We all know you are going a little stir crazy sitting at home, and reading post upon post of events that have been cancelled is supremely unsatisfying, so tune into this charming four minute video tour produced at Smith College’s Botanic Garden for a peek of spring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPjCy0iRSKQ&feature=youtu.be
“I always say the birds taught me to garden. And I thank them.” – Margaret Roach
What started out decades ago as merely a semi-conscious wish to see more birds as she started a garden on a former blank canvas, ended up bringing about 68 avian species into Margaret’s garden each year, each in its own time, with a smaller but substantial number nesting in it or at its periphery. Margaret will share all her “if I knew then what I know now” aha’s about setting realistic aims (no, not every site is going to attract bluebirds, no matter how many boxes you buy!) and accomplishing them-all within the context of a visually pleasing home landscape. She’ll cover her top tips for making a garden that makes birds right at home, must-have resources, and much more.
Margaret will be signing copies of her all-new version of A Way to Garden after the talk, which takes place at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on March 28 from 2 – 3:30. The book is available in Tower Hill’s Garden Shop. Margaret Roach, after 15 years at Martha Stewart Living and a decade each at Newsday and The New York Times, now writes the nationally acclaimed blog “A Way to Garden” and is author of the 2011 corporate-dropout memoir, And I Shall Have Some Peace There, about walking away from “success” for a quieter life lived closer to nature. The Backyard Parables (2013) blends garden memoir and how-to advice. An all-new version of her first award-winning book A Way to Garden was published in spring 2019, on its 21st anniversary. She has worked for more than 25 years to make her garden in the Hudson Valley-Berkshires area a visual treat every day of the year. It has been open for Garden Conservancy Open Days for more than 20 years.
The lecture is $15 for Tower Hill Members, $18 for nonmembers. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.
Arlington’s Robbins Library will host Music in Bloom on Friday, March 27 from 7 – 9, with hors d’oeuvre, beverages, music by the Jim Nicoloro Trio, and glorious floral displays depicting songs, musicals, CDs – music in any form. Tickets are $30 in advance, available through Eventbrite, at the Circulation Desk of the Robbins and Fox Libraries, at The Book Rack (781-646-2665), or email Patsy at Patsy@patsykraemer.com. Tickets are also available at the door for $35. The address is 700 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington.
