Shaun Montminy, New England Carnivorous Plant Society Membership Secretary, will give a presentation of his visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden and California Carnivores on Saturday, February 13, beginning at 12:30 pm at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center. For more information, log on to www.necps.org.
Category: Meeting
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Thursday, February 25, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm – ELA Annual Conference and Marketplace
The Ecological Landscaping Association will hold its Annual Conference and Marketplace on Thursday, February 25, beginning at 8:00 am at the MassMutual Center, 1277 Main Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Learn how to maximize biological potential, minimize environmental impacts, and obtain spectacular results. Sessions will focus on water use, landscape design, and practical skills. You may also visit the Eco-Marketplace. Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia’s Garden, will share his design approach to sustainable landscaping. There will also be a Keynote Dinner at 6:45 PM. For admission data, contact www.ecolandscaping.org, telephone 617-436-5838, or email elawebmaster@verizon.net.
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Monday, February 22, 10:00 am – At Home With Orchids
The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts presents a Horticulture Morning on Monday, February 22, beginning at 10 a.m. at The Espousal Center, 554 Lexington Street, North Waltham, Massachusetts (off Route I-95/128, Exit 27A Totten Pond Road). Rita DeLollis, orchid enthusiast and organic gardener, will present At Home with Orchids: Tips for Successful Growing and Use in Designs. A donation of $5, payable at the door, is suggested. To call for information on cancellations due to snow or storm, call 781-391-0261. You may also contact Betsy Williams (betsy@betsywilliams.com) or Rita DeLollis (rdelollis@aol.com) for more information on Horticulture Mornings.
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Friday, March 19 – Sunday, March 21 – Rock Gardens of the Future
Join the North American Rock Garden Society March 19 – March 21 in Devens, Massachusetts, to hear about terrific new plants for your garden. Learn design principles you can use to make your garden more interesting and pleasing. Buy great plants, and enter a plant show. Mingle with other obsessed gardeners. Devens, Massachusetts is the new town on the site of the former Fort Devens, 30 miles west of Boston (who knew?).
Featured speakers include Gordon Hayward, author and garden designer, on the uses of stone in the garden, Jan Sacks and Marty Schafer, proprietors of Joe Pye Weed’s garden, on small irises, Lauren Springer Ogden and Scott Ogden, authors and garden designers, on plant-driven garden design, Bill Cullina, author and plant and garden curator, from Coastal maine Botanical Garden, on trilliums, Darrell Probst, horticuturist and plant breeder, giving two talks, one on new introductions of astilbes, coreopsis and more, and the other on epimediums from the wilds to the garden, Sally and John Perkins, rhododendron experts, on ericaceous plants for the rock garden, and Jeff Good, landscape director of The Fells in Newbury, New Hampshire, on design and restoration of the rock gardens at The Fells.
You’ll also choose two of these three design workshops:Â Discussing the Design Process with the Ogdens, Propagation of Trilliums with Bill Cullina, or Sturdy, Reliable Plants for the Rock Garden with Mike Slater, NARGS Recording Secretary.
In addition to many vendors selling great plants, there will be a plant who, and newcomers as well as experienced plant show participants are encouraged to enter. For further information, contact Registrar Vivien Bouffard (vbouffard55@msn.com) or Chair Rosemary Monahan (rosemonahan@comcast.net), or call 978-568-1780.
The meeting will be held at the Marriott Spring Hill Suites/Devens Common Center in Devens. For rooms, register directly with the hotel: 1-888-287-9400, or on line at www.marriott.com. Be sure to mention that you’re registering as part of the block reserved for the New England Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society. Conference rates are $119 plus tax, and hotel reservations must be made by February 18.
You may register for the conference on line at www.nargs.org, or contact Vivien or Rosemary as noted above to receive a written form. Fee for attending is $250 if received by February 1, and $275 thereafter. There is also an optional Friday dinner for $45.
