Boston Flora

Month: March 2014

  • Friday, April 25 – Monday, April 28 – Art in Bloom

    As part of the MFA’s 2014 Season of Color, join them for this exuberant spring festival of art and floral design! Once again, garden clubs and professional designers from across New England will create floral arrangements inspired by the MFA’s works of art. Art in Bloom is open during regular Museum hours (10 am–4:45 pm) and is free with Museum admission; no reservations are required to see the floral arrangements and participate in most of the programs listed below. Events with prices require tickets.

    This year’s featured speaker is Emily Thompson.  Born in Vermont, she came from the north woods with her artist’s eye, a love of nature, and an unfettered imagination to become one of the nation’s most sought-after creators of organically beautiful, yet classically composed, floral designs.  Thompson, a sculptor, is one of New York’s premier floral artists, and received significant acclaim for her exquisite 2011 holiday decoration of the White House.

    ‘Tinis and Tulips Preview Party
    Shapiro Family Courtyard
    Friday, April 25, 7–9:30 pm
    Swing into spring at the MFA’s inaugural Season of Color preview party and enjoy a festive evening of colorful cocktails, light bites, music, and a scavenger hunt. Open to visitors 21+. Valid ID with proof of age required for entry. Tickets: Members $25; Adults (nonmembers) $50.

    Emily Thompson: Master Class I
    Druker Family Pavilion 160
    Saturday, April 26, 10:30 am–12:30 pm
    Hands-on flower instruction from a renowned, highly innovative sculptor turned floral designer. Tickets $250.

    Emily Thompson: Master Class II (advanced)
    Druker Family Pavilion 160
    Sunday, April 17, 10:30 am–12:30 pm
    Hands-on advanced flower instruction from a renowned, highly innovative sculptor turned floral designer. Tickets $250.

    Emily Thompson: Spring in the Wild Kingdom
    Remis Auditorium
    Monday, April 28, 10:30 am–12:30 pm
    A floral demonstration and lecture by Emily Thompson whose highly innovative and dramatic arrangements combine her love and reverence for nature with classical ornamental design. Tickets $55.

    Elegant Tea
    Koch Gallery 250
    Saturday. April 26, 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm
    Sunday, April 27, 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm
    Monday, April 28, 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm
    Tickets required. Limited tickets available each day for purchase at the box office in person.
    Tickets: Adults $30, Children under 12 $10.
    Parties may be combined as needed.

    Marc Hall and Janie Haas: A Blooming Affair
    Alfond Auditorium
    Monday, April 28, 3–4 pm
    Enjoy learning about the latest in design trends for events and weddings from Marc Hall, a renowned designer and event planner and Janie Haas, a 2013 award winner of Boston Magazine’s “Best of Boston.” Tickets $25.

    Tom Strangfeld: The Entry Courtyard Garden
    Alfond Auditorium
    Saturday, April 26, 3–4 pm
    Come let Tom show you how your front yard is far more than just another part of the landscape… rather it is the first room in your home, welcoming family and friends.

    Art in Bloom French, Italian, and Russian Tours
    Meet at Sharf Visitor Center
    Saturday, April 26, 2:45–3:45 pm
    Tours given in French, Italian, and Russian include art and floral arrangements throughout the galleries.

    Members’ Night
    Saturday, April 26, 6–9 pm
    Doors open at 5:30 pm.
    Enjoy a members-only viewing of the MFA’s 38th annual festival of fine art and flowers.

    Family Day
    Various locations throughout the Museum
    Sunday, April 27, 10 am–3 pm
    Celebrate Art in Bloom with family-friendly activities for all ages including live entertainment, art-making activities, and storytelling.

    Dora Lee: Celebrate the Season of Color with Ikebana
    Alfond Auditorium
    Sunday, April 27, 3–4 pm
    Drop in to see Dora Lee demonstrating Sogetsu Ikebana from basic to freestyle.

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  • Friday, May 16 – 2014 Green & White Ball

    Friday, May 16 – 2014 Green & White Ball

    Join The Friends of the Public Garden on Friday, May 16 at the Taj Boston to celebrate another year of successful preservation and improvement projects in our treasured green spaces: the Boston Common, the Public Garden and the Commonwealth Avenue Mall. The Green & White Ball will include a cocktail reception & dinner followed by dancing to the sounds of the Sultans of Swing.

