The Friends of the Public Garden will host a celebration to wrap up the entire 40th Anniversary year on Friday, November 5, beginning at 6:30 pm at the Taj Boston, 15 Arlington Street in Boston. To participate in this benefit event, call 617-723-8144, or email friends@harronandassociates.com.
The Chestnut Hill Garden Club will present a luncheon talk by Julie Moir Messervy on September 30 at noon in the clubhouse of the Putterham Meadows Golf Course, 1281 West Roxbury Parkway, Brookline.
Ms. Messervy is an innovative leader in landscape and garden design theory and practice, the author of six books, and the principal of Julie Moir Messervy Design Studios in Saxtons River, Vermont. Her studio is currently working with the Arnold Arboretum in the redesign of the Bradley Rosaceous Collection. The title of her talk is “Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love.”
Tickets for the luncheon and lecture are $75.00, a portion of which will be contributed to the GCA’s Corliss Knapp Engle Scholarship. For more information, please contact Jean Mongan at 617.731.9092 or email jmongan1@partners.org.
After a five-year hiatus, the popular Back Bay Pooch Parade will return better than ever! Join The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay for the renewed First Annual Back Bay Pooch Parade.
Where: The Commonwealth Avenue Mall. Meet at the Garrison statue at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth Street — across from the Vendome.
When: Saturday, October 2nd. Registration begins at 9:00 am and the parade will start at 10:00 am.
Registration: NABB members may pre-register for $15 or register the day of the event for $20. Registration information will follow.
The parade route will travel from Dartmouth Street to Arlington Street. Join us for special guests and special events.
From Bischons to Borzois, from Puppy Mill Survivors to Blue Ribbon Show Dogs — all are invited to attend. All dogs must be leashed and up to date on shots. Please do not bring a dog in heat. Proceeds will go to a no-kill animal shelter in Massachusetts TBA.
The morning will combine fun and canine good citizenship. For more information, contact Paula Welte at 617.536.7897 or Linda Selzer at lselzer@usa.net.
Please join Clean Water Action on Saturday, October 2, from 3 – 5 at Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Road, Framingham, for its 16th Annual Benefit Party. Help Clean Water Action lead the way to a healthy environment and support its work to elect pro-environmental candidates to office, as well as lobby on behalf of policies to protect our water cycle, keep diesel pollution out of our air, make producers responsible for the end disposal of the products they make, such as computers and mercury thermostats, and replace toxic hazards in our homes, workplaces and communities with safer alternatives. Call 617-338-8131, x 210, for more information.
The Food Project invites you to A Harvest Soiree on Friday, October 1, from 6 – 8 in the barn at Codman Community Farms, 58 Codman Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Please come celebrate the bounty of the season and our shared vision of healthy land, healthy people and healthy communities. Hors d’oeuvre made from Food Project vegetables and prepared by chef Mark Goldberg of Woodward at the Ames Hotel in Boston will be featured. Please rsvp by September 24 to Diane Kelzer at 781-259-8621, x 38, or dkelzer@thefoodproject.org.
Come to the 4H Fairgrounds, 51 South Chelmsford Road, Westford, September 24 and 25, for the Middlesex Conservation District Fall Bulb and Perennial Sale – tulips, daffodils, alliums (below), unusual bulbs, iris, perennials and garden supplies (compost bins, bulb fertilizer, kitchen scrap buckets, etc). All items may be ordered in advance through September 4 to ensure best selection. To place an order, visit the MCD website at www.middlesexconservation.org and download an order form, or call 978 692 9395 and obtain a brochure by mail. All proceeds will benefit the District�s’ conservation programs. You may also email frances.gillespie@ma.usda.gov for brochures and directions. Friday hours 3 – 6, Saturday 8 – noon.
An extraordinary ‘two-fer’ for a great cause. Adrian Bloom is in America with a new book, Bloom’s Best Perennials and Grasses: Expert Plant Choices and Dramatic Combinations for Year Round Gardens. On the evening of September 23, you can meet and talk with Adrian in the extraordinary Cape Cod garden of Paul Miskovsky. Paul’s garden was recently the subject of a cover article in the Boston Globe’s Sunday magazine and is rarely open to the public.
Tickets are $150 per person for an evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvre and conversation. To register, contact the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s reservation line at 617-933-4995.
In conjunction with the American Horticultural Society’s 17th Annual Gala, taking place this year on Saturday, September 25 from 6 – 10 pm at River Farm in Alexandria, Virginia, the AHS is proud to announce its second annual online auction, “One on One with Great American Gardeners.” This is your chance to bid on an opportunity for you and three friends to spend time as exclusive guests of a prominent American horticulturist, botanic garden director, or landscape designer. One such local experience will be hosted by Michael Dosmann at the Arnold Arboretum here in Boston. Visit www.ahs.org/auction for a sample of available experience options and more information about the auction. The deadline to bid is October 25, 2010.
If you are interested in attending the gala, which includes an elegant formal dinner under the stars and silent auction, call Courtney Capstack at 703-768-5700, ex. 127, or email ccapstack@ahs.org. The gala’s honorary chair is Laura Dowling, celebrated White House florist and owner of Interieurs et Fleurs in Old Town, Alexandria. Laura and her floral arrangements have been featured on broadcasts on Home and Garden Television and the Fox network morning news show, and in international publications such as the Journal di Dimanche (Paris). The event is black tie, advance reservations only. All proceeds from the gala and online auction benefit the stewardship of River Farm and the American Horticultural Society’s outreach and educational programs.
Growing, Giving, Growing, An Evening to Support Tower Hill, will take place Saturday, September 11, from 6 – 9 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, Massachusetts. Enjoy the open bar, hors d’oeuvre, summer buffet, and take an active role in the success of Tower Hill by underwriting daily operations, tasks and programs at the Garden. Steve Fletcher, famed auctioneer and Vice President of Skinner Auctioneers and Appraisers in Marlborough, Massachusetts will be Master of Ceremonies. He will invite sponsors to keep “Bambi at Bay” with deer repellent, help a child attend the Youth Gardening Program, forge new trails on the garden grounds, move the Camellia collection outdoors, or prune 100 ornamental trees, to mention just a few sponsor opportunities. Individual tickets are $90 per person, sponsor tickets are $125 per person, and you are asked to respond by September 3, 2010 to Wendy Cehon at 508-869-6111, x 136. You may also pay securely online at www.towerhillbg.org.
Celebrate the Esplanade’s 100 years of nature, culture and recreation on Saturday, September 25, from 8:30 – midnight, at the Arthur Fiedler Statue, across the Storrow Lagoon. Enjoy dinner, cocktails, and dancing under the stars from 8:30 pm – midnight. Gala attire, $125 for TEA members, $150 for non-members. Tickets may be purchased online at www.esplanadeassociation.org. To purchase by check, please download an application at the same website address. Please note this is a separate event from the Esplanade Association Centennial Gala, to be held the same night beginning at 6:30, which is a “big ticket” fundraiser.
