Boston Flora

Month: February 2012

  • Call for Floral Designers

    Call for Floral Designers

    Have you won a blue ribbon for your floral designs? Have you ever wanted to step onto the ‘big stage’ and show your talent?

    Division II – the ‘open’ division of Blooms! at the Boston Flower & Garden Show – still has some openings for floral designers. You need not be a member of a garden club, but you should have both experience in designing and have won in competitions.  The payoff for competing is the recognition of your skills and imagination, and the admiration of the 65,000+ attendees at the show.  If you are interested, please contact Julie Pipe at juliepipe@comcast.net.

     

  • Tuesday, June 26 – Friday, July 6 – Midsummer Gardens and Castles of Sweden

    The long, warm days of midsummer are perfect for enjoying the beautiful natural landscape and unpretentious gardens of Sweden.  American Horticultural Society host John Floyd, along with Tour Escort Antonia Lloyd Owen of Specialtours, will take you on a journey from Uppsala – home of botanist Carl Linneaus – to Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Lund, taking in the formal gardens of historic castles as well as a variety of contemporary gardens.  For complete itinerary and information, call 866-627-6621, or visit www.ahs.org.  Picture below of Uppsala University Botanical Garden.

  • Spring, 2012 – Sakura Festival in Boston Will Include Planting of Cherry Trees in Boston

    2012 marks the 100th Anniversary of the original gift of cherry trees from Japan to the United States in 1912. Planted at the Tidal Basin of the Potomac River in the nation’s capital and supplemented with more cherry trees over the years, the blossoming cherry trees of Washington DC have become a national treasure and attract hundreds of thousands of viewers to the “Cherry Blossom Festival” along the Potomac each spring. Japan will mark this Centennial with new gifts of cherry trees to Washington and to a number of other American cities, Boston among them. The Consulate General of Japan in Boston will arrange ceremonial cherry tree plantings in many Boston parks and public places. To accompany the new cherry trees, planning is now underway for a rich festival of Japanese cultural events in Boston, beginning in March 2012 and spanning more than three springtime months. Highlights of this festival include the events listed below. Many, many more festival events will be added during the coming weeks and months. For detailed information, schedules, details, and ticketing, please keep checking this website: www.japansocietyboston.org.

    An Evening of Kabuki Dance
    March 27: Paramount Theater, Boston
    A spectacular presentation of classic dance pieces from the
    Kabuki repertory, featuring Kabuki star performer Kotoji Bando.
    (Presented by The Japan Society of Boston)

    Anime Boston
    April 6-8, Hines Convention Center, Boston
    New England’s Largest Annual Celebration of
    Japanese animation, comics and pop culture.
    A not-to-be-missed festival and trade show of Anime art and publications.
    Thousands attend, many in incredible anime costumes!

    Boston Gagaku Concert
    “From Centennial to Millennial Spring”
    April 9, Boston Symphony Hall, Boston
    The Kitanodai Gagaku Ensemble and
    Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
    will perform music by Tchaikovsky, and Gagaku
    traditional Japanese Court Music.

    Japan Society Annual Dinner
    April 18, Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, Boston
    The Japan Society of Boston’s single largest annual gala event.
    Keynote Speaker: Mr. Kazuo Inamori (Chairman of Japan Airlines and Founder/Honorary Chairman of Kyocera Corporation). Other guests of honor will include Japan’s internationally acclaimed wheelchair marathoner Ms. Wakako Tsuchida.

    The Kioi Sinfonietta
    May 1, Sanders Theater, Cambridge
    Japan’s celebrated chamber orchestra will present a single concert appearance at Harvard’s beautiful Sanders Theater
    (Presented by The Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard, & The Japan Society of Boston).

    The Beauty & Mystery of Japanese Textiles
    May 2, Remis Auditorium, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    Reiko Sudo, Japan’s brilliant textile designer and founder
    of the world famous NUNO textile shop will speak on the transformation of traditional Japanese textiles into
    contemporary works of art.
    (Presented by the MFA and The Japan Society of Boston as the 2012 Rad Smith Program in Japanese Art)
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    Many other “Sakura Festival” events in Spring 2012 will include exhibits, performances, demonstrations, receptions, concerts, film programs, and symposia.

