Membership Chair Catherine Bordon spoke with Chris Emma of NBC Boston on January 13 and was featured (but not identified!) on the evening news. To watch the segment, visit http://www.nbcboston.com/multimedia/WEB-Chris-Back-Bay-Tree-New-11pm_NECN-410704865.html
Enjoy a unique tour of the world’s largest university-owned herbaria, the Harvard University Herbaria, with New England Wild Flower Society on Tuesday, January 24 from 11 – 2. This rich and diverse collection, containing more than 5 million specimens from around the globe, dates back to the early 1800s. The tour will focus on New England natives, after which participants will break for lunch and then visit the newly reopened Glass Flowers exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. One of the museum’s most famous treasures, this collection of more than 4,000 exhibits represents more than 830 plant species. It was created by glass artisans Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka. Following the tour, participants may explore the museum on their own. Bring a bag lunch. $33 for NEWFS members, $40 for nonmembers. Register online at www.newfs.org.
The Wellesley Garden Study Group in collaboration with Massachusetts Horticultural Society and Wellesley Green Schools will host a program on School Gardens at the Parkman Educational Center, Mass Hort at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley on January 25th . Those interested to attend may join us 9:30A.M. for refreshments and announcements, and the program will begin at 10:30A.M. Free and open to the public.
The program School Gardens will be an illustrated history of of the school garden movement of the 19th century America and its further development. John Forti will discuss the heirloom and native plants of our region and how they can be integrated into the school curriculum from seed to table. The discussion will also be on how a school yard can enrich both habitat and community.
John Forti is the Director of Horticulture for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. He also serves as the Governor of Slow Food Massachusetts. He was formerly the Director of Horticulture at Strawbery Banke Museum and Plimoth Plantation Museum. Over 20,000 follow his blog as “The Heirloom Gardener – John Forti” on Facebook.
The talk should inspire the interest of the home gardener as well as school gardener. Photo from www.cityfarmer.info.
