Boston Flora

Month: July 2019

  • Monday, August 5, 11:30 am – Lunch ‘n Learn: Forage to Table

    Foraging is a great way to incorporate nutrition-packed foods into your diet, a fun way to get outdoors with friends and family, and sustainable foraging has a positive impact on native plants. On Monday, August 5 at The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster learn the basics of foraging while getting to touch taste and smell common wild edibles you can find in your own hometown. Learn about how wild herbs and edibles can help sustain your overall health.

    Following the presentation, Rachel Goclawski will take participants for a walk around the grounds of the Museum to search for wild foods!

    Rachel Goclawski is a Massachusetts Certified Educator, Programming Partner with the Sudbury Valley Trustees, Girl Scouts of Eastern MA and is the Resident Naturalist at Waters Farm Preservation in Sutton. Rachel is a Contributing Writer for Cook’s Magazine and for her “day job,” she is an IT Specialist for the Dept. of Defense. Visit Rachel’s Facebook page for Forage to Table tips and videos: www.facebook.com/cookingwithmrsg. 

    Admission: Non-Member $25 / Member $15 / Includes Program, Box Lunch & Museum. Lecture only: $5 at the door (Does not include Lunch or Museum Admission) Advance Tickets Recommended: 508-896-3867, ext. 133. Sandwich choices include Roast Beef, Turkey Club or Tomato Basil

    For more information please call: 508-896-3867, ext. 133

  • Tuesday, July 30, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Thinking Big: Introduction to Landscape Ecology

    Landscape ecology is the science of understanding the interaction of ecological processes on a multitude of scales and spatial patterns, with an aim at improving and supporting these systems for a healthy environment. In this Native Plant Trust introductory class with Alexis Doshas, to be held on July 30 at Nasami Farm in Whately, we explore the principles of landscape ecology, examine case studies, and take a brief field walk to orient ourselves to thinking BIG! $40 for NPT members, $48 for nonmembers. Register at www.nativeplanttrust.org.

  • Thursday, August 1, 10:00 am – 11:00 am – What to Propagate Workshop: Plant Division

    Get your hands dirty with asexual propagation by division. From tearing plants apart with a shovel to digging them up and delicately severing rhizomes, we examine several forms of divisions and learn which method is best for each individual plant. Join Dan Jaffe, photographer and author of Native Plants for New England Gardens, at Garden in the Woods on August 1 from 10 – 11, to learn what to propagate and how to do it. Please note, this is the workshop companion to What to Propagate and How to Do It. $13 for NPT members, $16 for nonmembers. Register at www.nativeplanttrust.org.

  • Thursdays, August 8 – August 29, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – The Garden in Watercolors Session II

    Explore the Garden through the pleasure of watercolor painting. We will work outdoors in the garden translating its vistas and details into paintings. Each Berkshire Botanical Garden class will begin in the Center House with demonstrations and helpful assignments. Ann Kremers will offer encouragement and suggestions throughout the painting sessions. Beginners and experienced painters are welcome. In case of rain the Center House offers a lovely venue that is sheltered from the elements.

    Ann Kremers is an artist and calligrapher from Bennington, Vermont.  She teaches watercolor painting, drawing and calligraphy to beginners as well as experienced painters, some of whom work with her on an ongoing basis. She has received numerous commissions for paintings and created calligraphy for institutions and private individuals.

    BBG member price $155, nonmembers $175. Individual classes, space permitting, are $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. Register at www.berkshirebotanical.org.

    copyright Ann Kremers

  • Tuesday, July 30, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Planning & Implementing Climate Smart Parks in Massachusetts Webinar

    This United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Soak Up the Rain webinar on July 30 will discuss climate-smart parks in Metro Boston, covering the available tools, data analysis, and planning and design strategies for successful implementation. The Trust for Public Land and Metropolitan Area Planning Council developed and implemented a Climate Smart Parks data analysis and mapping tool to help Massachusetts towns plan and design urban parks and green infrastructure installations to support urban climate resilience. The metro-Boston city of Medford will showcase these tools and strategies in action with a real-world climate-resilient green infrastructure case study developed and implemented through the Metro Mayors Program.

