Boston Flora

Month: September 2013

  • Thursday, September 19, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Preserving the Tastes of Summer Workshop

    Enjoy the fragrance and taste of fresh herbs while you create some delightful products that will capture the essence of herbs for your own use. in this Massachusetts Horticultural Society class featuring Karen O’Brien of The Green Woman’s Garden, you will make herb butter, herb vinegar and an herbal liqueur. Handouts with recipes will be provided.

    Karen O’Brien runs her herbal business “The Green Woman’s Garden” in the central MA town of Mendon. She has herbs and ornamental flowers for sale, runs workshops on various herbal adventures, and occasionally participates at farmers markets and fairs. She is the Development Chair of The Herb Society of America, currently serves as Chairman of the New England Unit of H.S.A., is Secretary of the International Herb Association, and is President of the Greenleaf Garden Club of Milford. She is the editor and contributing author to the latest Herb of the Year book on elderberry entitled Elder, produced by the IHA.  The class will take place at Elm Bank on Thursday, September 19, beginning at 7 pm.

    Cost – $10.00 for members, $15.00 for non-members. To register, or for more information, visit www.masshort.org.

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  • Thursday, September 26, 6:00 pm – The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease

    Evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman discusses the evolutionary history of the human body by examining major transformations the body has made over the millennia. The lecture, book launch and reception will take place Thursday, September 26, beginning at 6 pm. From the advent of bipedalism, to the rise of hunter-gatherers and the development of a very large brain, the human body has adapted in ways that allow for exceptional athletic endurance and intelligence. Central to Lieberman’s lecture are the effects of cultural evolutionary forces on our health and longevity. Lecture followed by a reception in the Harvard Museum of Natural History galleries.

    Free and open to the public. Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street. Free event parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage after 5:00 pm.

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  • Tuesday, September 17, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Drafting Design Workshop

    Gain knowledge and skills to apply to your own projects during this hands-on drafting workshop sponsored by the New England Wild Flower Society, to be held at Garden in the Woods in Framingham on Tuesday, September 17, from 10 – noon. Kristin DeSouza draws on her training in landscape architecture to teach you some useful drafting techniques. Using the Idea Garden at Garden in the Woods as a case study, we go into the field with drafting pens, notebooks, and a tape measure to record what we see. From here we draft a base map and practice putting a three-dimensional landscape into a two-dimensional plan and section.  $26 NEWFS members, $32 nonmembers.  Register on line at www.newfs.org/learn/catalog/hor1524.

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  • From the Archives: Beacon Street Tree Planting Fund

    Last week we shared a solicitation letter from the Committee of Beacon Street Residents from 1910, looking for funds to plant trees on Beacon Street between Arlington Street and Massachusetts Avenue.  Here is the follow up, the original residing at the Boston Athenaeum:

    “The fund has now reached $6,257, of which $5,275 is paid in and $982 is promised.  We must have $8,500 before work can be started.  Part of the promised money is conditional on the work being done this summer.  Therefore the deficit of $2,243 must be wiped out during this month or the plan given up. Will you not help to complete the fund?”

    The letter is signed by the Committee of Beacon Street Residents, the Committee of Metropolitan Improvement League, and the Secretary of the Massachusetts Forestry Association.  Fundraising then, as now, is always difficult.  One wonders whether someone made a $2 pledge?  Every $2 helps.

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  • Monday, September 23, 6:00 pm – The Grandest of the Grand: The Mansions of Commonwealth Avenue

    The Gibson House Museum will sponsor a walking tour entitled The Grandest of the Grand: The Mansions of Commonwealth Avenue from Arlington Street to Massachusetts Avenue, on Monday, September 23, at 6 pm, led by architectural historian Edward Gordon.  The tour will commence at the Gibson House Museum at 137 Beacon Street.  For more information, and to rsvp, call 617-267-6338, or email info@thegibsonhouse.org.

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  • Saturday, September 21, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Somerville Garden Club Plant Sale

    The Somerville Garden Club holds one of the best plant sales in the Boston area. Club members divide and donate time-tested favorites as well as plants they have just discovered.

    When: September 21, 2013, 9 am – 1 pm

    Where: Davis Square (at the intersection of College Ave. and Holland St.)

    For more information, visit www.somervillegardenclub.org.

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  • Saturday and Sunday, September 28 and 29 – New England Carniverous Plant Society Plant Show

    The New England Carnivorous Plant Society Annual Show will take place this year on Saturday and Sunday, September 28 and 29, at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center.  For complete hours and information, visit www.necps.org.  There will be dealers attending with a varied stock of plants for purchase, as well as a juried show and lectures during the day.

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  • Thursday, September 19, and Thursday, October 24, 9:30 am – 12:00 noon – Sogetsu Ikebana with Kaye Vosburgh

    Garden Club of the Back Bay member Kaye Vosburgh will again teach a class in Sogetsu Ikebana on Thursday, September 19 from 9:30 – noon at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, Massachusetts, with an encore presentation Thursday, October 24. Sogetsu Ikebana is an internationally recognized school of Japanese flower arranging. In these classes you will learn the essentials of this venerable art from veteran exhibitor and instructor Kaye Vosburgh.  Flowers are provided and other supplies are available for purchase.  Each class is priced separately. Tower Hill members $32, nonmembers $35.  Register online at https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXDONATE/AddDonor.asp?cguid=C7E2C131-AD0F-49AA-B073-5B92F8300A37&sid=4FD93678-1DBA-458B-BEA2-45EBFDEF0807&sTarget=https%3A%2F%2Fdnbweb1.blackbaud.com%2FOPXDONATE%2FEventRegister.asp%3Fcguid%3DC7E2C131%252DAD0F%252D49AA%252DB073%252D5B92F8300A37%26eid%3D46713

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  • Thursday, September 19, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Teeming with Trees: An Armchair Tour of an African Hotspot

    The Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot in southern Africa’s eastern region holds the highest tree diversity of any of the world’s temperate forests, with nearly 600 tree species represented. In total, about 8,100 species of plants from 243 families occur within this hotspot, and nearly a quarter of these are found nowhere else [Conservation International]. Botanist, artist, author, and guide Elsa Pooley has spent years identifying, studying, painting, and cataloging the flora of this second richest floristic region in Africa and an important center of plant endemism. She will speak about some of the Hotspot’s most interesting habitats and the plants found there, with a primary focus on its trees, on Thursday, September 19 at 6:30 at the Hunnewell Building of the Arnold Arboretum.  $10 for the general public, free to Arboretum members.  Register at https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/SelectDate.aspx.

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  • Tuesday, September 10, 4:30 pm – Eliot Memorial Groundbreaking Ceremony

    On Tuesday, September 10th at 4:30 pm, The Esplanade Association will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking at the Charles Eliot Memorial, adjacent to the Community Boating Docks. The groundbreaking is the result of over two years of fundraising and advocacy efforts to revitalize this historical memorial. Tuesday’s event will celebrate not only the work of Charles Eliot, but the future of the Charles River Esplanade.

    The revitalization of the Eliot Memorial will transform the decaying site, named in Eliot’s honor, into an inviting gathering spot for Esplanade visitors by offering new seating, improved views, and enhanced plantings. This project has been made possible through the generous support of our donors and in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.  The Esplanade Association invites you to join us on Tuesday to celebrate this restoration and enhancement of the park. The Garden Club of the Back Bay has been a contributor to this effort.

    For more information about the event contact Jessica Pederson at 617-227-0365 x104 or jpederson@esplanadeassociation.org.

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