Boston Flora

Month: May 2019

  • Friday, June 21, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm – India Hicks Lecture and Luncheon

    Enjoy an elegant seated luncheon on the grounds of the Newport Flower Show at Rosecliff in Newport on June 21, beginning at 11:30 am, and then remain for the entertaining and educational speaker presentation.

    One of this year’s keynote speakers at The Newport Flower Show will be internationally known lifestyle expert, India Hicks. Ms. Hicks will delight guests with her talk titled “Live an Extraordinary Life.” 

    India Hicks is the author of three beautifully illustrated lifestyle books, and is a former fashion model, TV personality, royal commentator and preservationist. She is the granddaughter of The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and her godfather is the Prince of Wales. Her father was famed interior decorator David Hicks, and her mother is Lady Pamela Hicks, whose father was the last viceroy of India, hence India’s name.

    Admission:  Luncheon & Lecture $100/Lecture Only $50 (Both include one-day Show admission) Purchase tickets online at https://www.newportmansions.org/events/newport-flower-show/lectures-and-demonstrations

  • Friday, June 21 – Sunday, June 23 – Newport Flower Show: Audubon Artistic Adventures

    American ornithologist and painter John James Audubon (1785-1851) declared that he only came alive when “in the field” of this wild new land.  His artful hand created a pictorial journal not only of the birds he loved but also of their habitats.  Join The Preservation Society of Newport County at Rosecliff as we travel with this visionary naturalist in our own Artistic Adventure.

    Friday, June 21, 2019:  10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
    Saturday, June 22, 2019:  9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
    Sunday, June 23, 2019: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

    Show Highlights

    Festive Opening Night Party (June 21, 6 – 9)
    Colorful floral designs 
    Horticulture exhibits
    Garden displays
    Unique shopping opportunities
    Afternoon Tea
    Moonlight Movie 
    Champagne & Jazz Brunch
    Lectures and demonstrations
    Children’s activities All proceeds from the Newport Flower Show benefit the preservation and restoration of the historic landscapes of The Preservation Society of Newport County. Purchase tickets online at https://www.newportmansions.org/events/newport-flower-show

  • Tuesday, May 28, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement

    In this May 28 illustrated lecture, landscape scholar Judith B. Tankard surveys the inspiration, characteristics, and development of garden design during the Arts & Crafts Movement. Tankard presents a selection of houses and gardens of the era from Britain and the United States, with an emphasis on the diversity of designers who helped forge a truly distinct approach to garden design. Her lecture is the first event in a series of exhibition programming for The Gardens of Rose Standish Nichols, 1890-1935 opening May 16, 2019 at the Nichols House Museum. The lecture, beginning at 6 pm, will take place at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 Newbury Street in Boston. $20 general admission, $15 students or members of NHM or NEHGS. Register by calling 617-227-6993, or online HERE.

    Judith B. Tankard is a landscape historian, award-winning author, and preservation consultant. She taught at the Landscape Institute of Harvard University for more than twenty years. She is the author or coauthor of ten books on landscape history, including Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement, Ellen Shipman and the American Garden and Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes. A popular lecturer in the United States and Britain, Judith is a speaker at symposia and conferences devoted to the preservation of historic landscapes. She is also a member of The Garden Club of the Back Bay.

  • Saturday, May 25, 8:30 am – Wellfleet Gardeners Plant Sale

    Wellfleet Gardeners will hold their 2019 plant sale on Saturday, May 25 beginning at 8:30 am, rain or shine, at the Town Hall on Main Street. Shrubs, trees, perennials, tomatoes, along with many fine donations from local nurseries, will be offered for sale.

    The Wellfleet Gardeners is a group of plant and garden enthusiasts who gather once a month to share experiences and learn from speakers with expertise in specific fields. Meetings are open to the public. Regular meetings are held Sept thru June on the 3rd Wednesday of each month (except December’s meeting is 2nd Wednesday) at 9:30AM in the Wellfleet Public Library. Special events (garden tours and trips) are held in July & August. Contact Judith Dalmas, President: jvdalmas@comcast.net.

  • Thursday, June 6, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Battery Park City Walking Field Study: Garden Designers Showcase

    This Berkshire Botanical Garden program on June 6 will begin at Grand Central Station, NYC. Participants will have the option to meet at Grand Central Station at 11 am or to carpool with BBG staff to Wassaic NY and take Metro North to GCT departing from Wassaic at 8:28 am returning to Wassaic approximately 6:45 pm. Cost of program does not include train fare to NYC or lunch.

    Join the staff of the Berkshire Botanical Garden for a visit to Battery Park City, located at the tip of Manhattan. We will tour this extensive landscape—perhaps one of the most concentrated parklands in America—with our engaging instructor David Dew Bruner, who will focus on design. We will visit areas of the park including Michael Van Valkenburgh’s Teardrop Park, Oehme van Sweden’s Rockefeller Park, two gardens designed by Lynden Miller, and landscapes by Olin Partnership and other exceptional designers. In addition to these amazing gardens, there is abundant public art to view, including the Irish Hunger Memorial designed by Brian Tolle, the magnificent “Ice Wall” by Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercii, and sculptures by Jim Dine, Louise Bourgeois and many more.

