Daily Archives: March 2, 2012

Tuesday, March 6, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – A Visit with Isabella Stewart Gardner

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A few years ago, The Garden Club of the Back Bay welcomed acclaimed performer Jessa Piaia, who took attendees back to 1910 with her dramatic portrayal of Isabella Stewart Gardner, America’s first patroness of the arts, and lover of plant material.  For those who missed the meeting, you’ll have another chance on Tuesday, March 6, from 10 – noon at South Church, 41 Central Street in Andover.  The Andover Garden Club is sponsoring the program, and a $5 guest charge includes refreshments. Piaia studied performance at London’s Oval House Theatre and graduated from the University of Massachusetts in Boston. An employee of Harvard University, she conducts most of her historical research at the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe Institute, which specializes in the history of women in America.

Founded in 1927, the Andover Garden Club is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that encourages the study and practice of horticulture, landscape design, and floral design; aids in the beautification of the town of Andover; and helps protect and conserve natural resources. A member of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc., and National Garden Clubs, Inc., the club provides both financial and hands-on support to a variety of municipal, educational, and environmental organizations throughout the region.  To reserve, please call 978-475-7119.

Tuesday, March 6, 7:15 pm – Civic Planting in Hanover, Then and Now

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The Walnut Hill Garden Club presents Sally Muspratt speaking on Civic Planting in Hanover, Then and Now, on Tuesday, March 6 beginning at 7:15 at the Phoenix Masonic Lodge, Broadway, in Hanover, Massachusetts.

Sally McGuire Muspratt holds a Graduate Certificate in Landscape Design from Radcliffe College (1993), a certificate in Landscape Maintenance from UMass Extension (2002), a B.A. from Harvard and an M.A. from Newnham College, Cambridge. In 2010 she was accredited as an Organic Land Care Professional by the Northeast Organic Farming Association. In 2011, after a rigorous peer review of her portfolio, she was accredited as a Professional Landscape designer by the APLD, the Association of Professional Landscape Designers. Certification #344. She serves on the Boards of the Arboretum Park Conservancy and the Community Outreach Group and on the advisory committees of The Kelleher Rose Garden and the Park Overseers of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. She also serves on the Grant Committee for Civic Development and Historic Preservation of the Garden Club Federation of MA and on the West Roxbury Main Streets Design Committee. She is past Chairman of the Landscape Design Study Classes and the Landscape Design Council of the National Council of State Garden Clubs and of the Civic Development Committee for the GCF of MA.

If you plan to attend, please contact Louise Sironi at 781-826-8421, or email her at sironied@verizon.net.