use of flowers, fruits, vegetables, and unusual items in creative arrangements. Hear him give a floral demonstration and illustrated lecture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, for $35, and if you’re interested in further study, attend his Master Class in the afternoon from 1:30 – 3:30 for hands-on instruction.  The Master Class is limited to 25, and costs $200.  For tickets, log on to www.mfa.org/tickets or call 617-369-3306.

  • Saturday, April 25, 10:30 – noon- Fashionable Flowers

    Meredith Waga Perez honed her aesthetic sensibilities in haute couture. Using her love of texture, color, and design, she opened Belle Fleur, a Manhattan floral and event design firm.  She will give a floral demonstration and illustrated lecture at the Museum of Fine Arts.  Tickets $35 each may be ordered on line at www.mfa.org/tickets, or call 617-369-3306.