Boston Flora

Month: June 2014

  • Sunday, June 15, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Fun in the Park: Parkland Games

    Sunday is a day of rest, but it doesn’t mean you have to. Have a little fun! Sunday Fun in the Park is a community day promoting healthy living and sense of place. Though geared towards youth and families, there are a variety of activities for all ages, from music and fishing to games and arts & crafts.

    All Sunday Fun in the Park activities are free and open to the public. Activities run from 2:00–4:00pm and are located at the Fiedler Field (near the Hatch Shell and the Fiedler Footbridge). For more information visit www.esplanadeassociation.org.

    Parkland Games
    “A unique opportunity for family, friends, neighbors, and entire communities to come together to play!” Knucklebones, a recreational programming company dedicated to inspiring athletics for all ages for the love of play, will be providing a variety of games geared towards every age group. Whether you want to try hoola hooping, volleyball, bocce, field hockey or corn hole, we have games for all ages and welcome you to get out there and have some fun!

    Fishing off the Docks
    Reel ‘em in! TEA offers kids enthusiastic to fish a chance to catch as many as they can off of the River Dock. Grab a rod and try your hand at nabbing one!.

    Model Boat Sailing
    Parents and kids can learn to maneuver miniature model boats on the Charles River.

  • Thursday, June 5, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Shade Gardening

    We love trees in New England, so we have a lot of shade.  But that doesn’t have to mean a garden without color and drama.  Explore the world of shade tolerant plants and ideas for a great garden under the trees.  This Massachusetts Horticultural Society program is led by the Massachusetts Master Gardeners on Thursday, June 5 from 7 – 8:30 in the Parkman Room in the Education Building at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley.  $10 Mass Hort members, $15 non-members.  Find out more at www.masshort.org. Image from www.enchantedgardensdesign.com.

  • Saturday, June 7, 5:30 pm – Summer Produce & Cheese

    The summer harvest in New England brings a windfall of versatile produce that begs to be used in exciting and innovative ways! Join Andrea, Formaggio Kitchen South End’s head chef and Kyra, cheesemonger and local farm enthusiast, for a lesson in the various applications of the best produce of the year. The pair will walk you through some great and simple dishes, plus the best ways to match cheeses with local, seasonal foods. The class will be held at the Formaggio Kitchen Classroom Annex, 67 Smith Place in Cambridge, and the price is $65. To purchase a spot, register online at http://www.formaggiokitchen.com/classes, or call 617-354-4750. Please have your credit card number ready. If you have any questions, please email classes@formaggiokitchen.com.  Image from staceysnacksonline.com.

  • Saturday, June 21, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Wild Harvest: Sharing Mother Nature’s Bounty Edible and Medicinal Field Study

    Join herbalist Dina Falconi and explore the plants of the gardens, meadows and woodland edges of the Berkshire Botanical Garden on Saturday, June 21 from 10 – 12. Learn to identify these plants using basic sensory skills, and discover how they are used for food, medicine and pleasure. This walk will include practical information on harvest and preparation. Bring a notepad, camera and water bottle. Following the program, Dina will be selling and signing her beautiful book, Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook.

    Dina Falconi is a clinical herbalist with a strong focus on food activism and nutritional healing. An avid gardener, wildcrafter and permaculturalist, Dina has been teaching classes about the use of herbs for food, medicine and pleasure, including wild food foraging and cooking, for more than 20 years. She produces Falcon Formulations natural body care products and Earthly Extracts medicinal tinctures. She is a founding member of the Northeast Herbal Association, a chapter leader of the Weston A. Price Foundation and an organizer of Slow Food-Hudson Valley. She is also the author of Earthly Bodies & Heavenly Hair: Natural and Healthy Personal Care for Everybody.  More information may be found at www.botanicalartspress.com.

    BBG members – $30; nonmembers – $35. Register at http://www.berkshirebotanical.org/ai1ec_event/wild-harvest-sharing-mother-natures-bounty-edible-and-medicinal-field-study/?instance_id=2614.

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  • Tuesday, June 17, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Making Herbal Salves

    Holly Bellebuono of Vineyard Herbs returns to the Polly Hill Arboretum in Martha’s Vineyard for her popular salve-making workshop. This fun hands-on workshop on Tuesday, June 17 from 1 – 3 starts with a walk to identify and collect medicinal herbs and weeds on the Arboretum grounds. Next, participants make their own oil infusions and beeswax-based ointments. Learn practical knowledge on when and how to use herbal salves and take home your useful creations. Supplies included. $45/$40 for PHA members. Please pre-register, space is limited.  Call 508-693-9426.

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  • Friday, June 27 – Sunday, June 29 – The 2014 Newport Flower Show – Journey: Grand Vistas

    The same titans who built the summer cottages of Newport joined forces to create luxurious travel while also building the infrastructure which would forever change industry in America and become a model for the world. Climb aboard as The Preservation Society of Newport County journeys to grand vistas when the trip was as splendid as the destination! You’ll definitely want to be a part of the Opening Night Cocktail Party on Friday from 6 – 9, a much-anticipated festive event that kicks off the Newport summer season! Enjoy the exciting cocktail buffet while admiring the fresh floral arrangements and horticultural extravaganzas, and shopping the Oceanside Boutiques and Gardeners Marketplace.

