Daily Archives: May 30, 2015

Saturday, June 20, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Through the Garden Gate

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On Saturday, June 20, 2015 The Perennial Planters Garden Club of Manchester, CT will host its Through the Garden Gate private garden tour. The tour is from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., rain or shine and it features 7 unique gardens.

Advanced tickets cost $20. Tickets can be purchased starting May 14th in Manchester at Garden Sales, 212 Oakland St.; Woodland Gardens, 168 Woodland St.; Highland Park Market, 317 Highland St. and in Glastonbury at Highland Park Market, 1320 Manchester Rd.

Day of tour tickets available at 225 Timrod Rd for $25. For more information visit www.manchestergardenclubs.org/perennial_planters.

Tuesdays, June 16 – June 30, 10:00 am – 1:30 pm – Herbaceous Native Plants for Professionals

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Join Dan Jaffe for this Ecological Landscape Alliance three session class at Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Street in Framingham (June 16, 23, and 30) to learn about the best native plant materials available today for use in the design and landscape trades. Covering everything from plants for tough spots to specialty plants for specific habitats, this class will add a host of less familiar native herbaceous species to your plant palette.

Dan Jaffe is a propagator and stock bed grower at New England Wild Flower Society. Prior to that, he earned a degree in botany from the University of Maine, Orono, as well as an advanced certificate in Native Plant Horticulture and Design from New England Wild Flower Society. After interning at Garden in the Woods, Mr. Jaffe worked for a year as Plant Sales Coordinator at the Garden. $162 for ELA members, $190 for nonmembers.
– See more at: http://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/herbaceous-native-plants-for-professionals/2015-06-16/#sthash.1WTPha8J.dpuf.