Porter Square Books in Cambridge hosts author Andrew Rimas on Tuesday, August 3, beginning at 7 pm. Andrew will speak on his most recent book, Empires of Food: Feast, Famine and the Rise and Fall of Civilization. The book vividly chronicles the fate of people and societies for the past twelve thousand years through the foods they grew, hunted, traded, and ate-and gives us fascinating, and devastating, insights into what to expect in years to come. The narrative takes the reader to places as disparate as ancient Mesopotamia and imperial Britain. Discussed are the history of cyclic consumption and also of the future and the impact of food availability and distribution on world events. Rimas is a journalist and the managing editor at the Improper Bostonian magazine; previously he was an associate editor and staff writer at Boston Magazine. His work has frequently appeared in those publications, and in the Boston Globe Magazine and the Boston Globe. For more information, email ellen@portersquarebooks.com, or call 617-491-2220.
Category: Author Book Signing
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Saturday, September 11, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm – A Gathering of Gardeners 2010: A Garden of Glamour
The Master Gardeners of Monroe County and the Rochester Museum and Science Center in Rochester, NY will present a Gathering of Gardeners 2010: A Garden of Glamour on Saturday, September 11, from 8 – 4. The programs feature nurseryman Bill Hendricks and garden consultant (and past Garden Club of the Back Bay speaker) CL Fornari. All presentations take place in the Eisenhart Auditorium of the Rochester Museum & Science Center.
Bill Hendricks will speak about Shrubs for the Mixed Border – Great Complement to Perennials, and Dwarf Conifers, an Investment in Garden Treasures. CL Fornari’s topics are The Top 25 and Myths, Lies, and the Latest Dirt. There will also be a raffle, book signings and sales, and a parking lot sale.
Bill Hendricks has been president of Klyn Nurseries in Perry, Ohio since 1987. He is a member of the American Nursery & Landscape Association and International Plant Propagator’s Society. Bill taught a plant material course at Cleveland State for 20 years, and provided review for publications including Handbook of Landscape Tree Cultivars and Landscape Plants for Ohio. He demonstrated his horticultural interest as early as age 9, starting a cactus & succulent collection ultimately including over 3,000 species as an ongoing hobby.
Bill has received several professional awards for his extensive contributions to the green industry, and is the source of numerous photos featured in professional horticultural publications. Klyn Nurseries has more than 430 acres of fieldstock and container plants, listing more than 1,600 varieties in its catalog.
CL Fornari is a Massachusetts free-lance garden consultant providing help with garden design, plant selection, and insect/disease concerns while concentrating on low-maintenance landscaping and least-toxic solutions to problems. A life-long grower of flowers, vegetables, shrubs and trees, she is a popular speaker at events like the New England Flower Show and Philadelphia Flower Show and has taught at the New York Horticultural Society.
She is the author of works including Your Garden Shouldn’t Make You Crazy, A Garden Lover’s Martha’s Vineyard, A Garden Lover’s Cape Cod, and Gardening in Sandy Soils, many illustrated with her photos. CL has served as a volunteer Master Gardener with the Barnstable Cooperative Extension Service and as a seasonal employee at Hyannis Country Garden working with annuals and propagation of perennials. She believes that the lessons learned in the garden are relevant to work, relationships, spirituality and personal growth. CL shares her plant and garden experiences at her website, gardenlady.com, authors the Whole Life Gardening blog, and hosts the “GardenLine” – call-in program on WXTK radio.
Tickets are $48, with a $5 discount if registration is postmarked by August 1. You may download a registration form by logging on to www.gatheringofgardeners.com. An optional box lunch is available for $11 (specify veggie wrap, tuna or turkey.) All proceeds from this event will be used by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County to support future horticultural education programs.
