Boston Flora

Category: benefit

  • Wednesday, September 12, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Blue Ginger Cocktail Party

    The Massachusetts Horticultural Society has selected chef Ming Tsai’s Blue Ginger as a premier restaurant partner for its Garden to Table initiative. Staff and volunteers have planted a raised bed garden at Elm Bank with a variety of herbs and Asian greens which will supply a portion of the restaurant’s local produce needs during the harvest season. Blue Ginger will celebrate the program by hosting a cocktail party, with a menu designed around produce from the garden with all proceeds going to Massachusetts Horticultural Society. The party will be held at The Blue Ginger Restaurant, Wellesley, MA Price – Mass Hort Members- $75, Non members- $85 Reservations may be made by calling 617-933-4943 or ordering online at www.masshort.org.

  • Tuesday, September 11, 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Somerville Garden Club Pizza Night Fundraiser

    The Somerville Garden Club will receive a portion of the sale of every pizza sold on the evening of September 11 ( 5 – 10) at Flatbread Pizza Company, 45 Day Street in Somerville. Please come and enjoy the delicious pizzas, organic salads, and sinful desserts–all with locally sourced ingredients. There is also a full bar to compliment your meal. Eat in and watch the bowling lanes that are the legacy of former occupant Sacco’s Bowl Haven, or get a pizza to go for a relaxing meal at home, 617-776-0552. Reservations are accepted, but the large dining room always has a table available.

    The Somerville Garden Club sponsors a monthly lecture for both members and non-members to attend, plants and maintains several public gardens in Somerville, and provides scholarships for members to expand their horticultural knowledge. For more information visit www.somervillegardenclub.org.

  • Saturday, September 29, 9:00 pm – 12:00 am – Esplanade Moon Dance Gala: Night Owls

    You are cordially invited to kick up your heels and have fun, all for the benefit of the beautiful Charles River Esplanade.  Show your support for this historic and beloved Boston landmark by attending.  Enjoy light bites, desserts, cocktails, DJ and dancing on the Esplanade Saturday, September 29, from 9 – midnight.  Purchase tickets by August 31 and pay $175.  After September 1 the price goes up to $200.  For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit www.esplanadeassociation.org/events-2/upcoming-events/moon-dance-gala-92912, or call Tani at 617-227-0365, ext. 106.

  • Friday, September 14, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – An Evening to Support Tower Hill

    You are invited to An Evening to Support Tower Hill on Friday, September 14, from 6 – 9, with hors d’oeuvre, a summer harvest buffet, and master of ceremonies Carl W. Stinson or Carl W. Stinson, Inc., who will invite guests to sponsor seasonal activities and programs at Tower Hill that enhance visitor’s experiences in the garden.  Evening attire suggested.  Tickets are $150 (sponsor level) or $90 (individual level), and you are invited to sponsor a table of 8 as a silver, gold, or platinum sponsor ($1,000, $1,500, or $2000, respectively.)  For more information, or to reserve, contact the development office at mkilcoyne@towerhillbg.org.  You may also call 508-869-6111, x. 136 to order by telephone.  You are encouraged to respond by September 5.

  • Saturday, September 15 – Harvard Historical Society’s Shaker Village Tour

    On Saturday, September 15, Fruitland Museum will sponsor an unprecedented all day opportunity from the Harvard Historical Society to tour every home in the Harvard Shaker Village as well as gain access to Fruitlands Museum where tour goers can visit the original Shaker Office building.

    To order tickets now ($75), call 978-456-3924 x239 or email education@fruitlands.org.

  • Saturday, September 15 – Arnold Arboretum Plant Giveaway

    Now is the time to join or renew your membership with the Arnold Arboretum. The plant list for the 2012 Plant Giveaway is now available online. The 2012 event brochure [pdf] will be mailed to members in August, along with tickets and free plant vouchers.

    The Fall Plant Giveaway, held annually in September, celebrates the Arnold Arboretum’s longstanding tradition of sharing and promoting woody plants for temperate climates. In addition to making plant material available to researchers and other botanical institutions, the Arboretum has traditionally distributed plants to members of the Friends of the Arnold Arboretum in recognition of their support. Held annually in September, the Plant Giveaway gives members the opportunity to receive free Arboretum-grown plants as a part of their membership benefits, gain first-hand expert knowledge from our staff, and enjoy the beauty of our landscape during the change of seasons.

    If you have any questions, or would like to join the Friends of the Arnold Arboretum in advance of the 2012 Plant Giveaway, please email membership coordinator Wendy Krauss at membership@arnarb.harvard.edu or call 617.384.5766.

