Boston Flora

Category: Vermont

  • Thursday, August 7, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Tour of Marijke’s Perennial Garden Plus

    Are you curious about unusual and inspiring perennial plants? Join sponsor National Bank of Middlebury on August 7 at 10 am for a guided tour with Marijke, owner of Marijke’s Perennial Gardens Plus, 1299 Robert Young Road in South Starksboro, Vermont. Marijke will share her extensive knowledge on a wide range of perennials – how to grow, care for, and enjoy them in your garden. While not all plants will be blooming, you’ll have the opportunity to see mature specimens, appreciate their unique foliage, and envision their full seasonal potential.

    This tour is perfect for the passionate gardeners and nature lovers alike. Whether you’re seeking ideas, expanding your plant knowledge, or simply looking to enjoy the natural beauty of a thoughtfully curated garden, you’ll leave inspired. Visitors often describe Marijke’s Perennial Gardens Plus as “magical,” “whimsical,” “heavenly,” and “a paradise for plants, bees, birds, and wildlife.” Come and see why!

    Marijke is the proud recipient of the 2024 Environmental Awareness Award from the Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association, recognizing her commitment to sustainable gardening and environmental education.

    RSVP here. $18. For more information call Kim at 802-288-1632 or email krichards@nbmvt.com

  • Friday, March 7 – Sunday, March 9 – The Vermont Flower Show: A Story of Gardening

    Join The Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association at the 2025 Vermont Flower Show at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction, Vermont on March 7 – 9 as we celebrate and recreate gardening through the ages and discover how we as humans learn from the past as we cultivate our own gardens and plant for the future.  At this year’s show you will stroll through fields of tulips, experience an English Cottage Garden and Tea House Garden.   You will take a walk back in time through Medieval, Islamic and Victory gardens.  As we look toward spring and planning our own gardens, no matter how small or large, the 2025 Vermont Flower Show is sure to inspire your own style of gardening.  Tickets are available at https://vnlavt.org/vermont-flower-show/

  • Tuesday, January 28 – Sunday, February 2 – Laser Cutting: The Layered Laser Cut with Sarah Pike

    North Country Studio Workshops in Bennington, Vermont offers five-day intensive workshops for artists and craftspeople, in an atmosphere of discovery, energy, collaboration, and inspiration. Discover the art of laser cutting through layered imagery in this hands-on workshop. You’ll gain experience operating a laser cutter, expand your creative possibilities by fine-tuning settings, and learn insider techniques for cutting paper and wood. You’ll design three personalized projects using Inkscape: play with color in a layered paper design, craft a three-dimensional hand-colored shadow box, and transform your paper shadow box into a wooden box. While experience with programs like Photoshop or Procreate is strongly recommended, no laser-cutting experience is necessary. Instructor is Sarah Pike Application fee $60. Resident charges ($1,555) includes tuition, fees, room and board Tuesday dinner through Sunday lunch. Commuter charges ($1,255) includes tuition, fees, lunch and dinner Tuesday dinner through Sunday lunch. Register and learn more at https://ncsw.org/laser-cutting

  • Tuesday, January 28 – Sunday, February 2 – Abstracting the Land Through Photography

    North Country Studio Workshops in Bennington Vermont offers five-day intensive workshops for artists and craftspeople, in an atmosphere of discovery, energy, collaboration, and inspiration. Clay, fiber arts, printmaking, drawing, jewelry, paper and book arts, painting, sculpture, basketry, encaustic, mixed media, and photography are taught by nationally and internationally-known artists and instructors.

    Nestled in the foothills of the Green Mountains of Vermont, the classic New England campus of Bennington College provides workshop facilities, accommodations, and an inspirational setting.Expand your understanding of landscape photography to convey metaphorical, personal, and historical narratives. Learn traditional and alternative techniques such as photograms in cyanotype and lumen prints alongside digital capture. Engage in studio and outdoor sessions crafting visual stories. Lectures and critiques provide perspective and feedback. Perfect for those seeking an exploratory approach to creative landscape photography. Some photography experience helpful. Instructor Rachel Loischild is an artist, mother, educator, and Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellow in Photography. Holding an MFA from Pratt Institute, her work has been shown at galleries and museums including  the Danforth and the Newport Art Museum, and the Jounju Photo Festival in Korea. Her work is held in numerous collections.

    • Application Fee: $60.00
    • Residents: $1,555.00
      (Tuition, Fees, Room & Board Tuesday dinner through Sunday lunch)
    • Commuters: $1,255.00
      (Tuition, Fees, Lunch and Dinner Tuesday dinner through Sunday lunch)

    Click here for a list of supplies that you will need to bring for this workshop. Register at https://ncsw.org/photography

  • Saturday, July 15, 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm – 4th Annual Barn and Garden Tour

    The Rotary of the Deerfield Valley is hosting their 4th  Annual Tour. Enjoy a beautiful afternoon visiting a variety of barns and gardens in the Deerfield Valley, both historic and new. There will be a variety of food trucks, local artists who will be showing/selling their works and live musicians will be entertaining you too. Who doesn’t love a beautiful or historic Vermont Barn and country gardens? We are keeping our special barns and gardens a secret so you can enjoy the surprise that day. Tickets are limited, and available on Eventbrite and at the chamber of commerce in Wilmington, open 10am-4pm daily. Don’t miss your opportunity to join us for a fabulous event to raise money to benefit the Valley. Visit https://rotarydfv.org/event/barn-tour-2023/ to buy your tickets. $35.

    You can visit all or some of the locations in any order you would like. Snow Republic Brewing Company will be offering a free beer to ticket holders that day.