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Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, August 10, 11 and 12, 7:00 pm – Plenty
If vegetarian cooking conjures up images of tofu and paltry meat substitutions, Plenty will change those thoughts. Written by Yotam Ottolenghi, one of the UK’s most celebrated chefs, Plenty is based upon Ottolenghi’s weekly Guardian newspaper column “The New Vegetarian” and offers inspired, modern, flavorful and satisfying recipes. While not a vegetarian (something that shocked many readers), Ottolenghi is the chef of an enormously popular restaurant in north London and is revered for his Mediterranean flavors and skillful, inventive way with ingredients. Stir, at 102 Waltham Street in Boston, will hold three separate cookbook class sessions on August 10 – 12, beginning at 7 pm, and each participant will receive a copy of the book. $155. To reserve, call 617-423-STIR, or log on to www.stirboston.com.
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Thursday, July 29, 7:00 pm – Boston’s Gardens & Green Spaces
Join local author Meg Muckenhoupt as she travels through the verdant world of her new book, Boston’s Gardens & Green Spaces. This exciting lecture at the Westborough Public Library, 55 West Main Street in Westborough on Thursday, July 29, beginning at 7 pm, examines the role of public spaces throughout Greater Boston’s historic and contemporary landscape. Rediscover Greater Boston’s most revered historic parks and explore the city’s ever-expanding network of public spaces. How has the philosophy behind public spaces shifted over the years? How significant is the native flora and green space to the city’s overall health? This is a fascinating journey through green Boston, past to present—and all nature lovers, gardening enthusiasts, and history buffs should be sure to come along for the ride. For more information, log on to www.westboroughlib.org.
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Thursday, August 4, 4:00 pm – The Role of the Landscape Architect
On Thursday, August 4, beginning at 4 pm, come hear Stephen Stimson of Stephen Stimson Associates speak at Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive in Falmouth on The Role of the Landscape Architect and Ten Landcapes. Since founding his firm in 1992, Stephen has won over 30 national and regional awards for design excellence. He has a degree in Environmental Design from University of Massachusetts, a Masters Degree from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, and has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. His work ranges from a 300 acre park in San Antonio, Texas and a park at the St. Louis Arch, to numerous private gardens in the northeast. Stephen focuses on creation of culturally and environmentally responsive modern designs. His book, Ten Landscapes, is a classic in his field. $5 suggested donation. For information, log on to www.highfieldhall.org.
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Saturday, July 31, 10:00 am – The Global Migration of Ornamental Plants – How the World Got Into Your Garden
Learn about the history of how the world got into your garden in this Horticulture in History program sponsored by The Berkshire Botanical Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Road, West Stockbridge, on Saturday, July 31 at 10 am. Consider the horticultural endeavors of plant explorers in the far reaches of the globe and how the plants that they brought back with them have impacted our everyday lives. This is a lively account of some of the characters and their intriguing explorations in India, China, Japan, and beyond.
Judith Taylor is an Oxford educated retired physician with a keen interest in horticulture and history. Dr Taylor has published three books on the history of horticulture, including The Global Migration of Ornamental Plants; How the World Got into Your Garden. The cost of this lecture, where books will be available for purchase and signing by the author, is $20, and you may register on line at www.berkshirebotanical.org, or by calling 413- 298-3926.
