Capture the summer splendor of the Peabody Essex Museum’s Essex Federal Garden and surrounding historic houses in your choice of media – colored pencil, pastel, or watercolor. This outdoor workshop is led by Jim Chisholm, artist and educator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and is suitable for all skill levels. 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., Essex Federal Garden (behind the Phillips Library). Rain date Saturday, July 26. Please reserve no later that July 17. Members $75, non-members $90. To reserve, call 978-745-9500, ext. 3011, or visit www.pem.org

If you’re on the Cape, plan to attend the Enchanted Gardens Tour in Cotuit to benefit Heritage Museums & Gardens. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. An optional lunch is planned at Willowbend Country Club. Tickets with lunch are $70 for members and $75 for non-members. Tickets for the tour are $35 for members, $40 for non-members. Call 508-888-3000, ext. 11, or email ahoxie@heritagemuseums.org, for more information.

Tour private gardens to benefit the Thornton W. Burgess Society, from 11 a.m. through 3 p.m. Rain Date July 18. Tickets are $15. For more information call 508-888-6870, or log on to www.thorntonburgess.org .

The Greenfield Garden Club is sponsoring a tour of ten gardens, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tickets are $12. Call 413-648-5227, or log on to www.greenfieldgardenclub.org for more information.

Tour multiple gardens in Scituate, Norwell and Cohasset, presented by the South Church Natural Science Center in Norwell. 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Advance tickets are $18 for members and $20 for nonmembers. Day of tour price $25. Call 781-659-2559 for more information.

If you are near Stockbridge on Monday, July 7, July 14, July 21, or July 28, plan to take an audio tour of the eight acres of gardens at historic Naumkeag, presented by the Trustees of Reservations. The tour will take approximately one hour, and directions and information can be obtained by going to their web site, www.thetrustees.org.

Tour eight gardens in Pelham, Sunderland and Amherst with two of the gardens situated along the Connecticut River. 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Amherst Historical Society & Museum, tickets are $15 for members, $20 for non-members. Call 413-256-9152, or log on to www.amhersthistory.org.

This tour at the Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury will be led by Suzy Zell, and highlights the magnolias in the collection. The talk begins at 10 a.m. and there is a $5 admission charge for non-members. For more information call 508-693-9425.

Guided walk of the gardens in North Andover sponsored by the Trustees of Reservations, from 6 – 8 p.m. Admission is $5, free for members. For more information, visit http://www.thetrustees.org.

Self guided tour of over 30 gardens in Somerville, sponsored by the Somerville Garden Club. Noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are $12. For information, log on to http://www.somervillegardenclub.com or call 617-320-2801.