  • Friday, March 23 – Sunday, March 25 – 2012 New England Rose Society Convention

    The 2012 New England Rose Society Convention will take place Friday, March 23 through Sunday, March 25 at the Best Western Mainstay Inn in Newport, Rhode Island.  This year’s convention will be hosted by the Rhode Island Rose Society.  Enjoy workshops, a rose show, educational programs, and receptions.  For complete information, visit www.arsyankee.org.  Ruby Celebration rose from Apuldram Roses (www.apuldramroses.co.uk)

  • Sunday, March 4 – Sunday, March 11 – The Philadelphia International Flower Show – Hawaii: Islands of Aloha

    Join the Philadelphia Horticultural Society at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 12th and Arch Streets in Philadelphia, for the 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show.  This year, the theme is Hawaii: Islands of Aloha.  Complete information and ticket purchase capabilities may be found at www.theflowershow.com. The 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show will introduce visitors to a tropical experience that blends next-stage digital technology with the natural beauty and rich culture of the Hawaiian Islands. Guests will have fun, learn, and be wowed by real-time floral competitions, the world’s largest lettuce wall, internationally renowned speakers, and a new layout of displays.

    Guests will enter the Show beneath dynamic projections of crashing waves and one of the most exciting displays of white orchids ever assembled. Towering palms, bamboo, green walls, and a plant canopy will immerse visitors in the Hawaiian rainforest.

    A 25-foot-high waterfall will splash down into Pele’s Garden, an island of exotic flowers and plants where performers will conjure volcanic flames and the Fire Goddess. The islands will be celebrated in showcase gardens that highlight their culture through flowers and landscapes, performances and art.

    Gardeners of all skill levels will find an ocean of ideas in the 150 free presentations held throughout the week, as well as dozens of educational displays that explore the latest gardening techniques and trends.

    Shoppers will find an array of take-home products to get the garden started and wonderful gifts in the Marketplace, Meadowbrook Farm Store and Flower Show Shoppe. A Hawaiian Village will offer authentic crafts and products from the islands.

  • Friday, February 24, 7:00 pm – Good Things Are Worth Preserving

    You are cordially invited to an elegant dinner to benefit Historic New England, with guest of honor Arie L. Kopelman, Vice Chairman of Chanel, Inc, and Event Chair Nina Longtine, on Friday, February 24, beginning at 7 pm (cocktails) and8:30 (dinner.)  The black tie event will be held at Roughwood, 400 Heath Street in Chestnut Hill, a grand chateau-styled shingle and stone house which now serves as the administration building of Pine Manor College. Ticket prices begin at $1,000, $775 of which is tax deductible.  To respond, call the Development Office at 617-994-5951, or email ProgramInfo@HistoricNewEngland.org.

  • Wednesday, April 25 – Saturday, April 28 – Alliance For Historic Landscape Preservation 2012 Conference

    Powerful Vistas/Powerful Views: New Perspectives in Historic Landscape Preservation, the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation 2012 Conference, will be held in Victoria, BC, April 25-28, 2012.

    The 34th annual gathering of the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation will discuss new perspectives in historic landscape preservation when it convenes in Victoria, British Columbia in April 2012. Suggested topics for discussion papers include challenges and approaches to the identification, sustainability and protection of historic landscapes and issues of cultural diversity, identity and meaning in landscape preservation. Our vistas will be Canada’s powerful, awe-inspiring West Coast landscape. The First Nations people knew it intimately. Emily Carr lovingly interpreted it in her paintings. Now you can see it for yourself.And Vancouver Island beckons you to engage in this kaleidoscope of ideas. The City of Victoria promotes itself as being “full of life” and we intend to inject as much of that into your conference experience as we can. Centered at the venerable Empress Hotel puts us alongside the Inner Harbour and in the heart of the city both convenient for exploring by foot or as a launching off point for bus tours. Field visits will look at aboriginal, colonial and multicultural engagements with the powerful landscapes of the Canadian west coast.And, as always, while we are not able to accommodate all that the Victoria region has to offer in the short time that we will be together, we’ll provide some ideas about interesting places that you might explore either before/after the conference (including Vancouver across the Georgia Strait or Seattle, if you are coming Stateside).

    Learn more about the conference on the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation website, www.ahlp.org.

  • Monday, February 27, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – In Bloom: The Ferguson Greenhouse Collection

    For the past few years, Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture docent Vivi Leavy has recorded the blooming of greenhouse flowers—showstoppers as well as those easily overlooked, in her task of updating the “What’s in Bloom” board in the Visitor Center. Come for a great photo tour of the greenhouses in bloom on Monday, February 27 and to hear Vivi’s stories of her favorites from the collection. Tea will be served at 2 pm, followed by the tour and talk. WCFH members $10, non-members $15. Register at www.wellesley.edu/WCFH.