Month: September 2021

  • Sunday, September 19, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm – Glorious Autumn Container

    Capture colors and textures of autumn with this container garden floral design class with Betsy Williams at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Septembver 19 at 10:15 am. Fill a 14″ pot with brilliant mums and asters, richly colored kales, variegated ivy, heucheras and other hardy plant material. With proper care your autumn container garden will brighten your doorway or patio until Thanksgiving. Plants in containers often make it through the winter if kept in a sheltered location and can be planted outdoors in the spring.

    All materials are included in this program. If you register as a pair you will receive ONE SET of supplies.

    Instructor Betsy Williams teaches, lectures and writes about living with herbs and flowers. A lifelong gardener, herb grower and cook, Betsy trained as a florist in Boston and England. She combines her floral, gardening and cooking skills with an extensive knowledge of history, plant lore and seasonal celebrations. An entertaining lecturer, she weaves stories and legends throughout her informative talks and demonstrations. Her gardens, floral work and retail shop have been featured in many books, national magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times, The American Gardener, Victoria, Better Homes and Gardens, Country Living Gardener, Colonial Homes, the Herb Companion, and Traditional Homes.

    $85 Member Adult; $100 Adult; $115 Adult Pair (Registration includes admission to the Garden) Register at www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Saturday, September 18, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm – Field Survey of Grassland Meadows

    This field class at Berkshire Botanical Garden on September 18 from 9 – 2 will explore the colorful variety of meadow flora that comes into its own in late summer and early fall. In the field we will observe and identify late-season grasses (which include such species as little bluestem, purple lovegrass, Indian grass, and switchgrass) and fall-blooming wildflowers such as asters, goldenrods, Joe-pye weeds, and many others. Our explorations will include both upland and wetland meadow communities. Leader Ted Elliman worked for many years for Native Plant Trust as a staff botanist, invasive species program manager, and as an instructor of botany, ecology, and conservation classes. His book, The Wildflowers of New England, an identification guide to much of the region’s native flora, was published in 2016 by Timber Press. In the 1980’s, Ted started and directed an environmental education and wilderness adventure center in the Berkshires. Since the mid-1990’s, he has periodically led natural history tours to southwest China, where he worked for two years as a teacher and forest ecologist.

    BBG members $55, nonmembers $65. Register at www.bershirebotanical.org.

  • Saturday, September 18, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – East Providence Open Day

    The Garden Conservancy will host an Open Day in East Providence, Rhode Island on September 18 from 10 – 4.

    Tucked into a lot on Bullocks Cove, adjacent to the East Bay bike path, this Native Coastal garden is a wildlife refuge. Where a parking lot once met the cove, a rain garden edged by a sand dune now slopes to a little beach and a native buffer. Phragmites have been replaced by cordgrass and high-tide bush.

    But there is more. A roof garden with a little dune and prickly pear cactus. Another rain garden that collects water from the street to support swamp azalea. A small rectangular fishpond set into the only formal lawn serves as a dooryard, and creates privacy for a terrace below. The garden is a haven for people, birds, and insects that could not have been sustained by a parking lot.

    Conservancy members $5, general admission $10.

    • Pre-registration is REQUIRED for each garden. Pre-register for each on this website, except where specifically indicated otherwise. Children under 12 are free and do not need to be pre-registered if accompanied by pre-registered adult.
    • Capacity is limited. Sorry, no walk-ins allowed; no paper tickets or cash payments will be accepted on-site.
    • Masks are required, at the discretion of the garden owners, and social distancing is encouraged at all in-person events.

    Register at https://www.gardenconservancy.org/open-days/garden-directory/native-coastal-garden

  • Tuesday, September 21, 10:00 am – Guided Horticultural Tour of Zoo New England

    Tuesday, September 21, 10:00 am – Guided Horticultural Tour of Zoo New England

    The 2021/2022 Garden Club of the Back Bay program year kicks off with an outdoor field trip/walking tour of Zoo New England, 1 Franklin Park Road in Boston. Michelle Martinat, horticulturist at Zoo New England, will lead us on a tour of the gardens at the Zoo and discuss the planned changes to select areas, including the project to be funded by The Boston Committee of the GCA restoring an historic rock garden. Michelle oversees, develops and curates a living collection of plants to meet the needs of animal exhibits, display gardens and plant conservation priorities for Zoo New England.  She previously worked as a landscape designer, horticulture instructor, and conducted molecular toxicology research.This is currently planned as a members only event, due to our commitment to keep the tour group small, but if more people sign up than can be accommodated in one group, a second tour will be arranged. Masks are required while indoors. If you have not already responded, click HERE.

  • Sunday, September 12, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Hollister House Plant Sale & Wine in the Garden

    As summer fades into fall we have invited some of the premier growers in New England to set up shop at Hollister House Garden. This is a special opportunity to purchase choice plants from Broken Arrow Nursery, David Burdick Bulbs, Cricket Hill Garden, Falls Village Flower Farm, Issima and Mc Cue Gardens.

