Daily Archives: November 1, 2014

Wednesday, November 19, 10:00 am – Tablet Tech for Gardeners

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The Garden Club of the Back Bay’s November meeting will take place Wednesday, November 19, beginning at 10 am at The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston.  Continuing our exploration of Technology in the Garden, we welcome Sarah Roche who will speak on Tablet Tech for Gardeners. Sarah Roche teaches a variety of courses for all abilities throughout the year, focusing on botanical drawing and painting in watercolor. She currently teaches at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset MA, at the Copley Society in Boston and at the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens for the Friends of Horticulture, where she is Education Director for the Certificate program in Botanical Art and Illustration . She will demonstrate how the tablet computer can be an invaluable tool in the garden – feel free to bring your tablet with you to this meeting. Open to the public but reservations are essential.  Please email info@gardenclubbackbay.org if you plan to attend.  Garden Club members will receive written notification of the event. One of Sarah’s beautiful watercolors is shown below, courtesy of the Copley Society.

Friday, April 10 – Tuesday, April 14 – Spring Break in San Diego

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San Diego County has more biodiversity than any other county in North America and, along with the rest of California, is among the top 10 biodiversity regions on earth. The mild, Mediterranean climate—hot dry summers and cool, wet winters—and varied landforms create a number of distinct habitats, including: beaches, salt marshes and lagoons, coastal sage scrub, grasslands, chaparral, oak woodlands, stream sides, mixed conifer forests, freshwater marshes and meadows, and desert.

Join Pacific Horticultural Society for a long weekend in San Diego—our first PHS Weekender Tour*— as we explore diverse public and private gardens and parks from the Pacific Ocean to the Anza Borrego desert.

Locally hosted by PHS Board Member Scott Borden, in cooperation with the San Diego Floral Association and the San Diego Horticultural Society.

*Weekender tours are locally hosted using well-located mid-range hotels. These shorter tours have larger group sizes and lower pricing while maintaining the high standard of quality sights and visits found in longer Pacific Horticulture Society tours.
– See more at: http://www.pacifichorticulture.org/tours/spring-break-in-san-diego/#sthash.rFinUea6.dpuf.

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Friday, November 7 – Sunday, November 9 – Autumn Joys: A Standard Flower Show

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The Central North and Central South Districts of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc. present Autumn Joys: A Standard Flower Show, at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, on Friday and Saturday, November 7 and 8 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, and Sunday, November 9, from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. Free with Tower Hill admission.  Garden Club members will present 60 floral designs, unique botanical arts and crafts, and educational displays.  This show will feature examples of award-winning plants grown in New England gardens and homes.  For more information visit www.towerhillbg.org.