Daily Archives: April 29, 2013

Thursday, May 2, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Chickens in the Garden

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Chickens are a wonderful addition to any garden; they provide eggs, wonderful fertilizer, and lots of company! Learn the ins and outs of housing, feeding and tending chickens, and meet a couple of the ladies (hens).  The Massachusetts Horticultural Society continues its Thursdays at the Hort series at Elm Bank with Gretel Anspach, Lifetime Master Gardener and a Trustee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, on Thursday, May 2, from 7 – 8:30.

Cost – $10.00 for MHS members, $15.00 for non-members.  Register on line at www.masshort.org.

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Thursday, May 16, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Natick Garden Club Auction

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Come one, come all to the annual Natick Garden Club Plant Auction on Thursday, May 16, beginning at 6:30 pm at the Natick Community/Senior Center, 117 East Central Street in Natick. The sale features plants from members’ gardens, plus door prizes raffled off during the evening. In years past these have included large hanging baskets, small rose bushes, specimen plants, gardening hand tools and hand care items, and service certificates for work in your home garden. Free admission. For additional information visit www.natickgardenclub.org.

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Wednesday, May 8, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Planting & Growing Vegetable Seedlings

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Join the talented members of the Somerville Garden Club as they share their expertise in four very distinct areas: planting and growing vegetable seedlings, creating long-lasting plant labels for indoor or outdoor use, making May wine from the herb Sweet Woodruff (see below,) and the art of botanical illustration with watercolors.

Every demonstration will have its own table, allowing attendees to visit each at their own pace.  The Somerville Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of every month at the Tufts Administration Building, 167 Holland Street in Somerville. Each meeting begins with announcements, followed by a horticultural question and answer segment, a featured lecture or demonstration, and concludes with a raffle of donated plants and garden items.

On site parking is available and the building is a short walk from the Davis Square Redline T station. The club meets on the wheelchair accessible second floor. All Somerville Garden Club meetings are free and the public is invited to attend.

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