January 3, 2014 - Boston Flora

Saturday, February 1, 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Winter Interlude

January 3, 2014 by Boston Flora

The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts will hold a fund raising event – Winter Interlude – on Saturday, February 1, from 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm at the Beechwood Hotel, 363 Plantation Street in Worcester.Â The cocktail party will feature The Wonderful World of Floral Design.Â Enjoy a delightful afternoon walking through a wonderland of floral designs as you feast on delicious hors d’oeuvre and drinks, while listening to live music in a beautiful ballroom highlighted by antique stained glass windows.Â Donation $50, cash bar.Â For tickets call Bonni Asbjornson at 978-692-8685, or email asbjornson@comcast.net.Â For information call Joyce Bakshi at 978-470-0263, or email Joyce.bakshi@comcast.net. All designs and more will be raffled at 6 pm, and a portion of your donation may be tax deductible.

Saturday, January 11, 12:30 pm – Annual Nepenthes Cutting Class

January 3, 2014 by Boston Flora

The next meeting of the New England Carnivorous Plant Society will be held on January 11, 2014 at 12:30 pm at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center, 1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island.

This meeting will be their Annual Nepenthes Cutting Class.Â Members and friends are encouraged to bring any overgrown Nepenthes that could use a little cutting back.Â Following instruction on taking Nepenthes vine cuttings and tips for sucessful Nepenthes cutting propagation,Â members will have the opportunity to take cuttings from the plants brought in to bring home and grow.Â This is only possible when members bring in and allow others to take cuttings of their overgrown plants.Â So if you have a plant that is vining and needs a little cutting please consider bringing it in!