Boston Flora

Month: August 2014

  • Friday, September 12, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm – Northeast Region Perennial Plant Association Symposium

    On Friday, September 12, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and the Perennial Plant Association are teaming up to offer a day-long symposium entitled Exploring Design & Perennial Selection for the Landscape. Some of the best writers and creative plantsmen and women in the business will be here, and you’re invited to listen, learn and ask questions. The event will take place at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, and the cost is $109. To register, or for more information, email kfolts@masshort.org, or call 617-933-4973.

  • Saturday, September 13, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – 8th Annual Harvest Festival and Perennial Divide

    The Boston Natural Areas Network will hold its 8th Annual Harvest Festival & Perennial Divide on Saturday, September 13, from 10 – 2 at City Natives, 30 Edgewater Drive in Mattapan. Bring plants to swap and containers to carry them home. You’re invited to exchange, donate or simply take home plants. Shop for hard-to-find native plants, fall gardening supplies, soil amendments, cover crop and season extension supplies, and enjoy the harvest season with fellow gardeners. Image from www.commonweeder.com. For more information visit www.bostonnatural.org. 

  • Friday, September 19 – Sunday, September 21 – Plymouth Art in Bloom

    Friday, September 19 – Sunday, September 21 – Plymouth Art in Bloom

    The Plymouth Garden Club, the Aptucxet Garden Club, the Evening Garden Club of Plymouth, and other area participants will hold their annual Art in Bloom event at The Plymouth Center for the Arts, 11 North Street, Plymouth, on Friday, September 19 (10 – 8, reception 6 – 8,) Saturday September 20 (10 – 8,) and Sunday, September 21 (10 – 4.) Admission is free, open to the public.  For more information contact Judy Brown at 508-888-3638.

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  • Monday, September 22, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm – I Scream, You Scream

    New Englanders are known for their obsession with great ice cream. On Monday, September 22, from 6:30 – 9, join Sofra Bakery Executive Pastry Chef Maura Kilpatrick and Pastry Chef Molly Rabideau at Sofra, 1 Belmont Street in Cambridge, as they kick off the Fall Cooking Class Series with an evening of homemade frozen treats! The variations on this favorite dessert are endless. Capitalize on the season’s harvest with Maura’s Sweet Corn Ice Cream. Additional recipes include Philadelphia-Style Ice Cream with Ice Wine, Pistachio Ice Cream, and non-dairy Apple Tea Granite. Registration: $85, which includes full dish tastings with wine pairings and recipe books. Image from www.icecreamjournal.turkeyhill.com. Register through Eventbrite at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/i-scream-you-scream-tickets-12208980389. 

  • Sunday, September 14, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm – 5th Annual Boston Local Food Festival

    SBN’s Boston Local Food Festival is a deliciously free outdoor event that connects Massachusetts and New England eaters of all backgrounds with the abundance of fresh, nutritious local food choices available close to home. The Boston Local Food Festival is an event for all ages aimed to allow locals to taste and appreciate the variety of locally produced and harvested products grown right here in the Boston area! There will be live music performed by local musicians and fun activities for children. There will also be competitions (like the annual Seafood Throwdown, sponsored by NAMA) and demonstrations put on by local food experts.

    The festival will provide access to healthy food for $6 or less, created with local ingredients. The goal of this event is to connect local farmers and producers to their consumers, strengthening the community and educating the locals in a delicious and informative way.

    The festival has been endorsed by the City of Boston, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), and several leading food organizations, businesses, and farms. We also have a goal of making this a Zero Waste event. In 2012, 91% of waste was diverted from landfills!The event will take place from 11 – 5 on Sunday, September 14 on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, near the Aquarium T stop, in Boston.  For more information on the Sustainable Business Network visit www.sbnmass.org.

  • Tuesday, September 9, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Tastes of the Garden: Cultural Fusion Cuisine

    Join the Boston Natural Areas Network and the East Boston YMCA on Tuesday, August 5, from 5:30 – 7 for a delicious evening of cooking. Explore different techniques for fusion cooking with a focus on local produce, while learning how to add new flavor to summer favorites! Registration required, limited space. To register call 617-542-7696 or email
    dana@bostonnatural.org. The event will take place at the Ashley Street East Boston YMCA at 54 Ashley Street in East Boston.  Image of Egyptian salad from www.khaleejesque.com.

  • Tuesdays, September 9 – November 18, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – MMGA Home Horticulture Series

    The Massachusetts Master Gardener Association announces the MMGA Home Horticulture Series: The More You Know, The More You Can Grow!  This program is a ten-week evening class taught by Master Gardeners that will provide a comprehensive introduction to horticulture, giving home gardeners a foundation for enhancing their skills.  Topics to be covered include Nomenclature, Propagation, Turf & Alternatives, Soil, Botany, Weed Ecology, Vegetable Culture, Diseases & Pests, Perennial Culture, Woody Plants, and Pruning.  The Fall Session will take place Tuesday evenings, September 9 – November 18, from 6:30 – 8 at Elm Bank Reservation, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley.  The cost for the program is $250, due upon registration.  For more information, visit www.massmastergardeners.org.

  • Through September 14, Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – La couleur du vent

    The North Bennet Street School, the New England Guild of Book Workers, and the American Academy of Bookbinding present an exhibition in the Windgate Gallery at 150 North Street in Boston now through September 14, Monday through Friday, 9 – 5, entitled La couleur du vent. ARA Canada in partnership with the École Estienne, organized an international exhibition of bookbinding that originated in Paris and traveled to Quebec City, Montreal and Trois-Rivières. This exhibit includes the work of fifty one binders. The invitation to participate was extended to former students of the Ecole Estienne in Paris and member bookbinders of ARA Canada.

    The book selected for this project is titled La couleur du vent ( The color of the wind.)  It is a collection of poems by Gilles Vigneault, illustrated and designed by Nastassja Imiolek under the artistic direction of Cécile Côté. Visit the project website, www.aracanada.org, to see more.

  • Wednesday, October 8 – Friday, October 10 – Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Flower Show School Course I

    The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts will sponsor Flower Show School Course I: Growing, Staging, Exhibiting and Judging on October 8, 9 and 10 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 11 Beaver Street, Milford, Massachusetts.  Subjects to be covered will be Design, with Garden Club of the Back Bay member Kaye Vosburgh, Flower Show Procedure Parts I and II, with Barbara May, and Horticulture, with Catherine Felton.  The full course with exam is $120, and lunch each day is $17.  To print the registration form go to http://gcfm.org/education/schoolsandregistration and click on “Flower School.”  For more information call Cathie Healy at 508-429-5055.

  • Mondays, October 6, November 3, and March 23, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Back to Basics: Designing Principles in Floral Design

    Mondays, October 6, November 3, and March 23, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Back to Basics: Designing Principles in Floral Design

    Join the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts for a series of interactive programs with distinguished Massachusetts designers, demonstrating how to create designs, on Mondays, October 6, November 3, and March 23, at The Espousal Center, 554 Lexington Street in Waltham.  The classes will be held from 10 – 12, and the total fee for all three sessions is a mere $30.  Make check payable to GCFM, Inc. and mail it to Diane Bullock, 456 Shore Road, Cape Neddick, ME 03902, along with your name, address, telephone number, email address, and Garden Club name.

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