Daily Archives: October 5, 2018


Tuesday, October 16, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm – Daytime Floral Design

Join the Boston Center for Adult Education, 122 Arlington Street, on October 16 from 2:30 – 4:30 for a relaxing afternoon of floral design. In this class, you’ll create your very own beautiful floral arrangement with the help of accomplished floral designer Jimmy Guzman. You’ll leave feeling refreshed, with your lovely floral arrangement to display in your home or give as a gift.

Jimmy N. Guzman possesses an impressive breadth of experience in the hotel, catering, floral, and events industries having performed executive roles for various firms in and around Boston. His background includes: General Manager of a hotel and restaurant, Retail Manager for Winston Flowers‘ two acre flagship property in Chestnut Hill, Operations Manager for Off the Vine Catering, and Sales & Marketing Manager for an event design firm.

JNG Event Consulting grew out of Jimmy’s immense desire to assist industry professionals with all aspects of event execution as well as to provide consultation on how to market their firms. Jimmy’s love of design and his love of people, lend passion to his work and he is able to contribute his expertise to events of all sizes.

JNG Event Consulting is a proud sponsor of the American Theater Wing, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, the Red Sox Foundation, and the Victim’s Rights Fund. JNG has also executed design for non-profit organizations such as the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children at the Fairmont Copley Plaza, the Boston Center for the Art’s “BCA Ball” at the Cyclorama, the Sumaria Foundation’s 2nd Annual Gala at the Mandarin Oriental, Boston, and the Philippine Medical Society’s Gala at the Four Seasons Hotel, Boston.

Jimmy is the recipient of a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Communications from Boston College (cum laude), and a Master of Science degree in Economic Development and Tourism Management from Boston University. While at Boston University, Jimmy completed a certificate course at Rittners’ School of Floral Design and took courses towards a Certificate in Professional Cooking from Newbury College, where he also served as an adjunct professor teaching hotel industry Issues.

$45 for the session, plus a $25 materials fee. Register at https://bcae.org/product/daytime-floral-design-10-16-2018/

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Sunday, October 14, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Growing Pollinator-Friendly Plants From Seed

Learn how to grow the top New England plants for pollinators from seed. The fates of native plants and pollinators are intricately interwoven; both are essential to the environment. Growing from seed is an affordable solution for creating pollinator habitat in a home gardener’s yard. This New England Wild Flower Society class, to be held at Nasami Farm in Whately on Sunday, October 14 from 10 – 1, covers all information needed to raise these pollinator powerhouses. Instructor Kate Stafford leads the class. $40 for NEWFS members, $48 for nonmembers. Register online at www.newenglandwild.org.  Image from www.northeastpollinator.com.

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Thursday, October 25 & Friday, October 26, 8:45 am – 3:30 pm – Landscape Design School

The popular Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Landscape Design School (LDS) will be held at St. Brigid’s Keilty Hall, 2001 Massachusetts Avenue in Lexington on October 25 and 26, 2018. Landscape Design School (LDS) is a series of four courses presented by distinguished lecturers on landscape design, methods, history, theory and analysis. LDS is open to the public. While the courses do not confer professional status, it is an enriching experience and can serve as an entrée to the subject.

The speakers this year include Historian Lucinda Brockway; Darrah Cole, Senior Horticulturist and Designer on the Rose Kennedy Greenway; Christie Dustman, APLD; Heather Heimarck, ASLA, of HighMark Land Design; landscape architect and designer Laura Eisener; Designer Yvonne Watson, and Andrew Whittaker, Green Abundance by Design.

To find out more and obtain a registration slip visit https://sites.google.com/site/ldcmass/lds-course-1—oct-30-to-nov-1-2014. Registration deadline is October 15. $110 for NGC Garden Club Members, $125 for nonmembers.