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Month: September 2016
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Wednesday, September 21, 7:00 pm – Planning and Planting for Sustainable Landscapes
Join Warren Leach at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Wednesday, September 21 at 7 pm as he offers planning and planting suggestions to support the creation of gardens and landscapes that minimize the use of limited resources. His design tips and plant recommendations will help you conserve your own precious time and energy as well as our limited natural resources such as water, soil and fossil fuels. Meet a variety of drought tolerant plants, conservation gardening practices and design techniques that will easily translate to your own home.
Warren Leach is a passionate plant collector and landscape horticulturist as well as a nationally award-winning landscape designer. Warren is co-owner of Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth MA, a specialty nursery that is a prominent grower of daylilies, iris and distinctive perennials and woody plants. The program is free with admission to the garden. For more information visit www.towerhillbg.org. Image from www.gardenia.net.
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Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18, 9:00 am – 6:30 pm – Harwich Cranberry Arts and Music Festival
The Harwich Cranberry Arts & Music Festival is a two day event, September 17 & 18, held in Brooks Park at the corner of Main and Oak Street in Harwich. In the park there will be 100 different vendors selling handmade craft items.
Entry to the park is FREE, so is the Parking. The Music Festival will be on the Ball Field in Brooks Park. Yes, it’s also FREE. Beer and wine will be sold during the Music Festival. Food vendors will also be available. For more information visit www.harwichcranberryfestival.org.
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Saturday & Sunday, September 17 & 18, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – 10th Annual Cactus and Succulent Show
The Cactus and Succulent Society of Massachusetts will sponsor its 10th Annual Cactus and Succulent Show on September 17 and 18, from 9 – 4 at the Norfolk Public Library, 1 Liberty Lane in Norfolk. The CSSM’s annual plant show is a fantastic event. Here you will see many of the finest cacti and succulent plant specimens in New England. The world of cacti and succulent plants includes many rare, bizarre, and stunning specimens. Few people have seen the full breadth of this strange yet beautiful world. The selection of C&S plants on display at this event is the best you will find in Massachusetts. There will be weekend long displays of common and rare cacti and other succulents, including many examples of winter hardy varieties you can grow locally. Experts will be on hand to guide you through the many plant families and admission is free. The first 50 visitors will receive a free plant as well. For more information visit https://sites.google.com/site/cssmblog/annual-show. Image of Crassula from www.crafthubs.com.
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Thursday, September 22, 6:30 pm – NABB Annual Meeting – State of the Built Environment: Greater Boston’s Infrastructure
You are cordially invited to attend the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay’s Annual Meeting (which is a special meeting this year because it is being held a few days later than the annual meeting usually held in September) on Thursday, September 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the Algonquin Club, 217 Commonwealth Avenue (between Exeter and Fairfield Streets). At the meeting, members will elect its officers and directors, and NABB will present its community service awards.
This year’s speaker will be Richard A. Dimino, who has been President and CEO of A Better City since 1995, and who is also currently co-chairing the steering committee that is overseeing Go Boston 2030, Boston’s transportation master plan. A Better City recently published State of the Built Environment: Greater Boston’s Infrastructure, a comprehensive examination of the impacts of population and economic growth on the region’s transportation, energy, water, sewer and waste management systems, as well as the consequences of potential climate change on the region’s seaports over the next 15 years. For more information, visit www.nabbonline.com.
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Tuesday, September 20, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Webinar: Reawakening Large Landscapes, Activating the Space
The September 20 webinar on Reawakening Large Landscapes is sponsored by the Ecological Landscape Alliance and presented by Sandy Vorce, Audubon’s Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary.
Large landscapes pose challenges – but also opportunities. In this presentation, Sandy Vorce invites us to expand our landscape vision to more fully engage visitors. Through sights, sounds, and design options (beyond plant material), landscapes can educate, entertain, and inspire. There are many ways to activate the space, draw visitors in, and enrich the experience: from easily implemented ideas such as expanded signage, pollinator gardens, and edible landscape elements to surprisingly effective options like on-site bee keeping or the use of goats and sheep to control invasive plants.
