Daily Archives: October 27, 2019


Saturday, November 9, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Build a Cold Frame Workshop

Build your very own cold frame on November 9 from 9 – noon at The Gardens at Elm Bank. Extend your growing season and provide protection for seedlings and tender plants. The cold frame’s footprint is 2′ x 4′, and slopes from 24″ at the back to 16″ at the front. It disassembles for easy transportation and storage. We’re able to provide a few drills & screwdrivers, if you have your own please bring them along. All building materials are provided and no woodworking experience is necessary!

Instructed by Gretel Anspach,  a Trustee of Mass Hort, a Lifetime Master Gardener, past-president of the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association and a retired systems engineer for Raytheon. 

Workshop Fee $65 Mass Hort members; $75 general admission. Register at www.masshort.org.


Thursday, November 7, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Botanizing in the Land of the Blue Poppy

Join Blithewold Mansion, Gardens, and Arboretum on Thursday, November 7 from 10 – 2 for some high-elevation Himalayan escapism via Matt Mattus’ stunning photos and film from a recent expedition.

He followed in the footsteps of some of the greatest 19th-century botanists (Farrer, Ward, Forest) through a fascinating horticultural area, Yunnan and the borderlands of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. This area remains of immense interest to botanists and alpine gardeners and is home to varietals of primula, rhododendron and meconopsis: the famed blue poppy.

$85 per person – register at www.blithewold.org

***The lecture will be followed by a luncheon, book signing, and raffle at the R.I. Country Club.***