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  • Friday, April 8 – Sunday, April 10 – Bangor 2011 Flower Show

    The Bangor 2011 Flower Show will take place Friday, April 8 – Sunday, April 10 at the Bangor Auditorium  See eight garden displays as they compete for Best in Show and People’s Choice Award, while sampling from over 50 vendor booths to supply all your gardening needs.  This is the 20th anniversary of the show, general admission is a mere $5 at the door, and times are 10 am – 8 pm Friday and Saturday, 11 – 4 on Sunday.  Events will include A Taste of Local Color cooking demonstrations, Get the Honey Bee Buzz, Garden for Your Health seminars from St. Joseph Healthcare, Public Community Gardens presentation, Water Wise Gardening, Sustainable Landscape Design, Creative Container Gardening, Fruit Tree Tips for Amateurs, Kids Programs, Orchid Society Tea Party with the Eastern Maine Orchid Society, True Living Organics, a juried flower show, and more.  Contact Wendy Warren at 207-992-4255, or email wendy.warren@bangormaine.gov, or log on to www.bangorgardenshow.com. Image of flowers from the 2010 Bangor Flower Show from daliaphotography on Flickr.

  • Thursday, June 16 – Sunday, June 19 – Bonsai in the Bluegrass

    The American Bonsai Society invites you to the 2011 American Bonsai Society Symposium Bonsai in the Bluegrass, to be held at the Fern Valley Hotel and Conference Center in Louisville, Kentucky June 16 – 19.  They have scheduled International Bonsai artists from Europe, Asia, Mexico, and the United States. Ryan Neil, Jonathan Maples, and Doug Philips are among the fourteen workshop leaders. There will be a large number of bonsai vendors on hand to provide a variety of trees, pots, tools, and various other supplies. Also, part of the program includes a terrific bonsai display of well styled trees from across the United States.

    Registration for the Symposium is $295. The registration includes four classes/workshops, your lunch Friday and Saturday, dinner Friday night, banquet Saturday night, access to the demos, vendor area, as well as the bonsai and suiseki exhibit. There is a good rate at the resort for participants, and the hotel looks forward to your arrival. Please mention “Bonsai in the Bluegrass” when you register (502-964-3311.)  For more information about the meeting, log on to www.absbonsai.org or www.bonsaiinthebluegrass.com.

  • Wednesday, March 23 or Thursday, March 24, 9:00 am – 1:30 pm – Boston Get Together Event from Grand Circle Travel

    What better way to celebrate the 2012 Floriade in Venlo, Holland than to experience the event first hand with a once in a lifetime trip with Grand Circle Travel? Grand Circle Travel is the industry leader in providing international travel to Americans over 50.  They specialize in offering exceptional experiences with unique opportunities for learning and discovery.  Their 2012 Holland & Belgium in Springtime river cruise is being modified to incorporate the Floriade, which is held only once every ten years.

    Jim Henderer of Grand Circle Travel would like to extend an invitation to you to attend a Boston Get Together Event on either Wednesday, March 23 or Thursday, March 24, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. In addition to learning more about our 2012 river cruise that incorporates the Floriade, the Get Together will provide you with the opportunity to learn what makes Grand Circle so special.  The event will be highly informational, and will include:

    · A brunch and Gallery Tour
    · Group Leader Best Practice Sharing and Networking
    · Complimentary Lunch and a presentation at Anthony’s Pier 4 Restaurant
    · Raffle for a surprise

    To RSVP for this event, please call Jim Henderer at 617-346-6197.  Space is limited.  Upon receiving your RSVP, he will send you a confirmation email with all the detailed information you will need.

  • Saturday, April 9 – Sunday, April 10 – 28th Annual Cactus & Succulent Show

    The Connecticut Cactus and Succulent Society will hold its 28th  Annual Show and Sale on Saturday, April 9, from 10 – 5, and Sunday, April 10, from 10 – 4, at Naugatuck Valley Community College’s Art & Music Center Cafeteria, Fifth Floor, 750 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, Connecticut (Exit 18 off I-84).  Free admission.  This is a judged show, with an auction, refreshments, book sale, lectures and demonstrations. Many leading cactus and succulent vendors will be there.  Each day the first 50 families will receive a free plant.  Lectures will cover such topics as Raising Succulents from Seed, Yankee Ingenuity in Horticulture, Flower Show Growing and Preparation, Living Stones, Potting Mixes for Succulents, Hardy Cacti for the New England Garden, and Ariocarpus (pictured below, in an image from www.botanica.uk.net.)  Each lecture lasts approximately 20 minutes, and programs are subject to change.  For more information, log on to www.ctcactusclub.com, or call 860-489-8356.

  • Thursday, March 10 – Sunday, March 13 – Portland Flower Show: The Enchanted Earth

    Join The Portland Company for the annual rite of spring, the 2011 Portland Flower Show. They are a collaboration of green industry landscapers, growers, gardeners and industry retailers dedicated to the continued success of everything about “Gardening in Maine”. Whether you are a property owner, renter, or consumer of fine flowers and vegetables, this is the garden show that will bring it all together for you. They have every aspect of the landscape industry represented here at 58 Fore Street in nearby Portland, Maine. These buildings lend themselves to supporting the new inside the old. You know that feeling you get when winter has been upon us for too long a time, and you just want to go out to your garden to see those first bits of green popping up. Well, they are all here! Smell the mulch, enjoy the flowers and trees, buy some new garden tools or homemade jams, pottery, or jewelry at the vendor booths, whatever your fancy the “Enchanted Earth” is here for you. Show hours are Thursday, March 10, 10 – 6, Friday & Saturday, March 11 and 12, 10 – 7, and Sunday March 13, 10 – 5, followed by the plant auction at 5:30. Tickets are $15 at the door. For more information, log on to www.portlandcompany.com.

