Daily Archives: November 8, 2014

Saturday, November 15, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – Fall Fermentation: Sauerkraut and Kimchi

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Newton Community Farm instructor John Orren will lead you through the intricacies of making sauerkraut and kimchi on Saturday, November 15, from 12 – 1:30.  The course is $25 for Friends of the Farm, $28 for the general public. Newton Community Farm is located at 303 Nahanton Street, at the corner of Winchester and Nahanton Streets in Newton.  You may register online at https://www.z2systems.com/np/clients/ncfarm/eventList.jsp. Image from www.cancercrackdown.org.

Thursday, November 13, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Seasonal Floral Arrangements: A Demonstration

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Spend Thursday evening, November 13, from 7 – 8:30 pm, and learn the basics of floral arrangements to decorate your home. Learn to use what you have, how to buy sensibly and how to get the greatest impact for your effort! Watch as Marisa McCoy demonstrates how to make traditional and modern designs appropriate for the fall season. Learn the mechanics of arrangements, rules that help, and myths that hinder. Find your confidence in arranging to make your own autumn arrangements, just in time for a Thanksgiving centerpiece.

Marisa McCoy is a nationally accredited Master Flower Show Judge, a Senior Associate at the Museum of Fine Arts, and frequent exhibitor in Art in Bloom and the New England Spring Flower Show. Marisa enthusiastically shares her knowledge at Mass Hort’s Floral Design Course and at other botanical centers. This Massachusetts Horticultural Society evening will be held in the Parkman Room in the Education Building at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley. $10 for Mass Hort members, $15 for nonmembers. Register at www.masshort.org/Thursday-Night-at-the-Hort/