    The 2014 Green and White Ball Co-Chairs are Alli Achtmeyer, Alexis Egan, Annsley McAleer, and Katherine O’Keeffe. The Honorary Co-Chairs are Mrs. Peter A. Brooke, Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett, and Mrs. Amos B. Hostetter, Jr.

    The Friends of the Public Garden would like to thank all of the supporters of the 2013 Green and White Ball for their wonderful and generous contributions. View the 2013 event photos here.

    For more information (times, ticket prices) about the event or the work of the Friends, contact Mary Halpin at mary@friendsofthepublicgarden.org or (857) 239-8937.

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  • Sunday, April 6, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Tick-borne Disease: Awareness, Prevention and Treatment

    The Ecological Landscaping Association and the New England Wild Flower Society will co-sponsor Tick-borne Disease: Awareness, Prevention, and Treatment, on Sunday, April 6, from 1 – 3:30 pm at Garden in the Woods in Framingham.

    Lyme and other tick-born diseases are increasing each year and expanding northward. People who work in and enjoy gardens and wild areas are at high risk for exposure, as are their families and pets.  This panel discusses the latest research on changes in climate, habitat, and predators that affect the distribution of ticks and diseases; tick life cycles and disease hosts; and infection-prevention methods such as improved landscape practices and personal protection.

    The panel will also cover what to do if bitten, including tick removal, disease symptoms, accurate diagnosis, and treatment options.  It will explain the scope of the public health emergency: epidemiology, legal issues, and available resources.  Attendees will come away empowered with preventative strategies and knowledge of treatment options.  Please bring questions.

    Instructor Jeanne Hubbuch, MD, is a family practice physician in Newton, with experience in acute and chronic Lyme and other tick infections.  She will focus on treatment of Lyme disease, including the latest research results, and will discuss lifestyle and stress reduction for treatment and recovery.  Alan Geise, Professor of Biology at Lyndon State College, Vermont, and researcher into the rise of tick populations and disease, will highlight the environmental issues involved.  Dori Smith, M.Ed., owner of Gardens for Life in Acton, is a writer and educator in recovery from Lyme disease.  She will discuss landscape management and personal prevention, as well as the public health issues.

    $20 for ELA or NEWFS members, $25 for nonmembers.  Refreshments will be served.  Register by calling 617-436-5838 or visit https://www.eventville.com/catalog/eventregistration1.asp?eventid=1010933.

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  • Tuesday, April 29, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Taste of the Nation Boston

    Come celebrate Boston’s hottest and most trend-forward food and beverage event Taste of the Nation Boston. Set at Cruiseport, 1 Black Falcon Avenue in Boston, Taste of the Nation features the largest gathering of award winning chefs from the region.

    Join Honorary Chefs Jody Adams, Joanne Chang, Gordon Hamersley, Andy Husbands and Tony Maws and over 60 of Boston’s top chefs as we dine on delicious tastings paired with the best beer, wine and spirits the city has to offer. As of today, participants include 80 Thoreau, Lucca Back Bay, Aragosta Bar & Bistro, Lucky’s, Ashmont Grill, Masa, Belly Wine Bar, Mela, Bistro du Midi, Moody’s Delicatessen & Provisions, Blue Inc., Myers + Chang, Blue Room, Neptune Oyster (VIP), Bondir, OAK Long Bar, Bronwyn (VIP), Puritan & Company, Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, Rialto, Coppa, Russell House Tavern, Craigie on Main, Sandrine’s Bistro, Davio’s, Silvertone, Del Frisco’s, Stone Hearth Pizza, Eastern Standard, Taranta, Flour Bakery,Tavolo, Gracie’s,The Blue Frog Bakery, Haley House Bakery, The Salty Pig, Hamersley’s Bistro,The Tip Tap Room,
    Harvest, Tico, Hungry Mother, Toro, Journeyman, TRADE, Kayak Cookies, Tremont 647, Kirkland Tap and Trotter, Trina’s Starlight Lounge, La Morra, West Bridge, L’Espalier, ‘Wiches of Boston, and Lincoln.

    The 2013 event raised over $95,000 in the fight to end childhood hunger and was ranked #45 in Boston’s Top 100 2013 Events & #5 in the Food, Wine & Restaurant Industry Events by BizBash.

