Daily Archives: April 6, 2011

Tuesdays, April 26 and May 3, 6:30 – 8:30 pm – Urban Vegetable Gardening for Beginners

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Join Abby Hird, Researcher, Botanic Garden Conservation International, on two consecutive Tuesdays, April 26 and May 3, from 6:30 – 8:30 at the Hunnewell Building at the Arnold Arboretum, to learn the where, what, and why of urban vegetable gardening.  She will guide beginners through site evaluation, plant selection, and common problems and possible solutions in raising home-grown food.  She’ll talk about community resources, maximizing yield from a small plot and ways to grow food more sustainably.  $45 for Arboretum members, $55 for non-members.  Sign up at www.my.arboretum.harvard.edu, or call 617-384-5277.  Image from www.urbanlandarmy.com.

Sunday, April 17, 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm – Invasives: ID, Ecology, and Control

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Get a head start on invasive control this year by learning to identify invasives in the early season. This New England Wild Flower Society course, co-sponsored by the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, provides an introduction to about 40 of the most common invasive non-native plants in our local landscapes. Through lecture, discussion, power-point presentation, herbarium specimens, and a walk outside at Garden in the Woods in Framinham, become familiar with identification clues as well as the habits of a number of these plants that are so disruptive of natural ecosystems. Discuss management techniques for many of these species, on both a home and a landscape scale. The “Invaders” issue of the Society’s magazine as well as the Field Guide to Invasive Plants in Massachusetts will be available for purchase at a discount.  The session will take place Sunday, April 17 from 12:30 – 4:30, and will cost $48 for members of the sponsoring organizations, $58 for non-members.  Register online at www.newfs.org.