Daily Archives: July 31, 2012

Friday, September 14 – Saturday, September 15 – 2012 Northeastern Regional Meeting of the American Conifer Society

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The NE Regional Meeting of the American Conifer Society will be held in Rockland, Massachusetts about 25 miles south of Boston on the main highway between Boston and Cape Cod (MA Rte. 3) on Friday and Saturday, September 14 and 15.

There will be the usual:
– great verbal and silent plant auctions
– good food
– a dynamic speaker
– comfortable accommodations
– a bus tour of four local residential conifer gardens – each garden has a slightly different approach to gardening with conifers.

All gardens are within a 20 minute drive of the hotel which means more time in the gardens and less time on the bus! For registration information and complete details, visit www.conifersociety.org.  Photo from www.todayinthegarden.com.

Tuesday, August 14, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm – The Invasive Plant Issue and Invasive Plant Identification

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The Invasive Plant Issue: why should you be concerned? Enhance your ability to readily identify invasive plants as well as their look-alikes, at this seminar to be held Tuesday, August 14, from 9 – 3:30 at the Doubletree Hotel in Milford. Discussion of the strategies and recommendations of the Massachusetts Invasive Plant Advisory Group, and the recently released Early Detection/Rapid Response Priority List document. Part 3 of the Invasive Plant Certification Program. To register, go to http://www.umassgreeninfo.org . $75. For more information, call Ellen Weeks at 413-545-0895 or email her at eweeks@umext.umass.edu.