Daily Archives: April 15, 2016

Saturday, April 23, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon and 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Living Salad Bowl Workshop

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At this Gore Place workshop on April 23, noted gardener and floral designer Scott Clarke will teach you how to make a beautiful and edible arrangement. There will be two sessions, one from 10 – noon and a second from 12:30 – 2:30.

You will plant a living salad bowl with a wonderful variety of greens including red and green leaf lettuce, chard, and spicy micro greens, all cut-and-come-again varieties. Enjoy your salad fixings all season long!

Appropriate organic soil, container, and transplants will be provided. Space is limited to 20 participants per session.

$35 per person, $30 for Members. Tickets can be purchased upon arrival or online at: http://livingsaladbowl.bpt.me/

For more information, email nataliebrubaker@goreplace.org or call (781) 894-2798.

May, 2016 – Boston Preservation Month: Keep the Change

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The Boston Landmarks Commission invites you to learn more about Boston’s history, architecture, archaeology, and historic neighborhoods by participating in Preservation Month activities during the month of May.  For a complete calendar of activities visit http://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/PM16%20Calendar_tcm3-53174.pdf.  Here, however, are some highlights, by no means the complete list of lectures and walking tours, but something to whet your appetite:

Sunday, May 1 – Revitalizing Roxbury’s Meetinghouse: A Presentation and Tour.

Tuesday, May 3 – Tour of the Boston Custom House with Rosanne Foley, Executive Director of the Boston Landmarks Commission.

Wednesday, May 4 – A Necessary Haze: Drinking in Colonial America with author Corin Hirsch at Old North Church.

Thursday, May 5, 6 pm, Boston Public Library: Keynote Event Panel Discussion on how old and new can coexist in Boston, using examples of recent projects at the BPL, the Burnham Building (Filene’s), and in the South End Landmark District.

Saturday, May 7 – A Lion, A Unicorn, and a Time Capsule: Preservation Surprises at the Old State House, 206 Washington Street

Wednesday, May 11 – A History of Boston in 50 Artifacts with Joseph Bagley at the Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street.

Wednesday, May 18 – Restoring USS Constitution, America’s Ship of State, in the 21st Century, at the Charlestown Navy Yard.

Thursday, May 19 – Art Deco Walking Tour in Boston’s Financial District.

Wednesday, May 25 – SAVED: Old South Meeting House and Historic Preservation in America, with Erica Lindamood and Alison Frazee, at 310 Washington Street.

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