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Thursday, July 22 – Saturday, July 24 – Nantucket Garden Festival
The Nantucket Garden Festival is back. Events are located downtown, under the tent at the Dreamland Theater Lot, at the Nantucket Lighthouse School, 1 Rugged Road, and in private island gardens. Complete details and registration opportunities may be found at www.nantucketgardenfestival.com.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
* A guided tour of four different ways to keep chickens
* A hands-on workshop with Amy Pallenberg on late summer container gardening
* Back by popular demand: A tour of three notable but very different vegetable gardens
* A late summer container competition, judged by the Nantucket Garden Club
* Opening Night Preview and Party featuring the many wonderful vendors in our Garden Marketplace !Friday, July 23, 2010
* Early Bird Garden Marketplace with continental breakfast
* The Garden Marketplace
* An early morning tour of a very special seaside garden, hosted by Stephen Orr
* A talk by Noel Kingsbury on the ‘natural garden’
* A talk by Dean Riddle on context in gardening
* A hands-on Obelisk workshop with Janice Shields of Cut It Out
* A tour of three contemporary West End gardens with marvelous views
* A garden based workshop with Noel Kingsbury, from a rabbit’s point of view
* “Know your Geophytes!”: Russell Stafford’s talk about creative ways to use bulbs
* A Monomoy Garden Tour in the late afternoon with wine and cheese
* Dinner Alfresco and talk with Russ and Marian MorashSaturday, July 24, 2010
* The Garden Marketplace
* A hands-on Trellis workshop with Janice Shields of Cut It Out
* A composting workshop with Katie Hemingway
* An interactive discussion with David Berry of Nantucket Honey Bee Co. on keeping bees
* Small group tours of island bee hives with David Berry
* Tracy DiSabato-Aust’s luncheon lecture on the Well-Designed Mixed Garden
* A garden tour focused on contrast, ending in a rarely visited garden where guests will linger over wine and cheeseChildren’s Workshops:
Friday, July 23, 2010
* Create a Garden Fairy House (Kinderclass teacher Barrie Sanders)
* Make a Garden Mobile with found items (Primary teacher Erin Dancik)Saturday, July 24, 2010
* Make a Mosaic Flower Pot (Kinderclass teacher Monika Geerling with ceramicist Nell Van Vorst)
* Birds of the Garden: stitch and adorn a colorful bird for your garden (Lighthouse School co-founder, Lizbet Carroll Fuller)
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Sunday, July 25, 7:00 pm – Thomas Jefferson, Gardener
Peter Hatch is responsible for the efforts to restore and maintain the landscaping, vegetable gardens, vineyard and orchards of Monticello in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson’s own practices. He has lectured nationally and written a number of books and articles on gardening at Monticello (see image below.) Peter will share with you his knowledge of Jefferson’s curiosity about the natural world and Jefferson’s love of science that shaped his love of nature and his experimentation with seeds and grafting. Jefferson poured part of his formidable energy into cultivating 270 varieties of fruit and 150 varieties of vegetables! Come and learn more about this Founding Father and his astonishing relevance to our natural world today. Highfield Hall in Falmouth is excited to have Peter be the keynote speaker of its Glories of the Garden season at this event on Sunday, July 25 at 7 pm, not only for his prominence in an historically important organization, but also because he has family ties to earlier Hatches of Hatchville.
A ticket for an evening with Peter Hatch is $15. Purchase your ticket online now at www.highfieldhall.org or call 508-5495-1878, x313.
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Thursday, July 22, 4:00 pm – Herbs in History: The Practice and Lore of Medicinal Botany
The Berkshire Botanical Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Road, West Stockbridge, continues its Horticulture in History series on Thursday, July 22 at 4 pm with a lecture, book sale and signing by author Judith Sumner. Beginning in prehistory, plants were known as the most reliable sources of essential medicines. Learn about traditional herbs and their many uses from ancient to modern times. Consider the best known herbal families, such as the mints and the mustards, and examine the basis for their efficacy. Traditional lore such as the Doctrine of Signatures, will provide historical context and breadth. This is an herbal adventure, spanning the medicinal botany practiced by the Greeks and Romans to the herb gardens of colonial America, herb use during wartime, herbs in the New England landscape, and modern herbal practices.
Judith Sumner is a popular lecturer for botanical and horticultural organizations, including the Arnold Arboretum, New York Botanical Garden, and Garden in the Woods. She is the author of several books including The Natural History of Medicinal Plants and American Household Botany. To register ($20), log on to www.berkshirebotanical.org, or call 413-298-3926.
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Friday, August 20 – Sunday, August 22 – In the Garden Weekend
The American Horticultural Society is once again teaming up with the Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Virginia, for the In the Garden Weekend, held August 20-22. The 12th annual event will include presentations by André Viette, nurseryman and host of the “In the Garden†radio show; Kerry Mendez, owner of Perennially Yours in upstate New York; Paul Meyer, director of the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania; Holly Shimizu, executive director of the U.S. Botanic Garden; and Forrest Lee, the Homestead’s grounds superintendent. In addition to the presentations, tours of the Homestead’s gardens, meals, and accommodations are offered as part of the weekend package. All attendees receive a free year of membership in the AHS. Visit www.ahs.org or call 703-768-5700 for additional information. To register, visit the Homestead’s website, www.thehomestead.com.