  • Saturday, July 15, 9:45 am – 4:00 pm – The Mountain Garden Walks Tour

    The Mountain Garden Walks tour for July 2023 features six lovely Vermont gardens, all beautifully integrated into their unique properties and scaled to fit the landscapes.  The tour offers a variety of size of properties: two are large with extensive perennial gardens, brooks and ponds with meadow and mountain vistas, while another features small gardens closely surrounding a charming, old country house.  Stone walls and terraces as well as evergreen tree lines provide unique backdrops for these wonderful gardens.  

    Some of the gardens are the personal designs of the owners, reflecting their own character, although others are carefully maintained professional designs.  Three of the gardens are within walking distance of each other in the lovely Landgrove Valley, and the other two are only a short drive away.  Our tour booklet will include a brief history of the valley and its early inhabitants.  This tour will offer inspiration and beauty to both the avid gardener and the viewer simply out for a summer stroll. 

    Garden tours in the “mountain towns” have a special setting with vistas of Bromley, Stratton and Magic (Glebe) mountains from every property. Gardens build on these vistas, each one presenting a unique and inviting landscape of stone walls, woodlands, perennials and wildflower gardens. ​All proceeds go to Green Mountain Gardeners Lib Thieme Scholarship Fund. $30. Tickets are available online through Eventbrite by clicking HERE.

  • Saturday, July 8 & Sunday, July 9, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Westminster Garden Tour

    Westminster Cares is proud to announce the details of our 20th anniversary Westminster (Vermont) Garden Tour. The Tour Dates are Saturday July 8th and Sunday July 9th. Gardens will be open from10 am till 3 pm.

    Gordon and Mary Hayward’s Westminster West gardens will once again highlight the Westminster Cares Garden Tour. Gordon and Mary helped start the tour in 2003, after a successful garden tour for the Yellow Barn Music Festival.

    Tickets are $16 or $30 for two and are good for both days of the tour. Tickets are available here.

    ​The Westminster Center School garden, a working cut-flower farm and one other private garden in addition to the Haywards’ will be on the tour. Several special programs are planned throughout the weekend. On Saturday there will be a puppet show by Sandglass Theater; and a garden design “Talk and Walk” with Julie Moir-Messervy. On Sunday there will also be a bee-keeping workshop. Entry to these special events is included with your ticket.

  • Saturday, June 26, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Tour of Bill Noble’s Vermont Garden

    Author and garden designer Bill Noble will lead participants on a June 26 Berkshire Botanical Garden tour of his celebrated Vermont garden, which surrounds an 1830s Vermont farmhouse and barn, with stone walls, fields and views of neighboring farms and distant mountains. The garden reflects Bill’s horticultural path from market gardener to garden designer. The garden features a bountiful perennial garden, vegetable garden and orchard, rock gardens and shrub borders, surrounded by fields and meadows. The focal point is a mixed border of shrubs and hardy perennials, while remnants of barn foundations offer a setting for alpines, ferns, ornamental grasses and shrubs. Foliage and texture predominate. The garden is an ongoing experiment with plants and ideas gathered from other gardens and gardeners. It is the subject of Noble’s book, Spirit of Place: The Making of a New England Garden, published in June, 2020 by Timber Press. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase. Refreshments will be provided on-site. Participants are responsible for their own transportation and will receive the address upon registration. BBG members $65, nonmembers $70. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/tour-bill-noble%E2%80%99s-vermont-garden

  • Saturday, June 15, 6:45 pm – Vermont’s Contribution to New England’s Rare Flora

    The New England Botanical Club is sponsoring an Away Weekend in Vermont June 14 – 16, and on Saturday, June 15, welcomes Bob Popp of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, a botanist from Barre, Vermont, speaking on Vermont’s Contribution to New England’s Rare Flora. Bob’s talk will focus on the rare plants in the Champlain Valley. The lecture will be held at the Vermont Grange Center, 308 West Street in Brookfield, Vermont. Several workshops and field trips are planned for the weekend. The registration fee will cover accommodations at the Center, plus meals and activities. Reduced student rates and scholarships are available. For more information contact Matthew Charpentier at mpcharpentier93@gmail.com.

    Registration deadline is June 7. The complete weekend program schedule is available at http://www.rhodora.org/meetings/notices/June2019-Away-Vermont-Schedule.pdf

  • Friday, April 12, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, and Saturday, April 13, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm – The 15th Annual Great Gardens Symposium

    Friday, April 12, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, and Saturday, April 13, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm – The 15th Annual Great Gardens Symposium

    The premier Great Gardens Symposium takes place on Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13, 2019, at the magnificent, world-class Woodstock Inn and Resort in Woodstock, Vermont. The symposium features:

    Five info-packed lectures led by nationally and regionally renowned professionals in their fields

    A Gardeners Marketplace with plant vendors, artisans, gardening gifts and products

    An exquisite setting – The Inn is cherished for its preservation of New England history, heritage, and elegance as well as farm-fresh food and an emphasis on conservation

    Terrific handouts, door prizes and garden gifts for everyone

    Special overnight room rates for symposium attendees at The Woodstock Inn and Resort

    An opportunity to connect with hundreds of gardeners from around the Northeast and beyond

    The 2019 symposium is sure to be another sellout like past symposiums! Friday’s Pre-Symposium program from 1 – 4 with Kerry Ann Mendez is $55, and Saturday’s 8 – 4 day, with presenters Matthew Benson, Annie White, Warren Leach, and Kerry Ann Mendez, is $98. Full descriptions of the lectures and registration may be found at https://pyours.com/symposium/

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