Boston Flora

Month: April 2019

  • Regional Garden Club Plant Sales in May

    Southboro Gardeners have scheduled their Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, May 11, from 8 – 11 at the Community House at the intersection of Routes 30 & 85 in Southborough. On the same day, at Hopkinton Town Common, 6 Hayden Rowe Street, the Hopkinton Garden Club will sell garden perennials, hardy perennials, and annuals, from 8:30 – noon (heavy rain date May 12). Groton Garden Club, the Garden Club of Concord, Framingham Garden Club, Fairbanks Garden Club, and Bedford Garden Club will also hold sales on May 11. For hours, details, and locations visit https://www.gcfm.org/events.

    The following Saturday, May 18, the Garden Club of Amherst, the Village Garden Club of Dennis, the Mansfield Garden Club, the Reading Garden Club, The Arlington Garden Club, the Garden Club of Norfolk, the Cohasset Community Garden Club, and the Hamilton-Wenham Garden Club present their versions of Spring Plant Sales, with details available at the link above.

    North Andover Garden Club will hold a Spring Plant Sale on Sunday, May 19 on the grounds of the North Andover Middle School.

    As the month of May continues, look for sales on Saturday, May 25 hosted by The Evening Garden Club of Plymouth, followed the next two days, May 26 and 27, by the Seaside Gardeners of Marshfield. You will find a large selection of plants at each of these sales, while supporting the charitable work of each Garden Club.

  • Thursday, May 16, 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Botanists John Lindley and Asa Gray

    Join Carol Govan on May 16 at 10 am at the Wellesley College Club to discover John Lindley, the most prominent British botanist, and Asa Gray, the most prominent American botanist of the 19th century. In addition to their work in botany, they both were botanical illustrators at a time when botanical art was essential to depict the new plants being discovered all over the world. This lecture is free to members of The Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Garden, and $10 to the general public. Register by emailing wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu or call 781- 283-3094

  • Wednesday, May 15, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Beacon Hill Garden Club Fourth Annual Soiree

    Wednesday, May 15, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Beacon Hill Garden Club Fourth Annual Soiree

    You are cordially invited to the Beacon Hill Garden Club’s Fourth Annual Soiree on Wednesday, May 15 from 6 – 8 at the Historic Garden at the King’s Chapel Parish House, 55 Branch Street in Beacon Hill. Enjoy cocktails, hors-d’oeuvre, raw bar, and jazz combo. From 5 pm – 6 pm three gardens from the Hidden Gardens tour will be open for viewing by Soiree attendees. Tickets are $150 per person until May 9, and $175 thereafter. Go to http://beaconhillgardenclub.org/2019-garden-soiree. Space is limited.

    The Beacon Hill Garden Club thanks its sponsors Fiduciary Trust, JW Construction, Inc., Patrick Ahearn Architect LLC, Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro, LandVest Luxury Properties, Mutual of America, C.H. Newton Builders, Inc., and Related Beal. Thanks go to in-kind donors The Catered Affair, Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro, Lower Falls Wine Company, Beacon Hill Jazz, and Rouvalis Flowers.

  • Saturday, May 4, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – New England Primula Society Show and Sale

    Delight in displays of blooming plants, get tips for growing primroses at home, and explore plant varieties available for sale, at the New England Primula Society Show & Sale. Admission is free with admission to Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston. For more information visit www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Saturday and Sunday, May 4 – 5, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Daffodil Days

    On May 4 and 5, enjoy fun activities and learn about the enormous diversity of daffodil types and the best ways to grow them at home.

    Sponsored by: Tower Hill Botanic Garden, the event is free with admission to the garden. For directions visit www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Saturday, May 11 – International World Migratory Bird Day

    In 1993, the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center created International Migratory Bird Day. This educational campaign focused on the Western Hemisphere and celebrates its 25th year in 2018. Since 2007, IMBD has been coordinated by Environment for the Americas (EFTA), a non-profit organization that strives to connect people to bird conservation.

    In 2018, EFTA joins the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) to create a single, global bird conservation education campaign, World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD). Continuing our tradition with IMBD, WMBD celebrates and brings attention to one of the most important and spectacular events in the Americas – bird migration.

