Daily Archives: October 9, 2018

Thursdays, October 18 – November 8, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Drawing and Painting for the Petrified

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Wellesley College Friends of Botanic Gardens’ Education Director, Sarah Roche, encourages your observation skills to grow as you experiment with line drawings and accurate representations of botanical forms. Leap into watercolor painting with a series of fun exercises. The four session class will take place at The Gardens at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, beginning October 18 and continuing through November 8, from 9:30 – 12:30. $123 for Mass Hort members, $150 for nonmembers. Register at www.masshort.org, or call 617-933-4973.

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Thursdays, October 25 – November 15, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Gardening with Native Plant Communities

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This Berkshire Botanical Garden course will help students better understand the principles and practices of ecological gardening with a focus on native plant communities. Students will learn the native plant palette, resources needed to identify these communities and habitats and methods of introducing native plants into gardens. Identifying and controlling invasive plant species in addition to restoring areas that have been impacted by invasives will also be highlighted. Gardeners will learn how to enhance garden spaces with native plants (although not exclusively) that create sustainable and low maintenance gardens.

Instructor Brad Roeller leads the four week study at Berkshire Botanical Garden in West Stockbridge. BBG Members: $175, Non-Members: $185. Register online at www.berkshirebotanical.org.