Sandy is the property manager at Mass Audubon’s Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary. Sandy tends everything from gardens to goats and enjoys working with volunteers of all ages and backgrounds in caring for the property and its’ inhabitants. She is a former ELA board member and now participates with local Land Trusts and Friends groups.
– See more at: http://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/webinar-reawaking-large-landscapes-activating-the-space/#sthash.bHdwXvbS.dpuf ELA members free, nonmembers $10.
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Mondays, September 19, November 14, and May 1, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm – Back to Basics: Designing Principles in Floral Design
Join the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts for a series of interactive programs with distinguished Massachusetts designers demonstrating how to create designs. The sessions will take place on Monday, September 19, 2016, Monday, November 14, 2016 and Monday, May 1, 2017.
Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
The Espousal Center
554 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA 02452Total Fee: $45.00 for all 3 sessions
Make check payable to GCFM, Inc. Please mail check & registration to: Ruth Evans, 11 Willowbrook Drive, Framingham, MA 01702, and note your Garden Club affiliation on your check.
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Saturday, September 17, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Growing Giant Pumpkins
On Saturday, September 17 from 1 – 3 at Berkshire Botanic Garden, join woody plant guru Adam Wheeler of Broken Arrow Nursery for a fun and informative look into the world of competitive pumpkin growing. Learn how to grow plants in the Cucurbita family to bear the biggest and best fruits possible. Although the lecture will focus on how to grow extra-large pumpkins it will also inform gardeners about improving growing conditions for other pumpkin relatives including melons, squash, and cucumbers. And Adam will share his special pumpkin seeds with participants for the next growing season.
Adam Wheeler is the Propagation and New Plant Development Manager for Broken Arrow Nursery located in Hamden, CT, a specialty nursery with a focus on woody plants. He teaches woody plant propagation workshops throughout New England. BBG members $15, nonmembers $20, and free if attending Amy Goldman’s lecture and booksigning earlier in the day. For complete information, and to register, visit www.berkshirebotanical.org. Image from www.seedsofeden.com.
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Thursday, October 13, 6:00 pm – ParkARTS Celebration: Sunday in the Park with George
The Huntington Theatre Company and the Department of Parks and Recreation of the City of Boston announce a fundraiser on behalf of ParkARTS, a free program that makes the arts accessible to all people in our parks and brings culture directly into Boston’s neighborhoods. The event takes place Thursday, October 13, beginning with a pre-show picnic reception from 6 – 7:15 at the BU Theatre Rehearsal Hall, 254 Huntington Avenue, then a performance of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George at 7:30 in the BU Theatre/Avenue of the Arts, 264 Huntington Avenue, followed by a special post-show conversation with Christopher Cook, City of Boston Parks & Recreation Commissioner, immediately following the performance. The pre-show reception and performance is $150 with code: PARKARTS. Purchase tickets online now at http://www.huntingtontheatre.org/season/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=19811&src=t
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Sunday, September 18, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Sticks and Stones
Lew French is an award winning master stone worker, with 35 years of experience designing and building one of a kind functional and visual structures using organic materials. French is known for his landscape designs with sculptural elements, and recently for a line of smaller sculpture pieces designed for indoor placement. He is well known worldwide for his drystone look techniques, creating stone fireplaces, walls, patios and other architectural elements without the evidence of grout lines. His works have been featured on the best architecture and design magazines in the country, as well as national and regional TV shows. French’s style of work has been a great influence to other stone masons and artists, and is recognized as ground breaking in the evolution of stone work. On Sunday, September 18 beginning at 1 pm at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Lew will discuss his books Stone By Design: The Artistry of Lew French, and Sticks and Stones, followed by a book signing. Tower Hill members $10, nonmembers $25. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.