  • Tuesday, April 26 through Thursday, April 28 – Flower Show School Course II

    Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Flower Show School Course II will be held Tuesday, April 26 through Thursday, April 28 at the Holiday Inn in Taunton, Massachusetts. Instructors include Mary Huntoon (Design), Dottie Howatt (Horticulture, Daffodils and Broadleaf Evergreens), and Sandi Joyce (Procedure). It is not necessary to have taken Course I, but all members interested in being a Flower Show Judge must eventually take all four courses and get passing grades on all exams on Flower Show Procedure, Horticulture, and Design. Contact local Flower School Show Chairman Hila Lyman for a brochure and more information at 508-548-0841, or email her at hilajeanne@comcast.net.  This class is open to members of any Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts member who has a current subscription to the National Gardener magazine.  Please contact Lillian Cohen for information or applications at 781-721-2888, or email lilandbud@verizon.net.

  • Sunday, May 22 – Tuesday, May 31 – Gracious Gardens & Architectural Gems of London, Sussex & Hampshire

    Yale Educational Travel announces an exclusive trip, Gracious Gardens & Architectural Gems of London, Sussex & Hampshire, featuring Yale Faculty Linda Peterson and Fred Strebeigh, May 22 to May 31. This unforgettable journey through the English countryside in late spring, when glorious gardens are in full bloom, will provide a privileged look at great houses built by the English aristocracy – many carefully restored by the families who live there.  You will, by special arrangement, attend the celebrated Chelsea Flower Show on Members’ Day, a visit to Down House, where Charles Darwin worked on his scientific theories and wrote On the Origin of Species, and 17th century Bateman’s, home to Rudyard Kipling from 1902 – 1936..  Then, travel south to East Sussex, including a visit to Scotney Castle, whose gardens are renowned for spectacular displays of rhododendrons and azaleas.  In Hampshire, you will stop en route at Petworth House, a late 17th century mansion housing a fine collection of works by Turner and Van Dyck.  You will also visit Firle Place, an intriguing mix of Tudor and Georgian style, and Highclere Castle, a Victorian home in high Elizabethan style, with a park designed by Capability Brown, and Osborne House (below) on the Isle of Wight.  $6,995 per person, double occupancy, with a single supplement of $1,125. For a brochure and complete information, call 203-432-1952, or make a reservation on line at www.YaleEdTravel.org/england11.

  • Tuesday, March 15, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Boston Flower Show Preview Party

    The Boston Parks and Recreation Department will host the Boston Flower & Garden Show Preview Party at the Seaport World Trade Center, from 5:30 – 8 on March 15, 2011. All proceeds will benefit the Boston Parks Department. This event is a great opportunity for both individuals and businesses to support Boston’s parks, from planting new trees to caring for our large, old ones throughout our city’s parks. In addition to helping keep our parks healthy, the Boston Flower Show Preview Party will be a wonderful way to see the flower show: there will be no waiting in lines or working your way through crowds. All guests will receive a gift bag. A Friend or Sponsor will receive a VIP gift bag plus a chance to win fabulous prizes from local businesses. For more information, or to buy tickets online ($125 per person)  please visit the Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s website, http://www.cityofboston.gov/parks/ttd/flowershow.asp. You may also call 617-961-3051.  The Boston Flower & Garden Show will be open to the public March 16 – 20.

  • Wednesday, March 16 – Sunday, March 20 – The Boston Flower & Garden Show

    Leave behind the gray days of winter and rejoice in the 2011 show, entitled A Burst of Color: Celebrating the Container Garden. Boston’s biggest horticultural happening provides the tools and inspiration to kick off the season in style.  Hours are 9 am – 8 pm Wednesday, March 16 through Saturday, March 19 and 9 am – 6 pm on Sunday, March 20.   A complete schedule of lectures and demonstrations will be posted at www.thebostonflowershow.com, but some highlights include a talk by Tovah Martin on The New Terrarium, a lecture by Ellen Ecker Ogden  on The Complete Kitchen Garden, and a charmingly entitled “Growing Your Groceries in Containers” by Teresa O’Connor and Jayme Jenkins.   The show plays host to amateur competitions as well, coordinated by The Massachusetts Horticultural Society along with The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts.

  • March 6 – March 13 – Philadelphia International Flower Show

    The 2011 Philadelphia International Flower Show, March 6 – 13 at The Convention Center in Philadelphia, will transport visitors to the beautiful City of Light – the capital of art, fashion, food, and love. A blooming “Springtime in Paris” will greet guests with a bucolic park scene along the Seine. Flowering trees, lilacs, roses and borders of lavender will lead visitors through gardens inspired by the Tuileries. In the distance, a daring Moulin Rouge atmosphere will pulse with cabaret performances, spectacular flower sculptures and carousel topiaries.

    Featured displays will highlight:

    * Opulent Paris, a time of Victorian glamour.
    * Romantic Paris, tête-à-tête down the Seine.
    * Gourmet Paris, amid rooftop and edible gardens.
    * Artists’ Paris, from canvas to landscape.
    * Underground Paris, a catacomb of avant-garde art.
    * Timeless Paris, courtyards and cafes form a Parisian paradise.

    Don’t miss free gardening presentations, 150 held throughout the week, as well as dozens of educational displays that explore the newest gardening trends.

    Shoppers – Find a bustling Marketplace with an array of take-home products to get the garden started and the official Flower Show Shoppe with 2011 Show merchandise.

    Foodies will love the International Wine and Spirits Garden, presented by the PA Wine & Spirits Store.  For complete information on the 2011 Show, log on to www.theflowershow.com.  Proceeds benefit The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.