Boston Flora

Month: September 2023

  • Sunday, September 10, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern – Love Your Leaves

    Learn to love your leaves with Sustainable Princeton and Morven Museum & Garden in Princeton, New Jersey. Join them for a free interactive workshop focused on loving and managing leaves in a sustainable way at your home.

    Every fall, we welcome the beautiful colors and sights of Princeton’s foliage. Fallen leaves, however, can be a nuisance for homeowners who often remove them from lawns and backyards. Unfortunately, these practices lead to piles of leaves in municipal streets, creating safety hazards, blocking stormwater drains, and feeding unhealthy algae blooms in our waterways.

    What can you do to make a difference? Leave your leaves where they can do some good for your soil!

    This FREE workshop includes:

    • A hybrid talk (in-person and virtual) with Morven Horticulturist and Master Gardener, Louise Senior, on how to use your piles of leaves to care for your yard and garden this fall (starts at 2:00 p.m.)
    • A Leaf Corral DIY Workshop with Sustainable Princeton (starts at 3:00 p.m.)
    • Leaf-inspired crafts for the whole family
    • A raffle to win an all electric leaf blower / vacuum (must be present in-person to win)

    LOVES YOUR LEAVES TALK*: The hybrid talk with Louise Senior will be offered both virtually and in-person. If you’d like to participate in the program virtually, please select the virtual ticket option upon registration. You will receive a Zoom link in your email confirmation. The program will be recorded and a link shared publicly following the event.

    LEAF CORRAL DIY WORKSHOP: Join Sustainable Princeton in a Leaf Corral DIY Workshop at 3:00 p.m. A leaf corral can hold the leaves in your yard and allow them to mature into compost, providing a rich fertilizer for future application. All materials will be provided for free. Please indicate your interest in participating upon registration (pre-registration is required). We will close registration for the workshop one week prior to the event. Questions? Contact info@sustainableprinceton.org

    *A virtual ticket does not include the DIY Leaf Corral Workshop or door prize raffle. Register through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/love-your-leaves-tickets-680347556857

  • Fridays, September 15 & 22, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Eastern – Understanding and Managing Soils, Online

    This two day Native Plant Trust online intensive on September 15 & 22 online with Alexis Doshas explores the biotic and abiotic components that create native soils and explains how these factors inform local flora. We will take a closer look at soil structure and soil biology in miniature lab experiments. $108 for NPT members, $132 for nonmembers. This class is sold out but click the Register button at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/understanding-and-managing-soils/ to be redirected to the waiting list.

  • Wednesday, September 6, 5:30 pm – Poetry Reading in the Landscape: American Wildflowers – A Literary Field Guide

    Join editor Susan Barba at the Arnold Arboretum on Wednesday, September 6 at 5:30 pm for an outdoor poetry reading of her new literary anthology, filled with classic and contemporary poems and essays inspired by wildflowers. Instead of sitting in a lecture hall, you will meander through the wildflowers of the Arboretum and hear beautiful poems and prose while surrounded by the wildflowers that inspired them. The group will stop at different wildflowers highlighted in the book and listen as Barba reads passages about sunflower, chicory, or goldenrod. Learn more at https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/

  • Sundays, September 10 & September 17, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern – Turning Flowers into Art, Online

    Explore multiple ways to bring the beauty of dried flowers into your home. In the first New York Botanical Garden online session, you’ll discover tips on which flower types will last the longest, how to gather, press, and preserve them, and when to use which materials, such as glycerin and silica gel. Then, use the flowers you’ve dried to explore making art by painting the flowers to print with, hammering them onto watercolor paper for an embossed look, or pressing them directly on paper. Classes will take place September 10 and 17 from 2 – 4, with instructor Madeline Yanni. NYBG members $90, nonmembers $100. Register at www.nybg.org

    Please note, this course requires the purchase of materials. Please refer to the Materials List linked on the Registration Page for more information.

  • Monday, September 11 – Monday, October 30 – Plants 101: Introduction to the Green World, Online

    Explore New England’s plant life in this foundational self-directed Native Plant Trust online course. Learn what plants are, how they function, and why they are essential to all life on earth. The course introduces many of the region’s native and non-native plants. You can complete the course at your own pace. Access opens Monday, September 11, and remains online through Friday, December 29 at noon, but registration closes Monday, October 30 at 12 noon OR when all spaces fill, whichever comes first. $80 for NPT members, $98 for nonmembers. For more information visit http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/plants-101-introduction-green-world/