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Saturday, February 6, 5:00 – 9:00 pm – Earth Dinner
The First Parish Church, 3 Church Street in Cambridge will host an Earth Dinner potluck on Saturday, February 6, from 5 – 9 pm, which will feature local foods, with a Slow Foods Boston representative, local farmers, and food producers discussing the local food movement. For more information, log on to www.slowfoodboston.com, or call the church at 617-876-7772.
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Tuesday, February 9, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Tea at the Mandarin Oriental
The Garden Club of the Back Bay thanks its many volunteers at the annual winter Tea, this year to be held at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Boylston Street in Boston. Save Tuesday, February 9, from 3 – 5 pm. Details will be mailed to the membership soon.
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Wednesday, January 20, 5:00 pm – Esplanade 2020: Speaking Up, Being Heard
The Esplanade Association and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation invite you to Esplanade 2020: Crafting a Vision for the Esplanade’s Future. This community input session will be held Wednesday, January 20, in the McKim Conference Room B at the Boston Public Library on Boylston Street, beginning at 5 pm. From 5 – 6, learn the history of the Esplanade from Karl Haglund, historian and DCR Project Manager for the New Charles River Basin. From 6 – 8, there will be a community input session, which will be comprised of (1) a group input exercise, (2) a breakout session, with participants discussing particular park issues and ideas, and (3) a series of summary reports from the breakout groups back to the general assembly of participants. At 8 there will be a reception. The Esplanade Association will moderate the exercise, record the ideas offered by participants, and use this information as the foundation for a ten-year vision of Esplanade 2020. For more information, log on to www.esplanadeassociation.org, or contact Chris Murton at 617-227-0365, or email cmurton@esplanadeassociation.org.
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Wednesday, January 13, 4:00 – 6:15 pm – Greenway Leadership Council Meeting
Many of you saw an informative report by Emily Rooney on WGBH’s Greater Boston, discussing the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy’s planned demolition of a beautifully planted section of the Rose Kennedy Greenway in order to construct a building and an ice rink. Click HERE to see the spot if you missed it the first time around. The issue will be discussed at a meeting, open to the public, on Wednesday, January 13 beginning at 4:00 pm at 185 Kneeland Street, in the 1st floor conference room. Please make every effort to attend, ask questions, and make your feelings known to the Conservancy Board. There are serious issues raised when an organization funded by our tax dollars acts unilaterally without proper hearings and feedback from the public.
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Wednesday, January 13, 10:00 am – Community Supported Agriculture
Join members of The Garden Club of the Back Bay on Wednesday, January 13 beginning at 10:00 am at The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue, for a January meeting featuring Chris Kurth of Siena Farms in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Over the last 20 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. Here are the basics: a farmer offers a certain number of “shares” to the public. Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm products may be included. Interested consumers purchase a share (a/k/a a “membership” or a “subscription”) and in return receive a box (bag, basket) of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season. This arrangements creates several rewards for both the farmer and the consumer, and Chris will detail how this grass roots movement has had a profound impact on how we eat. Many of our members know Chris from The Farmer’s Market on Copley Square, where his beautiful produce is always in high demand. He supplies a number of Boston’s best restaurants as well. If you are a GCBB member, you will receive, or may already have received, a written notice of the meeting. If not, please rsvp to info@bostonflora.com. There is no charge for the meeting, but there will be an optional lunch at the Club following the talk, which will cost $20, and reservations are essential.
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Wednesday, January 13 – Friday, January 15 – AG Connect 2010 Expo
A trip to AG Connect Expo will take you to the forefront of the world’s agriculture markets. See the newest innovations, hear industry experts, learn proven practices from around the world. The Expo will take place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida from January 13 – January 15. You may register in advance at www.agconnect.com and save 30% on registration fees. Advocating for Agriculture Awards which will be given are Ag Woman of the Year, Innovation Award, and the Community Leadership Ag Award. On Thursday, January 14, there will be a networking night at Universal’s Islands of Adventure. This event happens only once every two years, so pass the word along and consider a trip to sunny Florida during the dark, cold days of January.
