Daily Archives: March 16, 2016

Friday, April 1, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Aquatic and Terrestrial Decomposition of the Invasive Norway Maple

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The New England Botanical Club will hold its April 1st meeting at 6:45 in the Haller Lecture Hall, Room 102, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street in Cambridge. The speaker will be Dr. Anna Aguilera, Assistant Professor of Biology, Simmons College in Boston, who will speak on Aquatic and Terrestrial Decomposition of the Invasive Norway Maple. The meeting is open to the public. For more information visit www.rhodora.org.

Thursday, April 28 – Saturday, May 7 – Lombardy Garden Tour

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WhatsCookin’ Italian Tours announces its Spring 2016 Garden Tour of Lombardy. The tour includes a villa stay on Lake Como, and trips to Lake Maggiore, and to Milan, Bellagio, & Piacenza, among others. Gardens to be visited include the Borromeo islands, Villa Monastero, Sforzesco Castle, Royal Gardens at Monza, including the Roseto of the Italian Rose Society, Villa Melzi, Villa Carlotta, and the Grazzano Visconti Castle.

In keeping with their background, chefs Marco Giusti and Claudio Bernardoni will conduct several cooking classes, as well.

The price, based on today’s rate of exchange ($ 1.08 per euro) comes out to approximately $2800 per person, based on double occupancy, or to approximately $3240 for single occupancy. This includes essentially everything but airfare, i.e., accommodations, breakfast and either a large lunch or dinner daily, land transportation, cooking classes and garden admissions. The brochure looks fabulous – contact whatscookininfo@gmail.com, or Barbara DeRiso at barbaraderiso@gmail.com.