Daily Archives: December 7, 2011

Saturday, February 18 – Sunday, February 26 – Costa Rica Photo Expedition

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Garden Club of the Back Bay featured speaker Rich Pomerantz is teaming up with past Garden Club of the Back Bay member Peggy Connors for a trip to Costa Rica February 18 – 26, with an optional extension February 26 – 29 to Tortuguero.  See and photograph rainforests, cloud forests, beaches, the central market in San Jose, tropical gardens at Dota, the Wilson Botanical Gardens in San Vito, pictured below, and you’ll take a motorboat ride in Golfito.

Rich lectures about photography and teaches photography workshops at the NY Botanical Gardens, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and at Botanical Gardens around the country for trade organizations and private groups, and at his studio.  His photography has appeared in many books and gardening, travel and shelter magazines, including National Geographic for Kids, Traditional Home, Horticulture, Organic Gardening, Travel Holiday, and White Flower Farm catalogues.  His blog on richpomerantz.com was named by Horticulture Magazine as one of 2011’s best gardening blogs.

Peggy Connors has been leading groups to Costa Rica since 1994 when she founded Costa Rica Naturally!  She is the co-founder and past president of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers and founder of Connors Landscape Design, Inc.. a landscape consulting and design firm.

The price per person starts at $2,190, and if you book before December 18 you will receive $100 off – call 800-230-3826, or visit www.costaricanaturally.com for more information.

Tuesday, January 17, 6:30 pm – A Night at the Symphony to Benefit the Justine Mee Liff Fund of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy

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The Emerald Necklace Conservancy will host a benefit evening at Symphony Hall on Tuesday, January 17, beginning with a pre-concert dinner reception in the Cabot-Cahners Room at 6:30, followed by the 8 pm concert.  David Zinman will conduct, with featured Norwegian artist Leif Ove Andsnes (pictured below) at the piano.  The program will include Weber’s Overture to Euryanthe, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, the world premiere of John Harbison’s Symphony No. 6, a BSO commission, and finally, Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks.  Intermission fare will also be served in the Cabot-Cahners Room, and there will be a Raffle of Culture and Luxury to further enhance the evening.  $150 per ticket, or be a Supporter for $250 and receive an invitation to a reception on May 15, 2012 at 211 Commonwealth Avenue.  Tickets are available on line at www.emeraldnecklace.org/BSOconcert/.