Boston Flora

Month: June 2011

  • Tuesdays, June 21, June 28, July 12 & July 19, and Thursdays, August 4 & 11, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Observing and Drawing the Landscape

    Learn art techniques to record observations of the natural landscape with Diane Nicholls, painter, illustrator, and landscape historian. Lessons, which take place at the Polly Hill Arboretum in Martha’s Vineyard, will include perspective, sketching, and developing personal “shorthand.” Methods for keeping a daily sketch book will also be covered. Each class can stand on its own or taken as a series, the sessions augment each other. $35/$30 for PHA members per class, $30/$25 per class for 2 or more sessions.  The sessions will take place Tuesdays, June 21, June 28, July 12 and July 19, and Thursdays, August 4 and 11, from 1 – 4 pm.  Please register in advance and call for supply list: 508-693-9426.  Picture below courtesy of the Martha’s Vineyard Times.

  • Saturday, July 16 – Sunday, July 24, 12:00 noon – 10:00 pm – Handwork

    The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc, and the Southeastern District present “Handwork” a standard flower show at the Barnstable County Fair,  Fair hours: July 16 -24 , 12:00 noon – 10:00 pm.  Cost: Fair Admission ($10 adult, $8 Seniors and Military, Children under 12 free).  The Barnstable County Fair has been an annual summer tradition on Cape Cod for 164 years. The Fair is a place where families can spend the day together and share experiences they can only experience at the Barnstable County Fair.There are animal shows, 4-H demonstrations, petting zoos, horticulture displays, rides, games, live music, arts & crafts, food and commercial vendors with various arts and crafts for sale.   For a complete schedule or entry information contact Hila Lyman, Design Division Entries Chairman, at 508-548-0841, or email her at hilajeanne@comcast.net.  For more information on the Fair,  log on to www.barnstablecountyfair.org.

  • Wednesday, June 29, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – A Walk in the Arboretum with Painters for a Purpose

    Experience a walk along the paths of the Arnold Arboretum through the eyes of “Painters for a Purpose,” a group of South Shore pastel artists, on Wednesday, June 29, from 6:30 – 8, leaving from the Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall. The medium of pastel is particularly suited for rendering intense colors and contrasting textures. With the Arboretum as a magnificent muse, these artists explore the landscape in all seasons, beautifully capturing changes in nature and light.  For more information, call 617-384-5209, or log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu.  The show will run from June 11 – July 23. “Ripple” below by Nancy Poucher.

  • Saturday, July 16, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Gilmanton Year-Round Library Garden Tour

    Tour Patty Humphrey’s gardens, featured in New Hampshire Home magazine, and listen to Roger Swain, former host of PBS’s The Victory Garden, for a $35 donation that includes a box lunch, on Saturday, July 16, from 10 – 3, in support of the Gilmanton Year-Round Library, 1385 Route 140, Gilmanton, New Hampshire.  The event will take place at 78 Garvin Hill Road in Chichester, New Hampshire.  For tickets and information, contact Susan Barr at susan.barr75@gmail.com, or call 603-267-1905.

  • Saturday, July 16, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Country Garden Tour

    A Country Garden Tour to benefit the Fuller Public Library Renovations will take place Saturday, July 16, from 10 – 4 in Hillsborough, New Hampshire.  The tour will include ten private gardens throughout Hillsborough and Deering, plus a plant sale and lunch available at Fox Forest.  Please telephone the Library at 603-464-3595 in advance to reserve your bag lunch.  The ticket price is $20 in advance, $25 the day of tour, and tickets may be purchased by sending a self addressed, stamped envelope to the Fuller Public Library, 29 School Street, Hillsborough, New Hampshire 03244.  The Library is also the site for purchasing tickets on the day of the Tour. Image below of School Street, Hillsborough, circa 1907.

  • Saturday, July 2, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Danvers House and Garden Tour

    The Danvers House and Garden Tour will take place Saturday, July 2, from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, with tickets priced at $20.  For more information, call 978-774-5323.  Photo below is of the historic Peabody Garden in Danvers, from www.gutenberg.org.

  • Saturday, July 16, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Spectacular Gardens of Scarborough Tour

    The Scarborough Garden Club announces its Spectacular Gardens of Scarborough Tour, to be held Saturday, July 16, from 9 – 4, rain or shine.  Advance tickets are $15, or $20 day of tour. Call 207-839-4033 for more information, or log on to their website:  http://home.roadrunner.com/~garden/ or e-mail Barbara at gardenz@maine.rr.com. There are 10 gardens this year, none of them have been on previous tours and 6 of them are in one neighborhood in which you can park and walk. Picture below courtesy of Gnome Landscapes.

  • Saturday, June 25, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Discovering the Gardens of Dennis

    The Village Garden Club of Dennis will be hosting a self-guided garden tour entitled Discovering the Gardens of Dennis on Saturday, June 25, 2011 from 9:30 AM –3:30 PM.  The tour features eight gardens in Dennis, East Dennis and South Dennis. Throughout the tour, visitors will have an opportunity to enjoy a Seaside Garden boutique, flower arranging demonstrations, tips from expert gardeners, a musician, and a local artist at work.  Tickets can be purchased in advance for $15.00 at the Dennis Chamber of Commerce and Rose Victorian in W. Dennis, and Barn & Co. in Dennis, and through club members. On the day of the tour, tickets can be purchased for $20.00 at the Gazebo in Dennis at the intersection of Route 6A and Old Bass River Rd.  For more information, contact jnjsteward@verizon.net.

  • Tuesday, June 28, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – Urban Sustainability: Roger Williams Park Botanical Center and Beyond

    Join the Ecological Landscaping Association and University of Rhode Island Research Associate Kate Venturini for a unique insider tour of the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center complex in Providence, Rhode Island, an urban oasis nestled in the heart of the 427 acre park designed by Horace Cleveland in 1878.  Through a partnership between the URI Outreach Center and the Providence Parks Department, the Botanical Center complex is being transformed both inside and out as a model for sustainable urban horticulture.  Located on an island surrounded by man-made ponds, the complex features a newly designed and installed rain garden to capture greenhouse roof runoff, Rhode Island’s largest community garden, the future site of a permaculture food forest, extensive outdoor display gardens featuring native and sustainable plants, and the largest public indoor display gardens in New England.  This Tuesday, June 28 tour will cost $20 if you are an ELA member or $25 for non-members.  Please call 617-436-5838 to register, or visit https://www.eventville.com/catalog/eventregistration1.asp?eventid=1008073.

  • Sunday, July 17, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Bar Harbor Garden Club Garden Tour

    The Bar Harbor Garden Club will host a garden tour on Sunday, July 17, from 10 – 4, beginning on Route 3 in Bar Harbor, Maine. Proceeds go toward club supported causes, such as Beatrix Farrand Society, Butterfly Park, Jr. Enrichment Programs, Student Conservation Camp, Scholarships, Student Conservation Association, civic plantings, Mt Desert Island Land and Garden Preserve and Wild Gardens of Acadia. Tickets are $20 each, and you may obtain additional information at www.barharborgardenclub.com, or by telephoning 207-288-9689. Bar Harbor garden image below from www.gardendesignonline.com.