Daily Archives: May 15, 2010

Saturday, May 22, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm – COG-Design Plant Sale and Design Consultation

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COG-Design (Community Outreach Group for Landscape Design) will hold a sale of perennials, annuals, trees and shrubs on Saturday, May 22, from 9:30 – 2:30 at the Espousal Center, 554 Lexington Street in Waltham.  In addition to the plants, reduced priced gardening gloves and other gardening items, you will have the opportunity to purchase a $25 fifteen minute on the spot Garden Design Consultation with professional designers.  Bring your photos, sketches, and questions, and get answers and suggestions for your problem areas.  Planter ideas will also be showcased.  For more information, call 781-642-6662, email info@cogdesign.org, or log on to www.cogdesign.org.

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Saturday, May 29, 11:00 am – Asparagus Festival

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On Saturday, May 29, beginning at 11 am at Verrill Farm, 11 Wheeler Road in Concord, Massachusetts, Steve Verrill will lead a trip into the asparagus field, followed by a buffet lunch under the tent featuring dishes made with asparagus.  Chef Kevin Carey gives tips on preparing and cooking asparagus, and everyone leaves with, you guessed it, a bunch of Verrill Farm asparagus.  $25 per person, and reservations and prepayment are required by May 28.  Call 978-369-4494 to sign up and get directions.

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Saturday, May 22, 8:00 pm – The Nature Connection Benefit Concert with Cheryl Wheeler

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Enjoy an evening with Cheryl Wheeler in a benefit concert for The Nature Connection. The performance will take place at the Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts, 40 Stow Street in Concord, Massachusetts, on Saturday, May 22 beginning at 8 pm. The Nature Connection, Inc. (formerly known as Animals As Intermediaries) brings animal and nature programs to people with limited access to the natural world. Founded over 25 years ago, it connects individuals with nature’s capacity to heal and to teach.  The mission of The Nature Connection is to support the human spirit by offering and building connections between people and the natural world.

Surely one of the most popular performers on the folk music circuit, Cheryl Wheeler is an exceptionally entertaining singer/songwriter, with a repertoire that includes beautiful ballads, upbeat tunes that reflect the quirkier things in life (such as “Handy House”), and an ability to tell a story with such a delightful comedic delivery that the audience will be rolling on the floor with laughter.  For more information, or to purchase tickets, log on to http://www.nature-connection.org, or call 978-369-2585.  You may also email scampbell@nature-connection.org.

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Saturday, May 29, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Polly Hill Arboretum Opening Day Plant Sale

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Help celebrate the opening of The Polly Hill Arboretum Visitor Center with the annual Memorial Day Plant Sale. Whether you’re a budding gardener or a seasoned veteran, this plant sale will have something for you. Arboretum staff have chosen and grown plants that are noted not only for their superior ornamental qualities but also for their adaptability to Martha’s Vineyard. They plan to offer a selection of trees, shrubs, and perennials including many Island natives. Check out www.pollyhillarboretum.org for a plant sale preview. Plants will be for sale all season long.  You may also call them at 508-693-9426.

And while you’re there, stop by the Far Barn between 11 am and noon for Great Plants For Vineyard Gardens. Join executive director Tim Boland for this plant sale preview as he gives an illustrated presentation featuring some of the distinctive plants featured in the plant sale. Tim will highlight the ornamental attributes of many of the plants and provide tips on successful culture and garden use. He will begin with a talk in the Far Barn, followed by a walking tour of the grounds to view plants growing in the Arboretum’s collections.  Free.