Boston Flora

Category: Movie Recommendations

  • Saturday, October 15, 3:30 pm – Mardi & The Whites Screening

    Native Plant Trust, the nation’s first plant conservation organization and the only one solely focused on New England’s native plants, is pleased to announce that it will screen the documentary Mardi & the Whites on Saturday, October 15, at 3:30 pm at Garden in the Woods in Framingham.  A film made and directed by Paula Champagne, featuring Dorchester resident Mardi Fuller, Mardi & the Whites chronicles the deep relationship that outdoorswoman Mardi Fuller has built with New Hampshire’s White Mountains, which has also been complicated by the overwhelmingly white hiking and outdoors community.  

    Mardi says that she is “thrilled to share my experiences as a Black outdoorswoman with this audience, at such an iconic local garden venue, and in partnership with Native Plant Trust, an organization committed to land stewardship and community education. My hope is that my story will shed light on patterns of exclusion in outdoor institutions and lead audience members to consider ways they might participate in the movement to improve access to nature for marginalized groups. I’m looking forward to a meaningful conversation and I know I will be inspired by the setting.” 

    The screening will be followed by a conversation and reception with Mardi, and attendees are welcome to arrive early at Garden in the Woods and enjoy a stroll through the garden before the program. To register for this event, please visit www.NativePlantTrust.org.  Garden in the Woods is located at 180 Hemenway Road in Framingham, Massachusetts.

  • On View at the Museum of Science: Ancient Caves

    Explore some of the world’s most remote and beautiful caves with Ancient Caves, a new film designed for the IMAX® Dome screen. Science and adventure mix as the film shows scientists looking to better understand Earth’s climate history by studying ancient cave formations in the world’s most hidden realms. The film is on view now at the Museum of Science in Boston.

    Meet paleoclimatologist Dr. Gina Moseley on a mission to unlock the secrets of the Earth’s climate in the most unlikely of places: caves. Until recently, scientists had no reliable way to accurately study the climate of Earth’s distant past. Moseley and her team of cave explorers travel the world exploring vast underground worlds in search of stalagmite samples — geologic “fingerprints”— that reveal clues about the planet’s climate history. Their quest leads them to some of the world’s most remote caves, both above and below the water, in France, Iceland, the Bahamas, the United States, and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, where they study how rapidly Earth’s climate can change, and how it has affected human civilization. Together, they go where very few humans will ever go, revealing the incredible lengths scientists will go to study the unknown.

    Ancient Caves is directed by Emmy Award®-winning underwater cinematographer and New England native Jonathan Bird, and is narrated by Emmy Award®-winning actor Bryan Cranston.

    Ancient Caves is an Oceanic Research Group Films production produced with support from the Giant Dome Theater Consortium and presented by MacGillivray Freeman Films. Oceanic Research Group, Inc. is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to the conservation of the oceans through education. It primarily produces educational content aimed at students and teachers. Founded in 1990 with a series of marine science films specifically for use in the classroom, the company has expanded into teacher education, scholarships and the Emmy Award®-winning marine science program Jonathan Bird’s Blue World, which began on public television and transitioned to YouTube in 2012. Ancient Caves is Bird’s first film for exhibition in IMAX®and giant screen theaters. www.oceanicresearch.orgwww.blueworldTV.com

    To reserve tickets, visit https://www.mos.org/explore/omni/ancient-caves

  • Tuesday, September 6, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Documentary Club: Eating Our Way to Extinction

    Join the Boston Public Library Documentary Club as we screen the film Eating Our Way to Extinction. This film, narrated by actress Kate Winslet, explores the connections between the food industry and climate change. Starring globally renowned figures and the world’s leading scientists, the movie will take you on a journey – a powerful cinematic feature documentary that opens the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about. Alarming and entertaining, this compelling feature documentary will make you never look at your food or the food industry in the same way again. The film will be screened at the beautiful contemporary Mattapan Public Library Branch, 1350 Blue Hill Avenue. Registration required. Register for event

  • Thursday, June 16, 7:30 pm – Woods Hole Film Festival: Bruce & Alvin

    On the third Thursday of every month this summer, join the Museum of Science and the Woods Hole Film Festival in the Mugar Omni Theater for a lineup of independent film screenings amplifying inspiring and vital stories of climate change from some of today’s most visionary documentary filmmakers. First up on June 16 is Bruce & Alvin by Josh Seftel.