    Presenters

    • Brendan Shane, Director of Climate, The Trust for Public Land
    • Darci Schofield, Senior Environmental Planner, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
    • Alicia Hunt, Sustainability Director, City of Medford, MA

    For more information and to register, visit https://www.epa.gov/soakuptherain/soak-rain-new-england-webinar-series

  • Saturday, August 3, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Small Fruit Culture for the Home Garden

    Growing small fruits, be they blueberries, brambles, strawberries, or currants, can be fun and rewarding. This Massachusetts Horticultural Society class on August 3 from 10 – noon at The Gardens at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, gives an overview on how to successfully grow these botanically attractive and tasty fruits in your own home garden or small farm. $25 for Mass Hort members, $35 general admission. Register at www.masshort.org.

    J. Stephen Casscles has operated a small fruit farm in the Hudson River Valley for the past 40 years. He is also a winemaker for the Hudson-Chatham Winery, Ghent, NY, which is a member of the Hudson-Berkshire Beverage Trail. Stephen has successfully grown blueberries, brambles, strawberries, and currants in his own home garden and commercially for fresh consumption or to make wines and cordials. In his youth operated a roadside farm stand. As a regional historian, Stephen authored Grapes of the Hudson Valley & Other Cool Climate Regions of the U. S. and Canada, which is now being revised for its second printing to add two new chapters to cover 19th Century heirloom grape varieties that were developed on Boston’s North Shore and the rest of New England.

  • Wednesday, August 7, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm – Farm to Table: Renditions of Ratatouille

    This annual Highfield Hall and Gardens series focuses on produce available at our local  farmers’ markets. This year our culinary director, Gail Blakely, has joined a CSA and she will be bringing her box of fresh produce to the class on August 7 (1:30 – 3:30) so that you can join her in learning how to “cook local”! Highfield Hall is located at 56 Highfield Drive in Falmouth

    August 15th is Julia Child’s birthday, so we will honor her with a couple of different renditions of ratatouille: eggplant, peppers, squash, onions, garlic, tomatoes and fresh herbs. There are so many variations on this dish, we may never stop! Recipes and tastes are provided and subject to change depending on availability. $50 for Highfield Hall members, $60 for nonmembers.

    Register early at www.highfieldhallandgardens.org or call, 508-495-1878, ext. 2

    Please contact us before registering if you have food allergies or concerns, email or call, 508-495-1878, ext. 2.
  • Saturday, July 27, 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm – New England Daylily Society Show and Sale

    Saturday, July 27, 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm – New England Daylily Society Show and Sale

    The New England Daylily Society presents an exhibition of the most extraordinary, best-groomed daylilies grown by daylily enthusiasts from all over the region. The show will take place July 27 from 1:30 – 4 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, and is free with admission. For more information visit www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Friday, July 26, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, and Saturday, July 27, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Grasses of the Northeast

    Friday, July 26, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, and Saturday, July 27, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Grasses of the Northeast

    This Native Plant Trust comprehensive survey covers more than 40 common and representative genera of grasses. The first day of this two-day workshop includes a talk and discussion, microscopic examination of specimens, and observation of dried plants; the second day is devoted to field studies. The class will be taught by Dennis Magee at Garden in the Woods, and is $132 for NPT members, $160 for nonmembers. Cosponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions. Register at www.nativeplanttrust.org.

  • Wednesday, July 24, 5:30 pm – Seasons in the Flower Garden at Wave Hill

    Join horticulturist Harnek Singh at the Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury on July 24 at 5:30 pm for a photographic tour of the Flower Garden at Wave Hill, a private estate turned public garden located along the Hudson River in the Bronx. Harnek will speak about how he selects plants to cultivate for the Flower Garden, how he edits self-sowing plants, and how flower shape, leaf texture, and color are carefully considered for an optimal display. $10 for general public, $5 for PHA members.