Daily Archives: August 10, 2010

Saturday, August 14, 5:00 – 8:00 pm – La Fete des Fleurs avec Voitures

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The Berkshire Botanical Garden invites you to a benefit event Saturday, August 14, at the home of Honorary Chairs and Benefactors Ann and Dale Fowler.  Enjoy the Fowler Collection of spectacular vintage and classic automobiles, pedal cars, and thousands of toys in their private museum setting.  There will also be an auction of rare and unusual plants, with wine and hors d’oeuvre.  Sponsor tickets – $250 per person; Patron tickets – $150 per person; Supporter tickets – $75 per person.  A special pre-party tour of the car Museum from 5 – 5:30, guided by host and collector Dale Fowler, will be provided to Sponsors and Patrons.  Space is limited for the tour, so please reserve early.  The Museum will be open to all guests for general viewing from 5:30 – 8.  Please call the Garden today at 413-298-3926 to reserve your tickets.  1935 Duesenberg Ssj print below by John Hayes, available through www.fineartamerica.com.

Saturday, August 28, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Popham Beach and Atkins Bay Flora

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Phippsburg, Maine, is the site of New England Wild Flower Society’s trip on Saturday, August 28, from 10 – 3 with Arthur Haines.

Popham Beach is a spectacular sand beach and dune system in Midcoast Maine, located at the south end of the Phippsburg Peninsula.  It features a well-developed dune flora with large areas of sand false heather (Hudsonia tomentosa).  Just to the north, Atkins Bay includes a large saline marsh with a high diversity of interesting and state rare plants, including sea-coast tuber-bulrush (Bolboschoenus robustus), saltmarsh agalinis (Agalinis maritima), and Maine’s only extant population of purple agalinis (Agalinis purpurea).  Coastal halophytes, numerous species of sedges (including large hybrid clones), and interesting knotweeds will keep even the most avid botanists occupied.

This day trip is designed to showcase one of Maine’s most beautiful coastal locations and introduce some of the common and more difficult to identify members of this ecosystem.  Given the large number of species, students will have an opportunity to focus on groups of interest.  Participants should come prepared to spend the entire day outside and in some areas that are wet underneath.  Bring clothes for the weather, a bag lunch, plenty of water, and your favorite botanical manual (e.g., Flora of Maine, Manual of Vascular Plants).  There will be a small parking fee at Popham Beach.  The class fee is $40 for NEWFS members and $45 for nonmembers.  Register at www.newfs.org.

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Sunday, August 22, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – August Satellite Garden Tour

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Visit two private gardens on Sunday, August 22, from 10 – 3, with Tower Hill Botanic Garden.  Brigham Hill Farm in North Grafton is the home of Shirley and Peter Williams.  The spectacular new vegetable garden will be lush with summer crops, and the water garden will provide a sense of coolness during the month of august.  Lush lawns, enormous shade trees, and many flowery nooks and crannies complete the scene.  At Green Hill in Boylston, the home of Sarah and Allen Berry, you will find an extraordinary collection of rare and unusual trees and shrubs.  The great expanse of fields should be in the peak of summer bloom.  Share in the infectious enthusiasm of the owner and creator.  $15 for Tower Hill members, $20 for nonmembers.  To register, log on to www.towerhillbg.org.