Boston Flora

Month: July 2010

  • Wednesday, August 4, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm – MFA Workshop: Flower Arranging

    The Museum of Fine Arts Boston will hold a Flower Arranging Member Event Wednesday, August 4, from 11 am – 12:30 pm in the Riley Seminar Room.  Flower arranging demonstrations will be ongoing – drop in anytime during this event.  Get fresh ideas on how to realize the fine art of floral arranging at home from members of the MFA’s acclaimed flower team.  Stop by for a few tips or stay the full 90 minutes for an abundance of creative ideas.  Free tickets are required and available in person, online (www.mfa.org) or by phone on the day of the event beginning at 10 am.  Ticket limit is based on general admission privileges of membership.  If you are not already a member, you may join on line ($75 individual membership) or in person.

  • Mondays, August 9 and August 16, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm – En Plein Air Painters at Work

    Come watch painters at work on the grounds of Highfield Hall, Monday, August 9 and again Monday, August 16, from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm.  Participating artists include Ruth Leech, Bill and Jean Adelman, Sigrid Ecker, Shirley Hersey, and Gloria Warren, working in watercolor, oil and pastel media.  They love to have questions from onlookers, so you will have an interactive experience as you stroll the grounds, located at 56 Highfield Drive in Falmouth.  Then plan to come inside to see the art and photography exhibits.  $5 suggested donation.  For directions and more information, log on to www.highfieldhall.org.  Bill Adelman’s Bourne Farm Pond is pictured below.

  • Thursday, July 29, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Bikes@Night

    Join the Boston Preservation Alliance members as they team up with Urban AdvenTours to ride the night away and explore Boston on two wheels.  The Bikes@Night tour will show you the city as the sun goes down and the lights come up, focusing on Boston’s beautiful and historic waterfront. Watch the sun set over Boston Harbor, hear about architecture and history, and enjoy a delightful summer night in Boston.  The ride will include:
    • Long Wharf: once the busiest pier in the busiest port in America during early colonial times and now home to the New England Aquarium.
    • The Rose Kennedy Greenway: the 1.5-mile-long long series of parks and public spaces that now exists where the elevated Central Artery once stood.
    • Fan Pier: the historic location of railway lines that linked Boston to the rest of the country and where you can now take in the modern architecture of the Institute of Contemporary Art and the Moakley Court House.
    • The North End: the city’s oldest residential community full of late 19th and early 20th century architecture (and arguably the best restaurants!)

    Ride departs from Urban AdvenTours, 103 Atlantic Avenue and participants should arrive by 5:30 p.m. for a 6 p.m. departure.  Cost: This event is $30 for Alliance members/$37 for non-members and includes: bike, helmet, water bottle, and tour guide. You may purchase tickets securely via PayPal at www.bostonpreservation.org or make a check payable to: Boston Preservation Alliance, Old City Hall, 45 School Street, Boston, MA 02108.

    RSVP: Space is limited and reservations are required by July 25th.  Contact Christine Piontek at cpiontek@bostonpreservation.org or call 617-367-2458 to RSVP or for more information.

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  • Thursday, August 12, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Massachusetts Teat Party

    Join guests Sally Fallon Morrell, of the Weston A. Price Foundation and Pete Kennedy, of the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund, in a celebration of local raw dairy, at the Massachusetts Teat Party on Thursday, August 12, at Cook Farm, 1 Hadley Road, Hadley, Massachusetts.  The $50 ticket price includes local food, cheese tastings, and cash ice cream bar. Proceeds benefit the Northeast Organic Farming Association/Massachusetts’ Raw Milk Campaign. To RSVP: http://www.nofamass.org/programs/organicdairy/fundraiser.php . For more information, please contact Winton Pitcoff, NOFA/Mass Raw Milk Coordinator at winton@nofamass.org, or call the NOFA/Mass Office: (978) 355-2853.  Image below by John Lund – check out his delightful photos.

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  • Thursdays, August 12 and 19, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Native Herbaceous Plant Materials: Late Season

    This New England Wild Flower Society course with Jessie Panek covers many of the best native North American herbaceous plants for New England landscapes and gardens, with an emphasis on species that bloom in the second half of the growing season. She will focus on identification, cultural requirements, and the relationship between native habitats and the requirements of designed and managed spaces. Lectures include firsthand looks at plant materials used at Garden in the Woods. The class will be given in two sessions, Thursday August 12 and Thursday, August 19, from 1 – 3:30, at Garden in the Woods in Framingham.  Fee: $65 for NEWFS members, $75 for nonmembers.  Register at www.newfs.org.

