Daily Archives: May 25, 2015

Tuesday, June 9, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – Gardening for Pollinators

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Pollinators are all the buzz these days, but what are they and why are they so important? In this New England Wild Flower Society class on Tuesday, June 9, from 10 – 12:30, you will learn how essential pollinators are to the reproductive success of the world’s flowering plants, and take away easy tips for attracting and supporting pollinators to your own garden and yard. The class is given by Ellen Sousa at Garden in the Woods in Framingham, and the fee is $33 for NEWFS and Mass Audubon members, $40 for nonmembers, co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Register online at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/gardening-for-pollinators-1. Image from www.extension.org.

Saturday, May 30, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Reading the Forested Landscape with Tom Wessels

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This Massachusetts Horticultural Society program on Saturday, May 30, from 9 – 1 at Elm Bank in Wellesley, is based on Tom Wessel’s book, Reading the Forested Landscape, A Natural History of New England. It introduces people to approaches used
to interpret a forest’s history while wandering through it. Using evidence such as the shapes of trees, scars on their trunks, the pattern of decay in stumps, the construction of stone walls, and the lay of the land, it is possible to unravel complex stories etched into our forested landscape. This process could easily be called forest forensics, since it is quite similar to interpreting a crime scene.

Tom is an ecologist and founding director of the master’s degree program in Conservation Biology at Antioch University New England. Presently, he is Faculty Emeritus. Tom has conducted landscape ecology and sustainability workshops throughout the United States for over 30 years. His books include: Reading the Forested Landscape, The Granite Landscape, Untamed Vermont, The Myth of Progress, and Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to Reading the Forested Landscape.

MUST PRE-REGISTER.  Please attend dressed to walk on uneven surfaces and in weather-appropriate attire. Lecture Fee: Mass Hort Members $35, Non-Members $40. Register online at http://www.masshort.org/eventdetail/158/422|427|433/reading-the-forested-landscape-with-tom-wessels?filter_reset=1.