Daily Archives: November 30, 2024

Thursday, December 12, 6:00 pm – Beyond Poinsettias: Floral Design for the Holidays

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Join Preservation Society Head Floral Designer Becky Bonnenfant and Linda Del Buono, Senior Buyer at R.J. Carbone Floral Distributors, to learn about designing holiday arrangements that go beyond poinsettias. Linda will discuss various creative options while Becky creates an arrangement right before your eyes. Attendees will also see some of the floral designs destined for display during Holidays at the Newport Mansions. The event takes place December 12 at 6 pm in the Stable and Carriage House, 53 Coggeshall Avenue in Newport, and is limited to 25 participants.

One lucky participant will win a holiday arrangement and everyone will leave with a container to try their hand at floral designing at home. Historic Newport members $20, General Public $25 (this is an adult workshop). Register at https://www.newportmansions.org/events/beyond-poinsettias-floral-design-for-the-holidays/

December 9, 1:00 pm Eastern – Rewilding Arcadia, Online

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Jason Debney is the Coordinator of the Thames Landscape Strategy – a not-for-profit partnership to conserve and enhance the remarkable Arcadian Thames between Weybridge and Kew. Jason has raised £23m for works on the ground much of which has been delivered through local volunteer action. The new initiative – Rewilding Arcadia – explores ways in which nature-based solutions can be used to manage the functioning floodplain that includes protected parks, gardens and open spaces. What is wet now is going to get a lot wetter; places that for centuries have been managed as dry environments are going to have to change to embrace flood water – the Thames is reclaiming its floodplain back and at the moment no one is ready for this change! This online talk is sponsored by London Parks & Gardens on December 9, at 1 pm Eastern, and the recording will be available for one week following the lecture. £8.00 Register at https://londongardenstrust.org/lecture-details/?event=Rewilding-Arcadia