Daily Archives: July 12, 2016


Friday, July 24 – Sunday, July 24 – New England Daylily Society Meeting

The Region 4 American Hemerocallis Society Meeting, sponsored by the New England Daylily Society, will take place July 22 – 24 at the Courtyard Marriott, 2200 Southwood Drive in Nashua, New Hampshire.  The featured speakers will be Heidi and Charles Douglas of Browns Ferry Gardens located in South Carolina. $119 registration fee.  Please make check payable to New England Daylily Society and mail to Kim Walters, Registrar, 2016 Region 4 Regional Convention, 154 Main Street, Sandown, NH 03873-2612. Pre-Registration is required. Registration received with incorrect payment will be returned. Registration Fee includes motor coach bus tours of Convention gardens, lunch and banquet dinner on Saturday, and convention plant. You are responsible for your hotel reservations – call The Courtyard Marriott, (603-880-9100). More information can be found at the following link: http://www.nedaylily.org/2016AHSReg4.html. 


Saturday, July 23, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – A Walk on the Wild Side Pond Tour

The three ponds that Fredrick Law Olmsted designed into the Arnold Arboretum teem with aquatic and terrestrial life in late summer. Join Bob Mayer at the Forest Hills Gate on Saturday, July 23 at 1 pm for a walk and a discussion of the invertebrates and other fauna in and around the ponds. Bring binoculars if you have them for closer look at nature.

In case of inclement weather, contact 617.384.5209. Free, but registration requested at 617-384-5251, or email adulted@arnarb.harvard.edu.