Daily Archives: April 12, 2012

Thursday, May 17, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill

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The Beacon Hill Garden Club invites you to its 83rd Annual Tour of the Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill on Thursday, May 17, from 9 – 5, rain or shine.  Tickets are $30 in advance and $40 on the day of the tour.  You may purchase tickets online at www.BeaconHillGardenClub.org, or by mail (check payable to Beacon Hill Garden Club, no later than May 8 along with a self-addressed stamped envelope) to Beacon Hill Garden Club 2012 Tour, Box 302, Charles Street Station, Boston, MA 02114.  Tickets will also be available for purchase at several retailers on Beacon Hill – a complete list will be found on the Beacon Hill Garden Club website.

On the day of the tour, there will be three hostess booth locations, one on the corner of Charles and Chestnut Streets, one on the corner of Charles and Mt. Vernon Streets, and the third at the Church of the Advent’s garden entrance off Mt. Vernon Square.  Cash or checks only – credit cards cannot be accepted on tour day.  No refunds or exchanges, no group discounts, no baby strollers.  If you have questions, email info@BeaconHillGardenClub.org, or leave a message at 617-227-4392.

Saturday, April 28, 9:30 am – 3:00 pm – Introduction to Willow Identification

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Willows are considered challenging for identification: variation within each species is so high that often at first glance plants belonging to different species resemble each other more than those of the same species. However, some characters remain constant and reliable, and with practice, willows become much more approachable. Irina Kadis and Alexey Zinovjev, Botanists and willow enthusiasts, will concentrate on the characters helpful for identification, using mostly common native and non-native species from Massachusetts as examples, on Saturday, April 28, from 9:30 – 3 at New England Wild Flower Society’s Garden in the Woods in Framingham. In the classroom they will have herbarium specimens, freshly cut branches, some forced branches for those species that flower later in spring, and also some potted plants to examine and compare. Bring a hand lens, if you have one. After lunch, you will carpool to a site a short distance away from Garden in the Woods for a walk. Boots are required, as the area is flooded during the spring time. Bring a lunch and beverage. (Note: Irina Kadis is Curatorial Assistant at the Arnold Arboretum’s Dana Greenhouses.)  Co-sponsored with the Arnold Arboretum. Fee $66 member, $80 nonmember.  Register at http://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?EventID=1#April.  Image of melanostachys from www.thislittleworld.typepad.com.