  • Tuesday, August 14, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Antique Rugs: A Walk Through the Garden

    Join Peter Pap, of Peter Pap Oriental Rugs, on Tuesday, August 14 at the Polly Hill Arboretum, to explore the drawing of flowers and trees in the design of antique rugs. He will discuss the use of plant materials in the natural dye process; the brilliant colors that we see in antique rugs today were achieved using these organic dyes.

    Following his talk (4 – 5), Peter will preview the rugs from his collection for the benefit trunk show and sale to be held at the Far Barn on August 15 & 16.  Peter has been dealing in antique oriental rugs for over 37 years and is a foremost expert. He has two galleries and appears regularly as a guest appraiser on Antiques Roadshow.  A portion of all rug sales during and related to the trunk show will benefit the Arboretum. No fee, refreshments included.  For more information visit www.pollyhillarboretum.org.

  • Thursday, August 2, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Wine, Cheese … and Trees

    The beautiful light of a Martha’s Vineyard summer evening— experience the magic of the Arboretum on this stroll through the Polly Hill Arboretum garden with horticultural consultant, designer, and photographer Patrick Cullina and PHA’s Tim Boland and Tom Clark. Don’t miss this opportunity to see the grounds and “talk trees” with this fun and incredibly knowledgeable group.

    Wine and cheese served from 5-7pm.  Tour beginning at 5:45pm .  Event fee $75/$65 for PHA members, refreshments are included in the price.

    Tickets must be purchased in advance, call 508-693-9426 or email Karin@pollyhillarboretum.org.

  • July, 2012 – Charity in Bloom

    Winston Flowers announces its July charity, a long time Garden Club of the Back Bay favorite Community Servings. Founded in 1989, Community Servings is a Boston based food and nutrition program dedicated to providing free home-delivered meals to people homebound due to a life-threatening illness such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, kidney disease and M.S. each day. Community Servings gives their 1300 clients, their dependent families, and caregivers appealing, nutritious meals, and sends the message to those in greatest need that someone cares.

    Winston Flowers will donate 20% of the retail price of each Charity In Bloom design to Community Servings. Funds raised will feed critically ill individuals who are too sick to shop and cook for themselves and their families. Every $25 raised can feed one of Community Servings’ clients for an entire week. Visit Community Servings on line at www.servings.org, and see the Charity in Bloom collection at www.winstonflowers.com.

  • Castle Hill Grand Allee Landscape Restoration Completed

    The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees)  announced the completion of a three-year, sustainable landscape restoration of the Crane Estate’s “Grand Allée” located on Castle Hill – a National Historic Landmark – in Ipswich. Thanks to the generosity and hard work of talented staff, community partners, donors, and volunteers, The Trustees were able to carefully remove and replant more than 700 deteriorating, overgrown trees; reinvigorate an underground, rainwater collection cistern for sustainable irrigation; and restore the beautiful, classical sculptures lining the undulating, half-mile-long, “front lawn” of the Crane Estate. Since 1949, when the Crane family gifted Castle Hill to The Trustees, the Allée has become a popular and impressive backdrop for open-air concerts, weddings, historic house and landscape tours, community events, a children’s summer camp, and other recreational activities held year-round at the Crane Estate. Now, this signature landscape feature once again sweeps to a panoramic view of Cape Ann and benefits from a healthier, more sustainably managed landscape.

    The Grand Allée is the only known, designed landscape of its size and kind still in existence in North America – and one of only a few remaining worldwide – combining grand scale with decorative arts. It is one of the largest landscape features created by renowned Boston landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff, who is best known for his design of Colonial Williamsburg and the Charles River Esplanade. Shurcliff modeled the dramatic design after the beautiful Italian and French gardens of Renaissance Europe.

    The restoration project was completed in memory of David Crockett, a former member of The Trustees of Reservations’ Board of Governors and Ipswich resident whose tireless efforts on behalf of Castle Hill and the Crane Estate were critical in preserving this property. His commitment to the care of the Crane family’s extraordinary gift to The Trustees set the standard by which the property has been – and will continue to be – privately managed for the public to enjoy. The photo below shows the area circa 1930.

    Caring for the 2,100-acre Crane Estate property is ongoing. Over the years, The Trustees have conducted extensive restoration of other interior and exterior features of the Great House and surrounding landscape features on Castle Hill, including the Bowling Green, which was awarded $50,000 from The National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express Partners in Preservation program. The Allée restoration effort, however, represents one of the broadest, most expansive restoration and fundraising efforts ever undertaken on the property. In 2010, The Trustees launched a $2 million dollar campaign to restore this historically significant feature and welcome additional donations to complete the project. All donations are being matched by a generous donor, making individual support go twice as far. To donate, please visit http://www.thetrustees.org/alleeproject.