Attend a spectacular show featuring a grand display of America’s most popular houseplants. Workshops on African violet care and propagation will be combined with guided tours of the show. African violet plants and supplies will be offered for sale. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, MA. Saturday 12 noon to 5:00 pm, Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free with admission to Tower Hill. For more information log on to www.towerhillbg.org.
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Wednesday, April 29, 10:00 a.m. – American Women Landscape Designers
Title: American Women Landscape Designers
Location: The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Ave.
Description: Nancy Hubert will survey a number of designers, including Rose Nichols, Julie Messervy, Marian Presley, and Carol Kostial Maguire. Postponed from earlier date.
Start Time: 10:00
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April 7 Garden Club of the Back Bay Meeting Postponed
Our scheduled speaker, Nancy Hubert, will be out of the country on the date of our meeting on American Women Landscape Designers. If we are able to reschedule for later in the Spring, notices will be sent and posted here. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and hope to see all of you on April 16 at The Country Club at the Boston Committee Spring Meeting.
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Stella Trafford, 1912-2009, Past President and Founding Member
With great sorrow we report the passing of Stella Trafford on Friday, March 14. Stella’s many accomplishments may be found on the website of The Boston Globe, www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/17/city_loses_tireless_guardian_of_its_most_treasured_spaces/. A memorial service is planned and the date and time will appear on the web site of The Garden Club of the Back Bay as soon as it is announced.
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Friday, April 3 – Sunday, April 5, 10 – 4 – Spring Orchid Sale
Hundreds of orchid plants are for sale at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses, Waltham, Massachusetts, including many hard to find varieties. Among the varieties on display and for sale: cattleyas, laelias, paphiopedilums, and phalaenopsis. Both species and hybrid plants are available in bud or blooming. Free admission. Call 781-891-4882, ext. 244 for more information and directions.
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Saturday, May 2 – Sunday, May 3 – Daffodil & Primrose Shows
See beautiful displays of daffodils and primroses of every kind imaginable, including lovely flower arrangements. Tour Tower Hill’s amazing daffodil collection on Sunday at 3 pm. Vendors will be selling choice plants and gardening products. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, Massachusetts. For more information, log on to www.towerhillbg.org.
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Tuesday, March 19, 6-8 – Georges Island Initiatives, An Improved and Greener Island
The DCR and the Boston Harbor Island Alliance will present design plans for improvements to Georges Island, scheduled to take place between spring of 2009 and summer of 2010. The program is free, open to the public, and will take place in the Ballroom, Entrance Level, of the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel, beginning at 6 pm on Thursday, March 19. For additional information, call 617-626-4974.
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Sunday, March 29, 10-5 – Tower Hill Spring Open House
It’s Tower Hill’s 24th birthday. Enjoy free admission all day and learn about year-round activities and education at Tower Hill. There will be a concert by the U.S. Airforce Band. For more information, log on to www.towerhillbg.org.
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April, 2009 – National Grange Month
Since 1867 the Grange has given members the opportunity to become leaders and to make a positive difference in their respective communities. Millions of Americans in thousands of communities have reaped the rewards of having a local Grange providing educational opportunities, community service projects, and legislative influence. During the 142nd year of service the Grange continues to advocate on behalf of traditional American values and aids in keeping the family structure strong by bringing the entire family together in one organization. Edward Luttrell, President of the National Grange, has proclaimed April as Grange Month across the nation, and new members are encouraged. For information on a Grange near you, log on to www.nationalgrange.org.
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Saturday, March 14, 1 pm – Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd: Our Life in Gardens
Join renowned garden designers Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd for an entertaining, fascinating, and highly personal account of over 30 years of experience in the making of North Hill, which garden historian Mac Griswold has called one of the ten best private gardens in North America. This lecture is both a biography of a mature garden and the autobiography of a relationship, but it also includes valuable information on garden design and on the cultivation of rare and unusual plants. The lecture will be followed by a book signing of their third and unexpectedly moving latest book written together, Our Life in Gardens, which contains much sound information about plants and garden design. There are sections about particular plants – roses and lilacs, snowdrops and cyclamen, and vegetables. There are also chapters on the development of their garden over time and the dark issue that weighs more and more on the authors: its eventual decline and demise. Tower Hill Members $9, Non-Members $10. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.