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  • Thursday, July 29, 7:00 pm – Boston’s Gardens & Green Spaces

    Join local author Meg Muckenhoupt as she travels through the verdant world of her new book, Boston’s Gardens & Green Spaces. This exciting lecture at the Westborough Public Library, 55 West Main Street in Westborough on Thursday, July 29, beginning at 7 pm,  examines the role of public spaces throughout Greater Boston’s historic and contemporary landscape.  Rediscover Greater Boston’s most revered historic parks and explore the city’s ever-expanding  network of public spaces. How has the philosophy behind public spaces shifted over the years? How significant is the native flora and green space to the city’s overall health?  This is a fascinating journey through green Boston, past to present—and all nature lovers, gardening enthusiasts, and history buffs should be sure to come along for the ride.  For more information, log on to www.westboroughlib.org.

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  • Wednesday, July 28, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Hostas

    On July 28, former New England Hosta Society President Mary Arnberg will bring a long time of love for hostas (and a lot of samples) to Elm Bank to discuss what makes hostas such a terrific plant for the home gardener, as part of MassHort’s Wednesday Evenings at Elm Bank series. There are more than 4,000 named varieties of hosta and Mary will present examples of hosta lovers’ favorites, as well as other varieties to appeal to gardeners with either sun or shade conditions.

    Sessions begin at 6:30 and go until 8 p.m. or until the last question has been answered. All sessions are held at Elm Bank, either in the Hunnewell carriage house or the Education Building. MassHort members pay $8 per session. The cost for non-members is $10. Refreshments are offered.  For more information log on to www.masshort.org.

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  • Thursday, August 4, 4:00 pm – The Role of the Landscape Architect

    On Thursday, August 4, beginning at 4 pm, come hear Stephen Stimson of Stephen Stimson Associates speak at Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive in Falmouth on The Role of the Landscape Architect and Ten Landcapes. Since founding his firm in 1992, Stephen has won over 30 national and regional awards for design excellence.  He has a degree in Environmental Design from University of  Massachusetts, a Masters Degree from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, and has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects.  His work ranges from a 300 acre park in San Antonio, Texas and a park at the St. Louis Arch, to numerous private gardens in the northeast.  Stephen focuses on creation of culturally and environmentally responsive modern designs.  His book, Ten Landscapes, is a classic in his field.  $5 suggested donation.  For information, log on to www.highfieldhall.org.

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  • Thursday, August 5, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – From Field to Fork – A Summer Crop Dinner

    On Thursday, August 5, from 6 – 8, Verrill Farm chefs will prepare a meal inspired by just picked crops.  The dinner will be served outside under tents, and the cost is $30 per person.  Registration and prepayment is required by calling 978-369-4494.

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  • Friday, September 10, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm – A Moveable Feast

    For the fourth consecutive year, The Cultural Landscape Foundation is planning a garden program on Friday, September 10 for a very limited number of attendees, in conjunction with the American Society of Landscape Architects’ Annual Meeting in Georgetown, Washington, DC.  In the past, these exclusive events have included last year’s private lunch at Mies van der Rohe’s masterwork Farnsworth House in Plano, IL; “Patterns,” the Governor and Elise duPont’s estate that includes Dan Kiley’s last significant garden commission; and the Donnell Garden, a modernist icon in Sonoma with its celebrated kidney-shaped pool.

    This year, under the umbrella of “A Moveable Feast,” you will have a “curated” visit to three private gardens designed by James van Sweden (Oehme van Sweden + Associates). This progressive lunch and excursion will begin with a walk around one garden, the next garden will include light refreshments, while the third will include a buffet lunch. The on-foot garden excursion will be followed by a premiere of the James van Sweden Pioneers Oral History module and a seated conversation with Mr. van Sweden himself. Join Jim and TCLF Board members for this celebratory event. $700 – Garden Excursion; $75 – Moveable Feast Reception.  To register, and for more information, log on to www.tclf.org/event/moveable-feast.

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