Daily Archives: April 9, 2014


Saturday, April 19, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Rejuvenating Shrubs: Lilacs, Weigela, Forsythia and More

On Saturday, April 19, from 10 – noon, the Berkshire Botanical Garden will hold an offsite workshop on Rejuvenating Shrubs: Lilacs, Weigela, Forsythia and More. Is that old lilac refusing to flower? Spring is a great time to assess your woody shrubs for shape and structure. This hands-on workshop will focus on when, why and how to renovate or rejuvenate your woody plants. Learn about tools, timing and specific techniques available to the home gardener. Following a lecture and several pruning demonstrations, participants will learn by doing.

Ron Yaple, A.A.S. Forestry, MCA/CLA, owner of Race Mountain Tree Services, has developed a regional reputation as one of the premier arborists. His company serves the tri-state region and is a full-service company. He is a dedicated and knowledgeable teacher of arboriculture.

BBG members $35, non-members $40.  Register on line at www.berkshirebotanical.org or call 413-298-3926, x 15.

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Wednesday, April 16, 1:00 pm – Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: An Armchair Visit

Experience a photo tour of this fabulous plant paradise in Boothbay, Maine, with garden designer and Wellesley College Botanic Garden Friends docent Maureen Bovet on Wednesday, April 16, at 1 pm.  Maureen returns to this garden by the sea as often as possible.  Opened in 2007 after 16 years of planning, the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens offers visitors stunning beauty and intimate experiences as it enhances the botanical heritage and natural landscapes of its 250 acres in coastal Maine.  CMGB Director Bill Cullina describes it best with the subtitle of his book about the garden: “A People’s Garden.”  Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens – free; nonmembers $10. Register by calling 781-283-3094, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu. Image below from the Garden Club of the Back Bay’s favorite photographer Rich Pomerantz.

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Sunday, April 27 – Wednesday, April 30 – The 22nd Annual Newport Symposium: East Meets West, Centuries of Exchange

Join The Preservation Society of Newport County to celebrate the centennial of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont’s Chinese Tea House at Marble House through an exploration of the complex and varied responses to the Far East “ real and imagined “ in the visual arts of Western Europe and The United States. On Sunday, April 27 – Wednesday, April 30, leading scholars will discuss the exchange of objects and the myriad interpretations of Chinoiserie through the lens of European and American architecture, furniture, painting, ceramics, textiles, gardens and collections from the 18th through the 20th centuries.

Newport has been a nationally significant repository for treasures from the Far East from its Golden Age in the eighteenth century to the Gilded Age. Boasting examples ranging from the rich collections of China trade objects at Hunter House (c. 1748), Kingscote (1841), and Chateau-sur-Mer (1852) to the incorporation of 18th century Chinese lacquer panels into the decoration of The Elms (1902), the Preservation Society’s properties provide a uniquely focused lens through which participants will see the interplay of Eastern and Western design influences on American design and decorative arts. Featured speakers include:

Sir Hugh Roberts
Former Director of the Royal Collection and Surveyor of the Queen’s Works of Art
United Kingdom

Joan de Jean
Trustee Professor of French, University of Pennsylvania

Lee Glazer
Curator of American Art, Freer-Sackler Galleries (Smithsonian)
Washington, D.C.

Carolyn Sargentson
Senior Research Fellow, Victoria and Albert Museum
London

Judy Bullington
Chair, Art Department, Belmont University
Nashville, TN

Ronald Fuchs
Curator, Reeves Collection, Washington & Lee University
Lexington, VA

Laurie Brewer
Assistant Curator of Costume and Designs, Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI

Maggie Lidz
Estate Historian, Winterthur Museum, Delaware

Noel Fahden Briceno
Category Manager, Vintage and Antiques, One King’s Lane

Admission is $500 for Preservation Society Members, $550 for nonmembers, which includes a one-year membership. Register now at http://www.newportmansions.org/events/newport-symposium or call 401-847-1000, ext. 154. There are special room rates at the Hotel Viking: log on to www.hotelviking.com, click on Reserve, click on Enter Group/Negotiated Code under the calendar, which will take you to the online booking portal, then enter online booking code 1JU603 under Special Codes.


Saturday, April 19, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Unlocking the Mystery

The Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens invite you to enjoy an opportunity to indulge your artist’s eye as you browse through images of well-known paintings in this one day seminar with Susan Fisher on Saturday, April 19 from 9:30 – 3:30.  Diagram fine art and become familiar with the various parts that make up the whole.  Acquire the tools to enhance your own artistic expression.  Class exercises will encourage you to analyze line, shape, value, color and structure.  It is fun to diagram paintings and empowering to know how to plan your next piece.  $75 for Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, $95 for non-members.  Sign up by calling 781-283-3094 or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.

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