    Dress for the weather, rain or shine, and bring a water bottle and bagged lunch or plan to buy your own. BBG member price $70, nonmembers $85.

    Register online at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/battery-park-city-walking-field-study-garden-designers-showcase

  • Solar Power at the Arnold Arboretum

    In 2016. the Arboretum launched a major initiative to reduce emissions and cut energy costs with the installation of two solar arrays to help power the Hunnewell Building and Dana Greenhouses. In 2019, the Arboretum broke ground on the Weld Hill Solar Project, which contains 1,297 solar panels, generates more than 25% of the energy required annually to support research and education at the Weld Hill Research Building, contains a unique battery storage array to reduce peak demand on the local electrical grid, and keeps the equivalent of 401 metric tons of carbon out of the atmosphere each year.

    To support local insect biodiversity in the face of global insect decline, the project design incorporates a native-focused pollinator meadow beneath the panel arrays, with wild-collected plant material sourced and propagated by the Arboretum staff. Together, the Weld Hill solar/battery array and pollinator meadow will serve ongoing education programs focused on climate change, renewable energy, and sustainable design.

    Help power world-class research, and be a part of the Arnold Arboretum’s legacy of environmental stewardship. Sponsor a panel for $1,000. For more information, email Janetta Stringfellow, Director of Development, at 617-384-5043, or email her at janetta_stringfellow@harvard.edu.

  • Thursday, May 23, 5:30 pm – 7:45 pm – Spring Greetings from Woodland Wildflowers

    This Grow Native Massachusetts workshop on May 23 from 5:30 – 7:45 pm will be conducted entirely in the field.

    Every spring in New England, we are greeted by a beautiful bouquet of flowers blooming throughout our woodlands. Many of these plants emerge early to soak up the sun before the forest canopy has fully leafed out, and quite a few species have co-evolved with early-emerging insect pollinators, resulting in unique, interdependent life cycles. Spring wildflowers are often delicate in appearance, belying their amazing toughness and adaptability. Join Meredith in a diverse and beautiful area of the Fells to get to know some of these flowers, and learn the best ways to incorporate them into a designed landscape.

    Meredith Gallogly is the Manager of Programs at Grow Native Massachusetts. She is a skilled botanist, and much of her plant identification knowledge comes from her explorations of metro-Boston area parks and reservations. She holds a B.A. in Biology from Smith College.

    https://connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/8ba7cfca-b5a9-4919-ae68-1ad2db248d21

  • Thursday, May 23, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Seasonal Flower Arranging: Fill Your Home with Blooms, Branches, and Foraged Materials All Year Round

    Meet Ariella Chezar, one of the most sought after and highly regarded floral designers in the world, and the author of the recently released book Seasonal Flower Arranging: Fill Your Home with Blooms, Branches, and Foraged Materials All Year Round. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Penguin Random House, this lavishly photographed book provides step-by-step instructions for 39 seasonal floral arrangements and projects that celebrate the splendor of flowers, the bounty of the changing seasons, and the wild beauty of nature in your home. This May 23 Berkshire Botanical Garden talk and book signing is co-presented with Berkshire Magazine.

    Ariella Chezar is the author of The Flower Workshop and Flowers for the Table and a master floral designer who has appeared in numerous magazines, including O, Martha Stewart Living, and Real Simple. She is an instructor and artistic director at FlowerSchool New York, and has designed flower arrangements for the White House.

    $10 for BBG members, $15 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/seasonal-flower-arranging-talk-and-book-signing-ariella-chezar$10 for BBG members, $15 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/seasonal-flower-arranging-talk-and-book-signing-ariella-chezar

  • Mondays, May 20, June 17, July 15, August 19, and September 16, 4:00 pm – Ukulele Drop-in Sessions at Berkshire Botanical Garden

    Ukulele4You! Free drop-in ukulele session at Berkshire Botanical Garden’s Center House. Learn basic chords and strumming techniques; all levels welcome and instruments are provided. Meets the third Monday of the month through September in the Garden’s Center House, 5 West Stockbridge Rd (Routes 102/183) Stockbridge, MA. For more information call 413 329-4141.

  • Thursday, July 11 – Saturday, July 13, 2019 – Blooms in Badgerland

    The Wisconsin Daylily Society proudly invites you to the 2019 AHS National Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. The dates will be July 11-13, 2019.

    Hotel: Marriott, Madison West. 1313 John Q Hammons Dr., Middleton WI 53562.  608-831-2000. There will be 7 tour gardens. Please mark your calendars and plan to enjoy. For complete information and registration material, visit http://oldsite.daylilies.org/AHSconv.html