Daily Archives: September 1, 2014

Tuesday, September 9, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Controlling Invasives at Home

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Take control of your home landscape with information and tips from an invasive-plants expert, on Tuesday, September 9, from 10 – 2 at Garden in the Woods.  This class will cover about thirty of the most common invasive plants in the local landscape.  Through discussion, lecture, examination of herbarium specimens, and a visit to a local invasives control site, you will learn to recognize non-native invasive plants and understand the features that make them so disruptive to natural ecosystems.  The class will discuss management techniques for many of these species on the home and landscape scale.  The Invaders issue of the New England Wildflower Society’s magazine and the MA Field Guide to Invasives will be available for purchase at a discount.  Alliaria petiolata pictured below. The instructor is Ted Elliman, Senior Botanist, and the fee is $66 for NEWFS members, $80 for nonmembers.  Register at www.newfs.org.

Sunday, September 14, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Whole Foods 5K for Project Bread

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Calling all runners! Project Bread wants you to join them at the Whole Foods Market 5K Road Race and Kids Fun Run on September 14, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. at Danehy Park in Cambridge (across from 87 New Street, parking available at the Fresh Pond Mall.)

This year, Project Bread is thrilled to be a race beneficiary with CitySprouts! Register today, at www.wholefoodsmarket5k.com and help make a difference in your community.

Not interested in running? No problem. You can volunteer! Shifts are available 8:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. For more information or to sign up, email volunteer@projectbread.org or call 617-723-5000.

Saturday, September 13, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Fun with Fungi: Natural Science Drawing and Painting

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Explore the fascinating forms and textures of mushrooms in this Tower Hill Botanic Garden natural science art workshop, to be held on Saturday, September 13 from 10 – 4 at Tower Hill, 11 French Drive in Boylston. Helen Byers’ instruction will include demonstrations of ways to achieve detailed effects using graphite, colored pencil, and watercolor. All levels welcome! A list of supplies will be sent to participants. To see more of Helen’s work, visit her website at www.helenbyers.com. Visit www.towerhillbg.org to register.  $60 Tower Hill members, $75 nonmembers.