Daily Archives: December 31, 2023

Sunday, December 31, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Ice Sculpture Stroll

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Boston Harbor Now’s signature Waterfront Ice Sculpture Stroll is back! Get ready to count down to 2024 with more than 30 ice sculptures hosted by businesses and cultural sites across the waterfront – the largest Stroll EVER!

Don your winter boots and get strolling during this FREE and fun waterfront excursion. A lineup of 32 unique ice sculptures will be on display from 1:00pm – dusk on December 31, 2023.

As a nonprofit-led initiative, this celebration is a culmination of ten successful years of free and low-cost waterfront programming for residents and visitors across Boston’s waterfront neighborhoods.

Saturdays, January 20 & 27, and February 3, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern – Plant Nutrients, Online

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What are mineral nutrients and how do plants use them? What are the signs of deficiencies and toxicities? In this Native Plant Trust three part online course on January 20 & 27 and February 3 from 10:00 – noon, you will learn some mineral nutrient foundations through an overview of soils, chemistry, and plant anatomy. We will explore how plants acquire, use, and translocate mineral nutrients.

We will also learn skills to identify how mineral nutrients are impacting a plant’s health and how to remedy plants suffering from improper nutrition. Please note: NPT does not make video or audio recordings of classes or programs available after the fact, because it believes education is interactive, with instructors and students building a community and culture of learning.

The class is taught online by George LoCascio, a horticulturist and soil specialist. $90 for NPT members, $108 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/plant-nutrients/

Thursday, January 11, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Eastern – Ecosystem Response to Wildfire, Online

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Sam Gilvarg and the Native Plant Trust return on January 11 at 5 pm with a live virtual seminar on Ecosystem Response to Wildfire.

In New England, the survival of many ecosystems is predicated upon the occurrence of disturbances, such as wildland fire, that alter the environment. Without these events, habitats that are home to many endangered species can undergo changes that intrinsically threaten the survival of imperiled organisms. However, not every ecosystem will respond to fire in the same way—and not every fire will create the same impacts. This course will survey the ecological response of select fire prone habitats to being burned and assess the impacts of fires occurring at varying severity, frequency, and size on them. $30 for NPT members, $36 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/ecosystem-response-wildfire/

Please note: We do not make video or audio recordings of classes or programs available after the fact, because we believe education is interactive, with instructors and students building a community and culture of learning. Some programs may be recorded strictly for instructor-training purposes. Please visit this page to review this and other FAQs about our policies.