November 21, 2013 - Boston Flora

Saturday, November 23, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – A Williamsburg Candle Ring Workshop

November 21, 2013 by Boston Flora

Decorate your holiday table with a lush wreath of boxwood, flowers and berries accented with seasonal fruits, vegetables, nuts and preserved leaves. This Tower Hill Botanic Garden class will take place Saturday, November 23 from 10 – 1 at Tower Hill, 11 French Drive in Boylston.

Working in a base of wet floral foam attached to a plastic tray, we will combine flowers and leaves in rich autumn colors with vegetables, fruits, nuts, boxwood and berries to create a striking harvest centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table. The finished wreath measures about 15 inches across. The center of the ring will comfortably hold candles or a compote.Â Kept watered, the wreath can easily be converted to a long lasting Christmas centerpiece.Â All materials included. Be sure to bring floral scissors and an apron. Cost for THBG members is $70, nonmembers $80. Call 508-869-6111 to put your name on the list.

Monday, December 2, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted Volume VIII: The Early Boston Years, 1882 – 1890

November 21, 2013 by Boston Flora

Frederick Law Olmsted relocated from New York to Boston in the early 1880s. With the help of his stepson and partner, John Charles Olmsted, his professional office grew to become the first of its kind: a modern landscape architecture practice with projects throughout the country. During the period covered in Volume VIII of the Olmsted Papers, Olmsted and his partners designed the park system of Boston and Brooklineâ€”including the Back Bay Fens, Franklin Park, and the Muddy River Improvement.

Though Olmsted would never provide a definitive treatise on landscape architecture, this volume contains some of his most mature and powerful statements on the practice of landscape architecture. Join The Arnold Arboretum and the sponsors below on Monday, December 2 at the Weld Hill Research Building for a lecture, panel discussion and celebration of this newly published landscape design resource.Â Fee: $10 (Students: Call 617.384.5277 to register for free.)

Doors open at 6:00pm. Light refreshments served.Â Books available for purchase and signing.Â Weld Hill Research Building is located at 1300 Centre Street, Roslindale, MA.

Sponsored by the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Friends of Fairsted, and National Association for Olmsted Parks in collaboration with the City of Boston, Parks and Recreation Department, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, and Town of Brookline, Parks and Open Space Division.