    Enjoy a glass of wine and nibbles as you shop and visit the garden, located at 300 Nettleton Hollow Road in Washington, Connecticut. Hollister House Garden Members $30 Non-Members $35

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  • Sunday, September 19, 1;00 pm – 2:30 pm – Keeping a Nature Journal Book Launch with Clare Walker Leslie

    Join The Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery for a book launch for Clare Walker Leslie’s two most recent books – Keeping a Nature Journal 3rd edition (2021) and A Year in Nature (2020) including special drawing journal pages from her years of exploring Mount Auburn Cemetery.

    Enjoy a nature discovery walk led by Clare and a nature contest to win a free book. Books will be available for sale on-site through Porter Square Books.

    All ages welcome. For further information on Clare’s books and work: http://www.clarewalkerleslie.com/

    Registration required at www.mountauburn.org.

    To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact friends@mountauburn.org or 617-607-1980.

  • Friday, September 17, 8:00 pm Eastern Time – Melbourne’s Tesselaar Tulip Festival, Online

    Get ready for something special. We’re traveling to Melbourne with no passport, no plane ticket and no luggage. And yet you’ll experience all the sights, sounds and stories with just your laptop, favorite snack and an amazing content creator.

    The tour will last about 60 minutes and will be live-streamed by tour guide Alexander directly from Melbourne. Forget about slideshows or pre-recorded videos, this is a live broadcast and anything can happen!

    While on the tour you’ll be able to see a full screen video of your content creator and their surroundings, interact with them and other travelers through the live chat, see where you are in the world on a map and show your appreciation with a tip.

    If you’re a fan of Tulips then you’ll undoubtedly LOVE this tour! A festival dedicated entirely to Tulips, showcasing a variety of colors and patterns. This is an annual event.

    Tulips are known for their bold colours, symmetry and exquisite shapes. They are a true symbol of unconditional love and, when you’re in a field full of them, it’s hard to not feel loved!

    Heygo is running these tours on a tip-supported basis to make them as accessible as possible. They are free to join, but you have the option to leave a tip during the tour.

    The majority of your tip goes directly to support the channel, while the rest helps Heygo continue to build a place that brings the world closer together. The event is sponsored by Heygo in conjunction with the American Horticultural Society and Garden Design Magazine. Register at https://www.heygo.com/tours/melbournes-tesselaar-tulip-festival

  • Thursday, September 23, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Autumn Collection Arrangement Workshop

    Don’t purchase a thing to create your own beautiful autumn arrangement. Join Anna Holmes at Highfield Hall in Falmouth on September 23 for this hands-on workshop and learn how to make a floral arrangement with found and collected materials. Collect what you need from your yard, your neighbor’s yard or on favorite walks you take along the beach or in the woods! Materials provided from the bounty of the season will be a mix of dried hydrangea, grasses, flower pods, garden flowers, fall leaves, local greenery, and vines. The actual plant selection is determined based on availability.

    • Anna will contact participants prior to the class to discuss material options.

    Spaces fill up quickly! Pre-registration deadline by Sept. 13th
    Register online today or call 508-495-1878, ext. 2

  • Friday, September 17, 12:30 pm – Drawing Basics: Flowers & Leaves in Perspective

    Drawing basics classes at Tower Hill Botanic Garden are focused on building botanical illustration skills for all levels of learners. In this September 17 workshop with Carol Schwartz, using only pencil, learn about drawing flowers and leaves from a variety of angles, such as side view, pointing at or away from you, and how to draw the 3-dimension curvature of shape in 2-dimensions.

    Required Materials (Not Provided with Registration):

    1. 3H, B, 4B, and Prismacolor Ebony pencils
    2. Kneaded eraser
    3. Drawing paper pad, 9″ x 12″

    Carol graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute, attending her senior year at Rhode Island School of Design. She earned her MFA in Illustration from the University of Hartford, Connecticut in 2014. Her education equipped her to be diverse and adaptable, with work appearing in 60 picture books and countless magazines, newspapers and advertisements.

    $30 Member Adult; $40 Adult (Registration includes admission to the Garden). Register at www.towerhillbg.org

  • Saturday, September 18, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm & Sunday, September 19, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Annual Cactus and Succulent Society Show & Sale

    Come join the Cactus and Succulent Society of Massachusetts at the Norfolk Public Library, 139 Main Street in Norfolk, on Saturday Sept. 18th and Sunday Sept. 19th for the Annual Show and Sale of the Cactus and Succulent Society of Massachusetts. It is one of the largest Cactus and Succulent Shows on the East Coast.

    Hundreds of Cacti and Succulents will be on exhibit and experts will be on hand to answer any and all questions about these amazing plants.

    A large selection of beautiful Cacti and Succulents will be for sale (on Saturday only). The first 50 visitors each day will be welcomed with a free, small plant to start their own Cactus & Succulent collections.

    FREE admission and parking. For more details and a list of our amazing vendors, please visit https://cssma.org/annual-show-%26-sale