This wreath references a husband’s interest in wine, the wife’s interest in visual glamour combined with humor, and the children’s love of sparkle. A perfect wreath for New Year’s Eve!
Month: December 2015
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Monday, January 11, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Webinar: Garden Allies – The Art and Science of Conservation Biological Control
Conservation biological control is the practice of designing and managing habitat that supports beneficial insects that regulate pests, while reducing or even eliminating the need for pesticides in landscapes. While many of the same flowering plants that attract pollinating bees also attract insects that attack common pests, effective conservation biological control requires a holistic approach to design that includes far more than simply growing the right flowers. Learn how to merge the principles of garden design and basic ecology to successfully influence the community of beneficial insects that keep pest insects at bay. As schools, parks, and other public areas increasingly ban the use of pesticides, conservation biological control is gaining visibility as an ideal tool for insect management. Geared to landscape professionals, this webinar, to be given Monday, January 11 from 1 – 2 EST introduces tools for design and maintenance, and provides resources for further study.
Frederique Lavoipierre serves as the Director of Education at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, where the focus is on California native plants. She holds a Master’s degree in Biology from Sonoma State University, with an emphasis on sustainable landscape practices and conservation biological control. Frederique Lavoipierre was the founding director of the professional certificate program in sustainable landscaping at Sonoma State University, and founded and operated one of the first certified organic nurseries in California. She is the author of Garden Allies, a series for Pacific Horticulture magazine, completing its 9th year of publication, and has published in Public Gardens, Bay Nature, and the San Francisco Chronicle, among others. Frederique has extensive teaching experience in wilderness, garden and classroom settings. – See more at: http://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/webinar-garden-allies-the-art-and-science-of-conservation-biological-control/#sthash.5AWAJV7c.dpuf. Free for Ecological Landscape Alliance members, $10 for nonmembers.
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Wreath of the Day: Seen From Afar
Each year we create a wreath to be hung in a cemetery, where the wreath can be spotted from far away by visitors. Since the area is sunny, the client finds silver works best, creating a shimmery effect. No snow this year (yet) but the wreath still says “winter.”
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Wednesday, January 20, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Residential Design: Try This at Home
The Belmont Garden Club will meet Wednesday, January 20 beginning at 10 am in the Belmont Library Assembly Room. The program will feature Laura Bibler, who will speak on Residential Design: Try This at Home. The public is welcome to attend the program and a $5.00 guest fee is suggested.
Since 1997, Laura has created and directed the installation of landscape designs at private homes and historic estates. Projects range from modest garden spaces to comprehensive master plans. She sits on the Executive Board of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, is a Corporate Trustee of The Trustees of Reservations, and is Chairperson of The Stevens-Coolidge Place Committee and author of A Guide to the Gardens.
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Wreath of the Day: Designer’s Choice
One of our designers was intrigued by a pink and green swirly ribbon we had in our collection, and we found just the right client – someone hanging a wreath in a somewhat dark space, in a building with multiple units so a too-Christmas look might be inappropriate. The fiddlehead fern glittery accents are perfect with the bow, and the customer is delighted.
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Sunday, January 10, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm – Water Conservation in the Garden
All gardeners aim to beautify the world. But we also have a responsibility to ensure that our actions contribute to, rather than detract from, the environment. On Sunday, January 10 from 1:30 – 3, learn how water conservation practices can help you to create beautiful garden spaces without wasting precious water resources. This New England Wild Flower Society class is part of the Urban Gardening Series, a set of classes designed to help city dwellers grow healthy, sustainable, and beautiful urban gardens. Led by Society staff in partnership with the Cambridge Conservation Commission, these free classes take place at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge. Image from www.urbanfarmonline.com. To register, visit http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/urban-gardening-series-water-conservation-in-the-garden.
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Wreath of the Day: Our Version of Minimalism
We are known for a fully embellished look, which is pretty extravagant, on the whole. We receive few complaints about “underdecoration.” Sometimes a client wishes for a quieter celebration of the season, and in those cases we deliver wreaths such as the one pictured, with subtle coloration and no too many additions, so the beauty of the underlying wreath shows through.
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Monday, January 11, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Ishimure Michiko, The Arts, and Social Responsibility
On Monday, January 11 from 7 – 8:30 at the Kaji Aso Studio Institute for the Arts, Bruce Allen will tell stories of trial and hope based on Japanese environmental incidents, including those in Fukushima and Minamata. His talk will incorporate segments from a recent documentary film about Ishimure Michiko, pictured, Japan’s foremost environmental writer-activist, who is known as the “Rachel Carson of Japan.” The film shows efforts of Japanese to come to terms with environmental and energy challenges, and to nurture reconciliation and hope for the future. The Studio is located at 40 St. Stephen Street in Boston. Suggested donation $10.
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Wreath of the Day: Proud as a Peacock
We use feathers – pheasant feathers, goose feathers, duck feathers, and in this case peacock feathers. The rather wild coloration of this wreath was a special customer request. We have many unique requests, and they are a delight and a challenge to our decorators.
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Sunday, January 17, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – The Curious and Mysterious Mr. Catesby
On Sunday January 17, at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, learn about North America’s first naturalist, English-born Mark Catesby (1683-1749), who published an early account of the New World’s flora and fauna titled Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands. The program, free with admission to the garden, will take place at 1 pm. Leslie Overstreet, the Smithsonian Institutions’s Curator of Natural History Rare Books, has authored papers on early books in the natural sciences in the Archives of Natural History and contributed chapters entitled Priority! The dating of scientific names in ornithology (2011) and Gardening by the book (2013). Her primary research has focused for many years on the printing of Mark Catesby’s book. She served as a consultant to the documentary film The Curious Mr. Catesby, produced by the Catesby Commemorative Trust and broadcast on public-television stations across the U.S. in 2009. The preliminary results of her research on Catesby’s book have now been published in The Curious Mr. Catesby (2015).