    A short documentary (24 minutes) about the history and future of Alvin, one of the world’s only remaining publicly-funded manned submersibles, as told through the eyes of long-time Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution pilot Bruce Strickrott. We learn about the inspiration for this unlikely hero of the sea whose capacity to help us to see the deepest parts of the world’s oceans in person has led to discoveries that were once considered to be impossible.

    As a pilot and program manager, Bruce views his job as one that allows him to change lives by taking scientists to the ocean depths. As one of a handful of people on Earth who operates this vehicle, Bruce is aware of the importance of what he does and of the need to pass on this knowledge to future generations to support science and discovery.

    Panel conversation and Q&A with creative team to follow screening.

    This screening is part of  WHOI’s DISPATCHES FROM AN OCEAN PLANET series presented by the Yawkey Foundation. $15. Buy tickets HERE.

  • The National Trust’s School of Gardening: Caring for Hedges

    Hidcote is an Arts and Crafts-inspired garden with intricately designed outdoor spaces in the rolling Cotswold hills.
    The garden is divided into a series of outdoor rooms, each with its own character. The formality of these rooms melts away as you move through the garden away from the house. An integral aspect of the design as laid out by the American, Major Lawrence Johnston in the early 1900s was the use of hedges to separate spaces. Visit Hidcote on video with Rebecca Bevan to learn hedge care from the experts. The five minute video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCuT_Cx_dao

  • Behind the Scenes at Greys Court Woodland, Online

    In this National Trusts video, you’ll meet Leo Jennings, Area Ranger at Greys Court near Henley in Oxfordshire. You’ll learn more about how and why the Trust fells trees, and how it benefits nature in the surrounding area. You’ll also get an insight into all the different jobs rangers do at the National Trust: from managing habitats to helping out the house team now and again. Join Leo as he explains how the Greys Court rangers have been using wood from the estate to create a boardwalk, which will open up new areas for visitors to explore, and improve accessibility for those who find it tricky to navigate the muddier areas of the woodland. You’ll also hear from volunteers about the work they’re doing to help out on the project. We protect and care for places so people and nature can thrive. Everyone can get involved, everyone can make a difference. Nature, beauty, history. For everyone, for ever. The five minute YouTube video may be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTtGljPbkPY

  • Tulip Planting with The National Trust, Online

    Find out how to plant tulip bulbs in mid to late autumn to create vibrant displays of spring color
    In the latest gardening video from the Trust, Rebecca Bevan, author of The National Trust School of Gardening, heads to Dyrham Park in Gloucestershire for a tulip planting masterclass. Watch the free six minute video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa7v_Z0kElg

    The National Trust School of Gardening is a book packed full of tips, ideas, guides and illustrations inspired by Trust properties.  It has all the information you need to transform your own garden or growing space and is suitable for both new and experienced gardeners.

  • On Line: Effects of Climate Change at Mount Stewart

    Overlooking Strangford Lough in County Down, Mount Stewart is affected by climate change in many ways 
    Rising sea levels threaten to damage wildlife-rich mudflats on the shores of the lough and destroy islands that provide habitats for seabirds and seals. The sea plantation, which protects the house and gardens against the damaging effects of storms and saltwater, is also being eroded.  Watch this YouTube five minute video produced by the National Trust to find out what the Trust is doing to make this precious landscape more resilient.  The link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1PavzuTuHY

  • How to Prune Wisteria, Online with The National Trust

    Try your hand at growing and caring for wisteria. One of the great treats of late spring and early summer is the spectacular blooming and sweet smell of wisteria. Wisteria is a gorgeous plant but it needs to be pruned twice a year to keep it looking its best. In this free, short video, National Trust gardener Andy Darragh shows Rebecca Bevan, the author of The National Trust School of Gardening, how he cares for the wisteria at Fenton House in London.  Access the video on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kaSSu2NAU8

  • National Trust School of Gardening : How to Plant in a No Dig Garden, Online

    Welcome to the second episode of the National Trust’s new series of gardening films on YouTube. Join Rebecca Bevan, gardening expert and author of The National Trust School of Gardening, as she finds out about planting and growing from Nick Fraser who manages the veg plot at Nunnington Hall in Yorkshire. Nick shares his top tips for planting onions and broad beans and talks about how his approach to gardening is underpinned by organic principles. The five minute film may be viewed by clicking HERE. Transform your garden this spring with more tips from our gardeners by visiting our website http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk​, or buy The National Trust School of Gardening book from our online shop. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/shop​ We protect and care for places so people and nature can thrive. Everyone can get involved, everyone can make a difference. Nature, beauty, history. For everyone, for ever.