    100% of ticket sales support No Kid Hungry’s efforts to end childhood hunger!  General admission ticket $95, VIP ticket (6 pm – 10 pm) $150.  Cocktail attire.  For more information, and to buy tickets online, visit http://ce.strength.org/events/taste-nation-boston.

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  • Saturday, April 12, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Northeast Wildflowers to Brighten Your Spring Garden

    Learn about the importance of native wildflowers and how to bring them into the garden setting, on Saturday, April 12 from 10 – noon at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, at a talk and book signing with author Carol Gracie. Wildflowers brighten the New England woodlands in spring and are more than just a delight for the eye and a lift for the winter-weary spirit. Each has a role in the environment and often has interesting interactions with pollinators and seed dispersers. Learn about the fascinating life histories of some favorite spring wildflowers. Topics include adaptations for early blooming, medicinal and other uses, the origin of wildflower names, pollination and seed dispersal. A book sale and signing of Carol’s beautiful newly published Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History will follow the talk.

    Carol Gracie is a naturalist and photographer with a degree in plant studies from Lehman College of the City University of New York. She is retired from The New York Botanical Garden, where she headed the Children’s Education Program and the Foreign Tour program and taught in the Continuing Education Program. In 2006 she co-authored (with Steve Clemants) Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: A Field Guide to the Northeastern United States. Her latest book, Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History, was published in March of 2012.

    $25 for BBG members, $30 for non-members.  Sign up at www.berkshirebotanical.org or call 413-298-3926, x 15.

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  • Saturday, April 19 – Monday, September 1 – Wicked Plants, The Exhibit

    Heritage Museums & Gardens in East Sandwich is preparing to mount a showcase exhibit.  Visitors will discover the evildoers of the plant world lurking in their own backyards and beyond in Wicked Plants: The Exhibit.  This exhibit is inspired by Amy Stewart’s New York Times bestselling book, Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities, and was created by the North Carolina Arboretum.  It will be on view in the Special Exhibitions Gallery from April 19 to September 1, 2014.  For more information visit www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org.

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  • Wednesday, April 9, 7:00 pm – Container Gardening with Herbs

    Betsy Williams, a renowned gardener and herb grower, will demonstrate how to use container gardening with herbs and flowers to enhance your daily life. In this Pepperell Garden Club event on Wednesday, April 9, beginning at 7 pm at the Pepperell Senior Center, 37 Nashua Road in Pepperell, she will show us how herbs and flowers can be used in cooking, potpourri, and floral arrangements to add beauty, flavor, meaning and fragrance to seasonal celebrations. $5 fee. For more information call Club president Lisa Moran at 978-433-3672.  Photo from www.gardenlandscapeideas.org.

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  • Tuesday, April 8, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm – The Invasive Plant Issue and Invasive Plant Identification

    On Tuesday, April 9, the University of Massachusetts Extension’s Landscape, Nursery & Urban Forestry Program will sponsor The Invasive Plant Issue and Invasive Plant Identification, from 9 – 2 at the DoubleTree Hotel, 11 Beaver Street in Milford, Massachusetts. This course is an overview of the topic of invasive plants, focusing on why we should be concerned about them and enhancing your ability to readily identify invasive plants as well as their look-alikes. The work of the Massachusetts Invasive Plant Advisory Group, including its strategies, recommendations, and the recently released Early Detection/Rapid Response Priority List document, will be discussed. $75. To register, visit https://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1362488 or call 413-545-0895.

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  • Wednesday, April 9, 6:30 pm – Hostas: The Funkia the Better

    Apologies to everyone out there who is groaning.  On Wednesday, April 9, the Aptucxet Garden Club will sponsor a free program at the Bourne United Methodist Church with Sue Dubrava, co-owner of Cochato Nursery.  Sue will give a presentation entitled Hostas: The Funkia the Better, on creating a shade garden by combining multiple hostas with other shade plants.  For more information visit www.aptucxetgardenclub.com. Image from www.houzz.com.

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  • Friday, April 4, 4:00 pm – Forty Years of Evolution on the Galapagos

    A special free talk has been underwritten by Sinauer Associates, Inc at UMASS-Amherst. The talk is Forty Years of Evolution on the Galapagos by Rosemary and Peter Grant, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University. The talk will be April 4th, 2014 starting at 4:00 pm in the Isenberg School of Management room 137 (see UMASS-Amherst home page for map). (Refreshments served at 3:45pm). Seating on first come basis (and this room only seats about 200).

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