You are invited to a free one-hour informational seminar about protecting historic buildings. Preserving an historic structure could benefit the Back Bay and may result in a tax deduction. Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston. Register today by calling Mory Bahar, a representative of the Trust for Architectural Easements, at 978-352-5615, or by sending an email to mbahar@architecturaltrust.org. For more information, log on to www.architecturaltrust.org.
Category: Meeting
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Monday, April 27, 10:30 – 2:00 – Metro East/Metro West Joint Annual District Meeting and Luncheon at Elm Bank
Come to Elm Bank for the Annual Metro East/Metro West District Meeting. Roxanne Randall and Joan Kiley will present “Less is More: Container Gardening. These two talented ladies from Needham will demonstrate how to create beautiful, unusual container arrangements with an emphasis on economy. They will offer plenty of container gardening information and advice, interesting container ideas, and suggestions for using containers, with Yankee frugality thrown in. This program will appeal to any gardener who wants to plant a small space, hide those places where nothing seems to grow, or just spruce up the front steps. Their lively banter and humor will make for a delightful program. Registration starts at 10:30. Coffee, fruit and cheese during registration. Luncheon with a selection of sandwiches, salad, and assorted desserts will follow. There will be a raffle and the presentation of Unsung Heroes Awards. Reservations due by April 20. Send $25 check made payable to GCFM to Wilma Wetterstrom, 9 Glenley Terrace, Brighton, MA 02135. For more information call Wilma at 617-787-9844, or email wetterst@fas.harvard.edu.
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Thursday, April 2, 7-9:30 pm – 50 Favorite Plants with Tracy DiSabato-Aust
Tracy DiSabato-Aust has taught thousands of readers how to design and maintain their gardens. Her first book, The Well-Tended Perennial Garden, is widely considered the bible for perennial maintenance. Now with 50 Favorite Plants for High-Impact Gardens, Tracy presents 50 show stopping plants that are easy to grow. Each has passed Tracy’s test for toughness, beauty, and durability, chosen after years of studying how to make beautiful outdoor spaces with a minimum of maintenance. Tracy’s books will be available for purchase and signing. $15. Newton South High School, 140 Brandeis Road, Newton, MA.
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Saturday, April 18, 2-3:30 pm – Julie Moir Messervy Lecture
Julie Moir Messervy, author of Outside the Not So Big House and known for her design of the award winning Toronto Music Garden, will show gardens that engender spirituality and reveal how spirituality can inform garden design. Trinity Church, 206 Clarendon Street, Copley Square. Call 617-536-0944 for more information. Co-sponsored by the Arnold Arboretum. $20 Parishioners/Arboretum Members, $25 general public.
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Tuesday, April 7, 10 a.m.- American Women Landscape Designers
The April meeting of the Garden Club of the Back Bay will be held at The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue, beginning at 10 a.m. Nancy Hubert will speak on American Women Landscape Designers: Pioneers in a New Profession. Nancy will survey a number of designers, including Rose Nichols, whose home in Boston is open to the public and who was the author of two importants early books on gardens. An optional lunch at the Club will follow the meeting ($19). Notices will be mailed to Club members. For more information, contact the Garden Club through the Contact link at the top of the page.
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Monday, April 27, 10:30-noon – Flower Power: Big Impact, Little Effort
Rebecca Cole’s New York floral, garden, and interior design store is creative, hip, and stylish. Her arrangements make fresh, bold statements about modern living. Join her at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for this floral demonstration and illustrated lecture for $35, and/or stay for her hands-on master class in flower arranging from 1:30 – 3:30 (class limited to 25, $200 charge). For tickets log on to www.mfa.org/tickets, or call 617-369-3306.
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Sunday, April 26, 10:30 – noon – In the Company of Flowers
For the last twenty years, Ron Morgan has dazzled lecture and garden club audiences through his imaginative use of flowers, fruits, vegetables, and unusual items in creative arrangements. Hear him give a floral demonstration and illustrated lecture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, for $35, and if you’re interested in further study, attend his Master Class in the afternoon from 1:30 – 3:30 for hands-on instruction. The Master Class is limited to 25, and costs $200. For tickets, log on to www.mfa.org/tickets or call 617-369-3306.
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Saturday, April 25, 10:30 – noon- Fashionable Flowers
Meredith Waga Perez honed her aesthetic sensibilities in haute couture. Using her love of texture, color, and design, she opened Belle Fleur, a Manhattan floral and event design firm. She will give a floral demonstration and illustrated lecture at the Museum of Fine Arts. Tickets $35 each may be ordered on line at www.mfa.org/tickets, or call 617-369-3306.
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Saturday, April 18 – Massachusetts Organic Gardening Workshop Day
NOFA/Mass presents our second annual Statewide Spring Organic Gardening Day. On April 18, there will be organic gardening workshops in every region of the state. Growing our own food is an excellent way to save money, lessen our carbon footprint, improve our health, and connect with neighbors and nature. Isn’t now a good time to learn skills that will help you plant a garden and make it productive throughout the year? Topics will include starting garden beds, seed starting, organic soil fertility, organic soil amendments, mulches and cover crops, weeds, disease and pests, what to plant when, crop spacing, and succession cropping. These workshops are all being led by experienced gardening educators, and they are intended to meet the tremendous resurgence of energy and action for backyard and community gardening. Workshops will be held in Mattapan, South Natick, Newbury, Middleborough, Cohasset, Worcester, Barre, Winchendon Springs, West Springfield, Wendell, Chesterfield, Sheffield, and Pittsfield. Register online at www.nofamass.org/programs/practicalskills/workshopday.php. For more information contact Ben Grosscup at ben.grosscup@nofamass.org.
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Sunday, March 22, 1 pm – Tovah Martin, Nature in Your Home: Houseplants, Terrariums & You!
If you’ve always yearned to host houseplants, but failed – this lecture will come to the rescue. Selecting low-maintenance houseplants such as succulents that are in synch with a hectic lifestyle is one solution. But another avenue is crystal clear: glass can serve as a solution to bond botany and you. With the aid of a terrarium, you can host nature almost anywhere – in your parched apartment or your dim cubicle. Plus, terrariums introduce beauty, whimsy, sophistication, and sparkle into indoor gardening. From vases to Wardian cases, including cloches and apothecary jars, we’ll demonstrate precisely how to work with glass enclosures of all types to incorporate green into your life, no matter how busy your schedule might be. Tovah Martin is the author of an upcoming book entitled “The New Terrarium.†$9 members, $10 non members. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, MA. For more information, and to register, log on to www.towerhillbg.org.