Daily Archives: September 24, 2015

Sunday, October 4, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Sustainable Wild Foraging

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Whether you are preparing for the zombie apocalypse or simply enjoy nibbling while hiking, join Dan Jaffe of the New England Wild Flower Society on Sunday, October 4 from 10 – 2 at Garden in the Woods for a rundown on the wild foods you can find in the woodlands and meadows of New England. Issues of sustainability, time of harvest, preparation, and recipes will be covered. Bring a bag lunch. $53 for NEWFS members, $64 for nonmembers. Field sites will be visited, so dress appropriately for the outdoors. Register at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/sustainable-wild-foraging.  Image, and we kid you not, from www.zombie-guide.com.

Tuesday, October 6, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The Brother Gardeners

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Historian Andrea Wulf will speak at the Hunnewell Building of the Arnold Arboretum on Tuesday, October 6, from 7 – 8:30. Bringing to life the science and adventure of eighteenth-century plant collecting, The Brother Gardeners is the story of how six men created the modern garden and changed the horticultural world in the process. It is a story of a garden revolution that began in America. In 1733, colonial farmer John Bartram shipped two boxes of precious American plants and seeds to Peter Collinson in London. Around these men formed the nucleus of a botany movement, which included famous Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus; Philip Miller, bestselling author of The Gardeners Dictionary; and Joseph Banks and David Solander, two botanist explorers, who scoured the globe for plant life aboard Captain Cook’s Endeavor. As they cultivated exotic blooms from around the world, they helped make Britain an epicenter of horticultural and botanical expertise. The Brother Gardeners paints a vivid portrait of an emerging world of knowledge and gardening as we know it today.
Fee: free for sponsor members, $20 nonmembers. Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277. Offered with the Massachusetts Historical Society.