CANCELLED: Tiffanie Turner works in paper to explore nature and botany. Author of the forthcoming book, Papel: The Fine Art of Botanical Paper Craft, Tiffanie was Artist-in-Residence at the de Young Museum May 2016, profiled in Oprah Magazine April 2016 and will be featured in Vogue. See more at papelsf.com. Her work will be exhibited at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, August 9 – September 18. For hours and directions visit www.towerhillbg.org.
In this August 19 talk sponsored by the Garden Conservancy, Page Dickey shows and describes a variety of private gardens in the U.S. and in Europe that especially appeal to her because of their strong sense of design, atmosphere, or spirit of originality. She will feature gardens that she has visited through Open Days (a program she co-founded in 1995) and that she has written about in numerous books, most recently Outstanding American Gardens, which she edited to celebrate the Garden Conservancy’s 25th Anniversary. She ends with some pictures of her own garden which is a favorite simply because it is hers. The lecture will take place beginning at 7 pm in Bass Hall at the Monadnock Center for History & Culture, 19 Grove Street in Peterborough, New Hampshire. $10 for members of the Garden Conservancy, $15 for nonmembers. Register at www.gardenconservancy.org.
Join Pacific Horticulture on October 28 – November 3 as they tour the artistic, cultural, and horticultural riches of San Miguel de Allende timed to include Dia de Muertos celebrations and street festivals. Past tours, which include visits to local public and private gardens, historical points of interest, and venturing out to surrounding villages and towns as well, have sold out quickly.
San Miguel is located in the far eastern part of the state of Guanajuato in central Mexico and has long been a destination for artistic and creative people from all over the world. Famous for its well-preserved historic center filled with buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries, both San Miguel and the nearby Sanctuary of Atotonilco are designated World Heritage Sites. Discover the historic beauty and modern flair for the dramatic that is the hallmark of this charming city. Come with us and experience this one-of-a-kind location filled with color and a vibrant, artistic lifestyle. For complete itinerary, pricing, and registration visit: http://www.pacifichorticulture.org/tours/san-miguel-de-allende/#sthash.6hAkiOov.dpuf
In April, 2017, Arnold Arboretum Director William (Ned) Friedman will be the guest speaker at a joint meeting of The Garden Club of the Back Bay and The Beacon Hill Garden Club. We are pleased to highlight The Campaign for the Living Collections, described below, and encourage our readership to support this endeavor.
The renowned collections of living trees, shrubs, and vines are fundamental to the Arnold Arboretum as a botanical and horticultural institution and as partner in the educational mission of Harvard University. Numbering some 15,000 accessioned trees, shrubs, and vines, the living collections support critical research, document natural history, sustain efforts for plant conservation, and provide the public with an invaluable resource for education and the appreciation of biodiversity. As the Arboretum approaches its sesquicentennial, The Campaign for the Living Collections reaffirms and reinvigorates the Arboretum’s commitment to collecting, preserving, and studying biodiversity in the face of habitat destruction and climate change.
In fall 2015, the Arboretum officially launched this 10-year initiative with collecting expeditions in China and northern Idaho. The Campaign seeks to acquire approximately 400 species of plants from their native populations, representing new plants previously uncollected by the Arboretum, plants attempted unsuccessfully in the past, and plants not currently represented by wild-collected specimens. To advance these aspirations, the Arboretum seeks $5 million in funding for current and future plant collecting expeditions, enhanced propagation activities, and the planting and stewardship of new species in our landscape.
The Campaign for the Living Collections will ensure that the Arnold Arboretum will continue to be a critical resource for understanding plants and their environments for centuries to come. Help strengthen and preserve this vital legacy.
Pecoy Signature Homes is proud to present the Home of Distinction at 10 Uncle Stephens Road, Dennis MA 02670. This extraordinary home will be open to the public two weekends, August 5-7 and August 12-14. Fridays & Saturdays, 10am-4pm and Sundays, 12noon-4pm. While showcasing the latest building products and design trends, the tour will raise funds for two wonderful non-profits. The Thornton Burgess Society and Cape Cod Museum of Natural History will receive 100% of the proceeds from tour ticket sales. Tickets for the tour can be purchased for $15 at the home. Situated on beautiful Uncle Stephens Pond and just steps to West Dennis Beach, this 4,670 sf exclusive, beachside retreat features a bright, expansive, open floor plan great for family gatherings. This stunning 4 bedroom, 5 1/2 bath custom home features a fabulous chef’s kitchen with an over-sized island and charming breakfast nook, a 1st floor master bedroom with an en suite, spa-like bath and walk-in closet, three additional bedrooms, each with their own private bath, a generous 2nd floor loft space and a spectacular third floor lounge with a magnificent viewing deck for breathtaking sights of the Nantucket Sound. The over-sized, 1st floor mudroom, equipped with a full bath and laundry make it the perfect place to stop and drop your gear after a fun-filled day at the beach.
In this family-friendly Massachusetts Horticultural Society program on Friday, August 12 from 2 – 3:30 in the Parkman Room of the Education Building at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, the New England Carnivorous Plant Society will bring all sorts of real-live carnivorous plants for kids to touch, examine and feed. Come see tropical, North American and Australian pitcher plants, Venus flytraps, sundews, butterworts, bladderworts and corkscrew plants.
You will event get to look at their traps up close through a microscopic display, and kids get their own Venus flytrap to take home! $15/ Mass Hort members and children $25/ non-members. Register online at www.masshort.org. Image from meijigardens.org.
Join author C.L. Fornari for a short stroll through the gardens at Tower Hill on the evening of August 3rd, as she talks about the creation of a cocktail hour garden. Learn about great plants for your evening landscape, sip a beverage from the cash bar, and see or purchase C.L.’s new book, The Cocktail Hour Garden. Bring questions about your yard and garden to this celebration of “after hours” plants.
C.L. Fornari is a creative plant geek who fell into garden communications in 1995. She is the author seven books including her latest, The Cocktail Hour Garden, published by St. Lynn’s Press. C.L. is the host of two radio programs on Saturdays, heard on WXTK and WRKO Boston. She speaks to audiences at horticultural trade shows, garden clubs, botanical gardens, master gardener symposiums, alumni/women’s groups and neighborhood associations. In addition to speaking, radio, and writing, C.L. blogs and runs a consultation service for Hyannis Country Garden, an independent garden center on Cape Cod.
In 2012 C.L. was awarded the Garden Communicator award from the Perennial Plant Association and in 2013 won three awards from the Garden Writers Association. In 2015 C.L. launched the first annual Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, a ten-day regional celebration of gardens that raised over $30,000.00 for local non-profits.
Her not-so-secret mission is to cultivate the gardening revival in the USA…in the meantime she grows multitudes of plants on Poison Ivy Acres in Sandwich, MA. Free with admission to the Garden.