    EFTA will continue to coordinate events, programs, and activities in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean at protected areas, refuges, parks, museums, schools, zoos, and more. As many as 700 events and programs are hosted annually to introduce the public to migratory birds and ways to conserve them.

    This year commemorates the 25th anniversary of International Migratory Bird Dat, the first Hemisphere-wide celebration of migratory birds. In December, 2017, Environment for the Americas (EFTA) formalized an innovative partnership with the Convention on Migratory Species and the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds.

    This new alliance will further migratory bird conservation around the globe by creating a worldwide campaign organized around the planet’s major migratory bird corridors, the African-Eurasian, the East Asian-Australasian, and the Americas.

    By promoting the same event name, annual conservation theme, and messaging, we combine our voices into a global chorus to boost the urgent need for their conservation. EFTA will continue to focus its efforts on the flyways in the Americas to highlight the need to conserve migratory birds and protect their habitats, which range from Canada to Argentina to the Caribbean.

    For a complete listing of events, visit http://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/events-map

  • Friday, May 17, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Writing in the Garden

    Writers from Emily Dickinson to Edith Wharton to Eudora Welty have found their gardens to be wellsprings of sensory experience that stimulated their writing. In this May 17 Native Plant Trust two-hour workshop, visit the fields and designed gardens at Nasami Farm in Whately and write spontaneously in response to prompts—verbal or visual cues provided by the workshop leader—inspired by the surroundings. No previous writing experience required. Please bring a notebook, pen or pencil, and water, and dress for the weather. Instructor Jane Roy Brown leads, and the fee is $26 for NPT members, $32 for nonmembers. Register at www.nativeplanttrust.org.

    Eudora Welty weeding on steps, courtesy of Eudora Welty Foundation
  • Wednesday, May 1, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Twilight Garden Party – Caring for Our City Trees

    Wednesday, May 1, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Twilight Garden Party – Caring for Our City Trees

    Time is running out. Purchase tickets today. Names will be held at the door. Visit https://bostonflora.com/shop.

  • Sunday, May 5, 12:00 noon – 3:00 pm – First Baptist Church Phase One Tower Restoration Project Open House

    Completed in 1872, First Baptist Church represents architect H.H. Richardson’s first consistent use of the Romanesque style. First Baptist has assembled a team and raised funds to undertake a first phase of preservation work on its 176-foot tall tower (restoring the roof and making related masonry repairs) as well as completing critical repairs to the sanctuary roof. Archival material about the history and architecture of the church will be on display and the sanctuary will be open for informal tours. At 1:30 pm, project team members will make a brief presentation about the restoration work planned to begin this summer. The Open House takes place Sunday, May 5, from 12 – 3 in Wayland Hall at the First Baptist Church, 110 Commonwealth Avenue.

  • Saturday, May 11, 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Naturalistic Planting on a Domestic Scale

    Developments in ecology and environmental science over the last thirty years have revolutionized the way we think of using perennials in gardens and landscapes.. Whether it’s called “The Dutch Wave”, “The New Perennial Movement”, or something else, creative gardeners and designers have reinvigorated the use and appreciation of herbaceous plantings worldwide. The Highline in New York, the Lurie Garden in Chicago, the Olympic Park Gardens in London and other large recent projects are an inspiration and a stimulus, but how does the average gardener take these big ideas and translate them into a manageable home scale?

    In this Hollister House Garden illustrated talk on May 11 at 10 am, Robert Anderson will focus on practical techniques for creating and managing naturalistic plantings at a size that’s feasible for the home gardener, in terms of both labor and expense. Using part of his own garden as the example, he will share failures and successes in the development, over three seasons, of a wet meadow style planting. Robert will discuss site selection and preparation, plant material sources, choices and acquisition, installation tips, and seasonal care.

    Robert Anderson is a garden designer, consultant and writer from Stuyvesant, NY where he maintains a two acre laboratory garden.Hollister House Garden Members $25. Non-Members $35. Hollister House Garden is located at 300 Nettleton Hollow Road in Washington, Connecticut. Register at https://hollisterhousegarden.org/events/naturalistic-planting-on-a-domestic-scale/

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