Daily Archives: January 7, 2015

Sunday, January 18, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm – Rib-Sticking Herbal Winter Soups

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Join Rosemary Nolan at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, on Sunday, January 18 from 11 – 1 to make and eat a fabulous array of hearty yet healthy winter soups that will energize and nourish your family during the dark winter months! We’ll talk about the best way to make your own stock for on-demand soup making, before we dive into classic Thai Coconut Lime soup, Moroccan Chickpea & Parsley soup, French Chestnut soup and more! Please bring a container or two in case we have leftovers. All are laden with fresh herbs and can be made as vegetarian OR non-vegetarian meals. THBG members $30, nonmembers $45. Register online at www.towerhillbg.org. Image from www.saltshaker.net.

Wednesday, January 21, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Xeriscape: Whole System Planning and Practice

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Christie Green will present an overview of planning and installing xeriscapes using examples from her work in the Southwestern US online on Wednesday, January 21 from 1 – 2, sponsored by the Ecological Landscape Alliance. Her presentation will cover landscapes as living ecological and cultural systems using long-term and large-scale vision in the planning. She will discuss water use zones, passive water harvesting, soil building, selection of plant species for different water zones and purposes and provision of edibles for humans and birds. Learn from examples of each principle how the whole system works together to create a drought-tolerant, beautiful landscape.

Christie Green is the founder of Down to Earth Designs and Radicle in Santa Fe, NM. Her goal is to design and implement artful, regenerative, innovatively designed small- and large-scale land projects which educate about and inspire stewardship of natural resources and appreciation of food and beauty as necessary components in daily life. Ms. Green has a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of New Mexico. She teaches many classes and workshops on sustainable landscaping topics in the arid west and this year will be a food justice artist-in-residence at the Santa Fe Institute.
– See more at: http://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/webinar-xeriscape-whole-system-planning-and-practice/#sthash.s2cE8Qa3.dpuf.