On Memorial Day weekend, join the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club for its annual plant sale at the Old Mill, 690 Edgartown Road in West Tisbury. All proceeds benefit the Club’s civic projects. For more information visit https://www.marthasvineyardgardenclub.org/
It’s time to grab a blanket, some pals and a whole lot of snacks! This summer, WBUR’s Field Trip meetup series is dedicated to helping you create the perfect picnic with classes on cheese board making, wine tasting, floral arranging and more.
With Memorial Day right around the corner, now is a great time to learn some tricks and tips for making a beautiful and shareable cheese board arrangement. Join us on May 19 at 7 pm for a grazing board arranging workshop led by Life. Love. Cheese.
Life. Love. Cheese. focuses on American artisanal cheese. You’ll begin the workshop with a brief cheese tasting to introduce you to some amazing American cheese makers. Your instructor will also demo some tips and tricks for making a beautiful cheese board arrangement. Then you’ll take a crack at making your own cheese board to take home!
About your cheese instructor
Kimi Ceridon received her MSME from MIT in 2001. She spent over a decade in tech before saying “Goodbye” to the cubicle and going to culinary school. She has a MLA in Gastronomy and an artisan cheese certificate from Boston University. She’s also trained in cheesemaking at Sterling College alongside Jasper Hill and now she is an artisan cheese instructor at BU. Her company Life. Love. Cheese. focuses on highlighting American cheese makers and artisans with a special emphasis on the Northeast. She was named to Culture Magazine’s hot list of cheese professionals to watch.
Tickets are $45, and may be purchased through Ovationtix HERE. Cheese board below from Thyme & Honey.
Celebrate spring with the Gibson House Museum on Saturday, May 3 from 1 – 4. Timed tickets on the half hour at 1pm, 1:30pm, 2pm, 2:30pm, and 3pm. Reserve your space at https://www.thegibsonhouse.org/
Join us for a self-guided tour and specialty costume exhibition featuring Victorian fashions that highlight the honored tradition of our local “Promenade,” a leisurely walk in the Public Garden. Make sure to visit our Victorian-themed photo booth and take your own photo in the elegant setting of the Gibson House. Finish your visit by enjoying a self-serve buffet of tea and sweets.
Costume exhibition presented in collaboration with the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (NSCDA).
The City Natives Nursery 2024 spring plant sale is here! Pre-orders open at https://bit.ly/citynativesplantsale
We will have a wide selection of seedlings including annual vegetables, herbs, and cut flowers, as well as native herbaceous perennials and woody plants for sale.
The 2025 plant sale will include pre-orders and in-person shopping. Pre-orders are open now (using link above) for pick up mid-May. Vegetable supply is limited- pre-order to ensure availability.
City Natives, part of The Trustees of Reservations, is located at 30 Edgewater St in Mattapan, a short walk from the Mattapan Square trolley station. There is limited parking available on site.
Pre-order pick up dates: May 8, 10, 15, 17 from 9am-3pm
In-person shopping: May 22 and 24 from 9am-3pm
We accept cash, credit, and debit for in person sales. If you show your EBT card we can offer a 50% discount on vegetable plant sales.
Step into spring with The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay at our exclusive NABB members-only gathering on April 27 at The Newbury Hotel. Indulge in an elegant atmosphere filled with good company, delightful drinks—including beer, wine, and a specialty cocktail—and an array of exquisite hors d’oeuvre crafted to tantalize your taste buds. $50 per person. If you haven’t joined the Neighborhood Association yet (no residency requirements!) visit https://nabbonline.org/. This is your chance to connect with fellow NABB members, both old and new, while discovering how our dedicated volunteer committees are working tirelessly to enhance and preserve the charm of our historic neighborhood. Learn how you can contribute to our thriving neighborhood!
Ensure your place at this highly anticipated event by purchasing your tickets in advance; there will be no ticket sales at the door.
The Gibson House Museum invites you to Masquerade, a Victorian Masquerade Party and Cocktail Reception to benefit the Gibson House Museum. The event takes place Thursday, April 24 at The Chilton Club, 152 Commonwealth Avenue.
Raffle tickets are a great way to support the museum and maybe win some cool prizes. Tickets are available on our website and at the party. You don’t need to be present to win!
To see our raffle items and to purchase tickets to the event, please visit our Benefit page:
https://www.thegibsonhouse.org/museum-benefit
Bid high and bid often! The Preservation Society of Newport County’s Spring 2025 online auction offers amazing opportunities for an experience you’ll treasure forever. One example is a Floral Fair dinner experience following the 2025 Newport Flower Show Opening Night Party, in the Ballroom at Rosecliff. All bids support the Preservation Society’s mission to protect, preserve, and present an exceptional collection of house museums and landscapes in one of the most historically intact cities in America.
Please see the Auction Rules before submitting your bids. Visit https://www.newportmansions.org/events/exclusive-experiences-online-auction/
Grow Native Massachusetts is delighted to host a conversation with New York Times Opinion writer and bestselling author Margaret Renkl on April 13. We will be delving into her book The Comfort of Crows, which tells the story of the creatures and plants observed in her backyard over the course of a year.
Moving through the seasons—beginning with a crow spied on New Year’s Day, its resourcefulness and sense of community setting a theme for the year—what develops is a portrait of joy and grief. Joy at the ongoing pleasures of the natural world: “Until the very last cricket falls silent, the beauty-besotted will always find a reason to love the world.” And grief at a shifting climate, at winters that end too soon, at songbirds growing fewer and fewer.
Along the way, we also glimpse the changing rhythms of a human life. Grown children, unexpectedly home during the pandemic, prepare to depart once more. Birdsong and night-blooming flowers evoke generations past. The city and the country where Renkl raised her family transform a little more with every passing day. How can one person make a difference amid such destabilizing changes?
Exploring Renkl’s observations and themes of change, personal action, and hope, this intimate brunch chat will span topics from taking time to notice and appreciate nature right outside your door, to preserving and restoring wildlife habitat, addressing climate change, and making other difficult systemic changes in the way human beings live.
Our venue, Bull Run, is a farm-to-table restaurant and function hall situated in a historic tavern at 215 Great Road in Shirley, MA. You can enjoy their delicious brunch buffet before or during the discussion with Margaret, included as part of your ticket.
The Comfort of Crows and its companion journal Leaf, Cloud, Crow, will be available for purchase and signing at the event, courtesy of Little Bee Bookshop in Ayer.
Doors open at 10 am – book signing prior to discussion. Discussion begins at noon. Grow Native members $50, public $60, including brunch. Register at www.grownativemass.org
Wright-Locke Farm & A Borrowed Chef invite you to a global dining experience:
Tapas From Around the World, Thursday, March 27th, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Address (parking): 82 Ridge Street, Winchester MA 01890
Cost: $100 per person (includes wine pairings & signature cocktail
Register HERE
The Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill Annual Tour celebrates our long tradition of urban gardening and education, beginning at our founding in 1928. Join us for our 96th celebration as we open the gates to ten private gardens and showcase our signature ribbon gardens. Enhance your self-guided experience with complimentary refreshments at King’s Chapel, where you can pause to reflect and refresh between garden visits.. Tickets will not be sold on Tour Day.
Tickets for Hidden Garden Tour – $65 (includes one ticket to Hidden Garden Tour) Purchase through Evenbrite HERE
Interested in sponsoring the Soiree, which will take place May 14 in the King’s Chapel garden from 5 – 7:30 pm? Contact Sandra Massey at sandra@massey.com. Tickets start at $225 and are available at the link above.