    The weekend includes several floral arranging sessions. Julie Lapham will take us on An Elegant Floral Journey, showing off distinctive arrangements inspired by travel. Robyn Spagnolo and Lynne Merrill will show us how to create Gems From the Garden, demonstrating the fine art of making jewelry out of enhanced dried plant material and other types of Botanical Art.

    In America’s Romance with the English Garden, author and landscape designer Thomas Mickey (and Garden Club of the Bay Bay presenter) will teach guests about the inception of the modern American garden industry in the 1890s and the English Garden’s rise in popularity nationwide. Kerry Ann Mendez, a garden consultant, teacher and lecturer, will present Simplifying Gardens to Fit Changing Lifestyles. She’ll provide easy-to-follow downsizing strategies, recommended no-fuss plant material, and design tips for stunning, easy to maintain year-round gardens.

    Guests who are interested in taking on a new hobby can learn the basics of beekeeping and how to get started with horticultural writer and beekeeper Sanne Kure-Jensen’s Welcome Pollinators to Your Garden. Entrepreneur and lady farmer Kathleen Gagan, owner of New Jersey’s Peony’s Envy, will present Designing Gardens with a Passion for Peonies.

    Joan Harrison, master gardener and President of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society, will present Success With Hydrangeas, providing tips on how to select hydrangeas, where to plant them, how to provide basic care, and more.

    In Jaw-Dropping, Traffic-Stopping, “Get the Neighbors Talking” Containers, award-winning container garden designer Deborah Trickett will give a hands-on demonstration as she shows you how to take your container gardens from “blah” to “aaah.”. In Myths, Lies and All the Latest Dirt, author and radio host C.L. Fornari will help gardeners sort through the folklore and hype surrounding plants, practices and products.

    The Show’s Presenting Sponsor, Bartlett Tree Experts, will share its expertise, as arborist Chris Fletcher leads a tour of the beautiful trees at The Elms and Chepstow on Saturday afternoon; and on Sunday, award-winning landscape designer Warren Leach will give an onsite lecture about the plants and design elements used in the Bartlett garden exhibit on the front lawn of Rosecliff.

    Aside from the free lectures taking place all weekend, nationally renowned garden designer P. Allen Smith will appear at special Lecture Luncheons on both Friday and Saturday. On Friday, Smith will share insight and anecdotes about the benefits and pleasures of observing others’ gardens in Looking Over the Garden Fence. In his Saturday lecture, Irreverent Moves That Will Improve Your Garden and Life, Smith will share ways to think outside the box for your garden this year. These two Lecture Luncheons are separately ticketed events requiring advance reservations, and both will be followed by book signings.

    Complete information and ticket purchasing may be found at http://www.newportmansions.org/events/newport-flower-show/.

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  • Sunday, June 8, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm – South Natick Garden Tour

    One of the area’s most sought after events of the season, The 7th Annual South Natick Garden Tour, will be held for one day only on June 8, 2014 from 2 to 6pm. The tour is anticipated by many to be one of the most exclusive opportunities to view the private spaces of a few of the area’s most cultivated gardeners. All garden addresses will be released on the day of the event, except for one, The Massachusetts Horticultural Society and their gardens at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley. Guided tours of these gardens will be offered throughout the day and the tour will conclude with a wine and cheese reception between 4:00-6pm for tour participants at Elm Bank. Additionally, the other participating garden locations will feature discussions on garden design, annual and perennial plant selection, bee keeping and general information from a master gardener. Proceeds of the tour will go to benefit Natick’s historic Bacon Free Library.
    Tickets are on sale now for $30 and $35 on the day of the event – June 8, 2014.
    They can be purchased by contacting the Bacon Free Library at 508-653-6730 or by
    visiting the library in person, 58 Eliot Street, Natick.

  • Sunday, June 8, 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Old Growth Hike at Mount Wachusett

    Join Joe Choiniere on Sunday, June 8, from 1 – 4:30 for a firsthand look at the Old Growth forest at Wachusett Mountain State Reservation. The mountain provides a living learning laboratory for investigation into how undisturbed forests grow, what biodiversity they support, and how they can provide unique information for forest ecologists, historians, geneticists, and dendro-chronologists. Meet at 1:00 PM at the Wachusett Mountain State Reservation Visitor Center 345 Mountain Road in Princeton.  Co-sponsored with Hubbardston Naturalist Club.  For more information visit www.atholbirdclub.org.

  • Saturday, June 7, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – Claremont Neighborhood Association Flea Market & Street Fair

    The Claremont Neighborhood Association’s 25th Annual Flea Market and Street Fair will be held Saturday, June 7, from 9 – 3 on Wellington Street at Columbus Avenue in the South End.  Antiques, collectibles, jewelry, art, household goods and services will be offered, and there will be a silent auction, face painting, and balloons.  Free admission.  Rain date is Sunday, June 8.  For more information visit www.cnaboston.org.