Ride the M/V Culebra to Rainsford Island, nestled between Long and Peddocks islands, on The Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands cruise-expedition on Saturday, June 6. The boat departs from Rowes Wharf Water Transport, 60 Rowes Wharf, at 10 a.m. and returns at 2 p.m., rain or shine. Friends volunteers lead guided tours, or you may explore on your own, but be sure to pack a picnic. There is no food or drink on the boat or on the island. This trip offers rare access to the 11-acre island. There are ruins left from two centuries of institutional use: quarantine hospital, poorhouse. Space is limited. Advance paid registration recommended. Available tickets will be sold from 9 a.m. on a first come, first served basis, cash only. Adults $28, Seniors $25, Children 4-12 $18, Babies under age 3 free. For more information, visit www.fbhi.org, email info@fbhi.org, or call 781-740-4290.
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Saturday, June 20, 10 – 4 – South End Garden Tour
Roof decks, patio spaces, backyards, neighborhood parks and community gardens will be part of the 16th annual South End Garden Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds benefit the South End/Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust, which owns and maintains 16 community gardens. Tickets, $20, will be sold at the South End Branch of the Boston Public Library, 685 Tremont Street (Rutland Square). Advance tickets, $17, and information at (617) 437-0999 and southendgardentour.org. This year, there is a special ticket price to members of area garden clubs. If you purchase 5 tickets or more, the price drops to $15 per person. This is called the “carpool discount” – just mention your affiliation with the Garden Club of the Back Bay when you call to reserve.
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Friday, June 19 – Sunday, June 21 – Rose Weekend
Rose Weekend has been held annually for more than a century in Hartford, Connecticut’s Elizabeth Park, the nation’s oldest municipal rose garden. It is a two and one half acre garden which has about 800 varieties of roses that amount to 15,000 plants . Rambling roses cover arched walkways in the garden and the beds are filled with roses of every shape and color. Along the border, fences of climbing and shrub roses provide a colorful background for the bedding plants. The Rose Garden is one of only 22 public All America Test Gardens in the country. This test program evaluates new roses before they are introduced to the general public. While the main rose garden shows off the more modern roses, the Heritage Rose Garden is the home to more historical varieties. A number of unusual and interesting roses are found here. During its peak bloom time of early to mid June, it is the most fragrant place to be in the park.For more information, call 860-231-9443, or log on to www.elizabethpark.org.
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Saturday, June 6, 10 – 1 – Volunteer Day in Olmsted Park Woodlands
To help ensure the health and the future of Olmsted Park’s Woodlands From Spring to Fall the Emerald Necklace Conservancy offers regular volunteer days on the first Saturday of each month. You can help remove invasive non-native plants, rejuvenate the soil, restore paths, and plant for species diversity and forest health.Please sign up in advance to projectassistant@emeraldnecklace.org . Bring a trowel if you have one and your own water bottle. We will provide gloves. Meet at the Daisy Field parking lot. For directions, log on to www.emeraldnecklace.org.
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Friday, June 5 – Sunday, June 21 – Fields of Lupine Festival
Gorgeous purple and pink lupines in bloom are reason enough to visit New Hampshire’s Franconia region each June. The 15th annual Fields of Lupine Festival provides added incentive for travelers, including special tours, art events, concerts and more. For information, call 603-823-5661.
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Thursday, June 4, 5 pm – 8 pm – Summer Shopping Stroll
On Thursday, June 4th from 5 pm to 8 pm more than twenty participating businesses from Boston’s historic Beacon Hill will join together to celebrate the coming of summer with a fabulous Summer Shopping Stroll. The festivities include exciting promotions and tasty refreshments offered by each participating retailer during the stroll, and a chance to win a gift basket with a selection of products and services from all participating businesses. Visit each participating business the night of the Summer Stroll and enter to win a fabulous Gift Basket (on display as of Friday, May 29th at Core de Vie Studios, 40 Charles Street)! The more businesses you visit, the greater your odds of winning (one entry per business). For more information log on to www.beaconhillsummerstroll.com.
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Wednesday, June 24, 5:30 – 8:00 – 13th Annual Rose Garden Party
Mrs. Angela Menino and Commissioner Antonia Pollak cordially invite you to the 13th Annual Rose Garden Party to benefit Park ARTS on Wednesday, June 24, from 5:30 – 8:00 at The Rose Garden, Back Bay Fens, Boston. Garden party attire is enthusiastically encouraged. Wear a hat to enter the Hats Galore! contest, where judges will choose their favorites in the following categories: Best Garden Party Hat, Most Creative Hat, Most Elegant Hat, and Just for Men Hat. Individual tickets $125. To reserve and make credit card payment by telephone, call 617-961-3039, or send a check made payable to The Fund for Parks & Recreation: Park ARTS, and mail to the Rose Garden Party Committee c/o Boston Parks and Recreation Department, 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02118. Parking will be available on Park Drive and Agassiz Drive, and there will be Boston Park Rangers to direct you.
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Saturday, June 20, 10 – 4 – Pocket Gardens of Historic Charlestown
Gardens for Charlestown, Inc. presents Pocket Gardens of Historic Charlestown on Saturday, June 20, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $15 each. Pick up tickets and start at the Community Garden at the corner of Main Street and Bunker Hill Street. For more information contact Pat McSweeney at patmcs@verizon.net. Gardens for Charlestown is a non-profit, all-volunteer garden and greenspace organization established in 1976. It owns and maintains a 63 plot community garden and supports neighborhood initiatives to reclaim abandoned or neglected public spaces throughout Charlestown.  Log on to www.charlestownonline.net/gardens.htm for updated information.
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Saturday, June 6 and Saturday, June 27 – Boston Hazardous Waste Drop Off Days
The City of Boston holds Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Days twice a year. As they are scheduled, the details are posted on the following website: www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/recycling/hazardouswaste.asp.
Drop Off Schedule & Locations
Currently, the City of Boston’s Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Days are scheduled for:
June 6, 2009
9am-2pm
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Morrisey Blvd
June 27, 2009
9am-2pm
West Roxbury Public Works Yard
315 Gardner StGuidelines
Put household poisons, insecticides, paint, tires, auto fluids, car batteries, wood preservatives, herbicides and pool supplies, propane tanks, motor oil , and products labeled corrosive, flammable or toxic in cardboard boxes for safe transport and bring them to the above locations.
For Boston residents only. No commercial waste will be accepted. Proof of residency required. The City reserves the right to reject materials. For more information call 617-635-4959.
TVs & Computer Monitors
TVs & computer monitors are NOT accepted at Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Days. Please call 617-635-7574 for home pickup of TVs and computer monitors.Web Link http://www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/recycling/hazardouswaste.asp
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Saturday, May 30 – 9 – 12:30 – Herb Garden Planting Workshop
Learn which herbs to grow, how and when to plant, either for your garden or create a container garden for your deck or patio, at the Stonewall Kitchen flagship location in York, Maine. Stonewall Kitchen’s herb garden will be planted throughout the morning by Jacqueline Nooney Landscaping. Jackie and her team will be there to answer your questions and share their tips for successful planting. You will be able to purchase herbs from local grower Martha King. For more information and directions call : (207) 351-2712, or log on to www.stonewallkitchen.com.