Daily Archives: October 16, 2011

Saturday, October 22, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Make It and Take It: Basic Floral Design 101

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Learn the secrets of the pros! Using a step-by-step method, you will learn how to choose and process your flowers and what tools and containers work best to create arrangements that boast a distinctive visual flair. We’ll explore the color, texture, and variety of fall flowers, and discuss the myriad styles of floral design, such as the English garden, ikebana, symmetrical and asymmetrical design. This Boston Center for Adult Education one day class will take place Saturday, October 22, and is taught by Laurie Marino right at the BCAE on Arlington Street. $30 for BCAE members, $35 for non-members, and there is a materials cost of $18. To register, visit www.bcae.org.

Saturday, October 22, 11:00 am – 12:00 noon – Putting Your Landscape to Bed

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Mahoney’s Garden Center in Concord will conduct a free seminar entitled Putting Your Landscape to Bed on Saturday, October 22, from 11 – noon.  Do you know how to prepare your roses, dahlias, delphiniums or azaleas for the cold weather?  Mahoney’s in-house expert will show you how to prepare your beds and containers for the long wintr months.  Topics covered include annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs, and the best way to winterize pottery, statuary, and fountains.  Sign up at www.mahoneysgarden.com.  In keeping with our “Japan Year” garden club program theme, below is a picture of cycads wrapped for winter in Kyoto, Japan, from Tokyo Moe, a blog about Nakano, Tokyo and public space, found at www.jaredinnakano.wordpress.com.