Daily Archives: April 16, 2010

Wednesday, May 19 – Friday, May 21 – 43rd Annual New England Regional Symposium

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The 43rd Annual New England Regional Symposium will take place Wednesday – Friday, May 19 – 21, at The Colony Hotel, 140 Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkport, Maine (below).  This program is presented by the Garden Club Federation of Maine, Rebecca Linney, President, and New England Region Director Kathleen Thomas.  The course is accredited by National Garden Clubs, Inc.

Instructor Dorothy (Dottie) Howatt is a resident of Wilmington, Delaware, is a NGC Accredited Master Flower Show Judge, a Flower Show School/Symposium Horticulture Instructor, and a Daffodil Instructor for the American Daffodil Society.  She holds a BS degree in horticulture from the University of Maryland.  Instructor Bobbi Heenan, a resident of Georgia, is also a NGC Accredited Master Flower Show Judge and a Flower Show School/Symposium Horticulture Instructor.  She has been exhibiting, teaching and lecturing on design for thirty years throughout the United States and South America.

The deadline for hotel reservations is May 13.  All reservations are to be made directly with the Hotel at 1-800-552-2363, or on line at www.thecolonyhotel.com/maine/.  Register with the Registration Code: New England Regional Symposium in order to receive the NER group rate of $139 + 7% tax (tax amount subject to change), double or single occupancy.  The rate includes free parking and a breakfast buffet each day.

To register for the Symposium, make checks (see amounts below)  payable to NER Symposium 2010 and mail to Nancy Atwell, 21 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107-2307.  Deadline is May 10.  No refunds will be made after that date.  No telephone reservations, please.  Include your name, address, telephone number and email address with your check.  $145 will include the full course with exam, and includes one dinner and two lunches.  Another $145 option is for full course Audit, taking for Credit, and includes the same dinner and two lunches as above.  $140 pays for full course, no Credit, with meal options as above.  Please indicate if you prefer grilled salmon, chicken Wellington, or vegetarian lasagna.

For more information, go to the NER web site, www.newenglandregion.org.

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Sunday, May 2, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – May Day in the Park

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The Friends of Hayes Park invite you to May Day in the Park on Sunday, May 2, from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, at Hayes Park, 166 West Canton Street in Boston.  Enjoy Morris Dancing by the Red Herring Morris Dancers and the Banbury Cross Morris Dancers, North America’s oldest children’s Morris Dance team.  Refreshments will be served, and everyone is welcome.  For more information, log on to www.hayespark.org, or call 617-536-5557.

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Sunday, May 16, 10:00 am – 2:30 pm – Harvard Forest Trip

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Join  Aaron Ellison and Elizabeth Farnsworth, Ph.D., and The New England Wild Flower Society, for a visit to the Harvard Forest, a research center comprised of 3000 acres of land, laboratory facilities, and the Fisher Museum (see image below), home of the famous New England dioramas illustrating 300 years of land-use change.  Since 1907, scientists, students, and collaborators at the Forest have been investigating the ways in which physical, biological and human systems interact to change our earth.  In addition to botanizing, you will learn about many innovative field experiments at the Forest that are yielding cutting-edge data on climate change, hurricane recovery, nutrient deposition, and insect ecology.  You will take a side trip to Harvard Pond, home to pitcher plants and other uncommon bog species. Bring a bag lunch, appropriate footwear and a hand lens.  The trip to Petersham, Massachusetts, taking place Sunday, May 16 from 10 – 2:30, will cost $36 for NEWFS members and $41 for nonmembers.  For more information, or to register, log on to www.newfs.org.

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Tuesday, April 20, 7:30 pm – Restoring Historic Landscapes and Gardens

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The program “Restoring Historic Landscapes and Gardens” will be presented Tuesday, April 20th at 7:30 pm at the Acton Memorial Library. The evening’s speaker is JoAnn Robinson, Assistant Curator of Landscape, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Co-chair of the Arlington Historical Commission.

Every historic property has a landscape component. Appropriate landscapes can make an immeasurable contribution to a property and town as whole.  Learn what some other towns such as Arlington have done, and how to begin researching and implementing a historic landscape to complement your property.  The program is co-sponsored by the Acton Memorial Library, the Acton Historic District Commission, and the Acton Historical Commission.

The lecture is free and open to the public.  The library is located at 486 Main St., Acton, MA next to Town Hall.  The parking lot and entrance are reached from Woodbury Lane. For information, please contact the library at 978 264-9641 or Kathy Acerbo-Bachmann, Acton Historic District Commission, 617.536.0944 x217 or hdc@acton-ma.gov.

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