Boston Flora

Month: October 2020

  • Wednesday, October 14, 6:00 pm – An Emerald Necklace Evening In

    You’re invited to the Emerald Necklace Conservancy’s first-ever virtual fundraiser, An Emerald Evening In. Parks are essential to our individual and community health, now more than ever. Please join us at this special event supporting the vitality of the Emerald Necklace.

    An Emerald Evening In is the Emerald Necklace Conservancy’s signature biennial fundraiser, supporting our education programs, advocacy efforts, visitor services and community engagement. Your ticket or sponsorship purchase helps the Conservancy continue stewarding these vital parks and connecting our community to its treasured green space.

    Each ticket or sponsorship purchase includes special perks, such as a gourmet cheese and wine pairing curated by Curd & Co. and The Urban Grape, a virtual gift bag and other benefits.

    Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh will join us at An Emerald Evening In to accept the Olmsted Award of Excellence. We are thrilled to honor Mayor Walsh for his administration’s significant investments in Boston’s parks. Since 2014, over $60M has been committed to the Emerald Necklace – the largest-ever capital investment in the Necklace. 

    The prestigious Olmsted Award of Excellence is presented to an individual or organization who demonstrates an unwavering commitment and service to carrying our Frederick Law Olmsted’s vision for urban parks through exemplary and enduring work on behalf of local parks and the Emerald Necklace in particular. 

    Prior Olmsted Award of Excellence recipients include long-time Conservancy volunteer and Olmsted Tree Society founder Janet Atkins (2018), Conservancy Board Chair Benjamin Taylor (2016), former Massachusetts Governor and Conservancy Life Trustee Michael Dukakis (2014) and parks advocate Sarah Freeman (2013).

    Tickets begin at $100. Register at www.emeraldnecklace.org

  • Thursday, October 8, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Raised Bed Revolution, Online

    Enjoy a virtual talk and Q&A on October 8 at 6:30 pm by Tara Nolan about her book Raised Bed Revolution: Build It, Fill It, Plant It … Garden Anywhere! Raised bed gardening is the fastest-growing garden strategy today, and Raised Bed Revolution is the definitive guidebook to mastering this consistently proven and effective gardening method. Raised Bed Revolution provides you with information on size requirements for constructing raised beds, height suggestions, types of materials you can use, and creative tips for fitting the maximum garden capacity into small spaces–including vertical gardening. This program will be held virtually. Once you register you will receive a Zoom link in the confirmation. This Author Talk will only be available LIVE. The book is available in Tower Hill Botanic Garden’s Garden Shop.

    Tara Nolan, author of Raised Bed Revolution, is a garden writer and editor with a diverse background in publishing. Her work has appeared in the Toronto Star, as well as in magazines, including Reader’s Digest and Canadian Living, and on websites, like Design*Sponge. Tara is a co-founder, with three other garden writers, of Savvy Gardening (savvygardening.com) and was the award-winning web editor of Canadian Gardening magazine’s website (CanadianGardening.com) for six years. Tara does work for the Toronto Botanical Garden and the Canadian Garden Council, and volunteers for the Royal Botanical Garden. She is also a member of GWA: The Association for Garden Communicators. Tara is from the Toronto, Canada area.

    Tower Hill members $10, nonmembers $15. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.