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.
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Saturday, July 12 – Sunday, July 13 – Hosta Show
Hosta Leaf Show & Competition sponsored by the New England Hosta Society, Saturday noon to five, Sunday ten in the morning to five, at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, Massachusetts. For more information log on to http://www.nehosta.org.
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Thursday, June 12 – Mass Hort Honorary Medals Gala
Meet and honor Julie Messervy, the designer of Weezie’s Garden, the innovative and popular children’s garden at the MHS Horticulture Center. Ms. Messervy is a regular contributor to Fine Gardening magazine and her books include Outside the Not So Big House, co-authored by Sarah Susanka, 2006. Also honored will be Robert L. Johnston, founder of Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Dr. Michael A. Dirr, The Huntington Family, Deborah Howard, and Les Mehrhoff. Proceeds from the event will fund horticultural education internships. Tickets are $150 each. To rsvp, call Anne Peterson at 617-933-4923.
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Sunday, June 29 – Lost Gardens of New England & Cape Cod
Heritage Museums & Gardens, 67 Grove Street, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 10 am – 4 pm daily through October 31. This exhibition features reproduction drawings, watercolors, and photographs of New England gardens from Historic New England’s archives, supplemented by garden ornaments from Lyman and Codman Estates, and Hamilton House. Heritage Museums & Gardens has added items from their collection for a section about the lost gardens of Cape Cod. Admission $12 adults, $10 seniors, $6 youth, and free to children under 3. For more information, call 508-888-3300.
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Tuesday, June 10, 4:30 pm – Dock Party & Ribbon Cutting
The Esplanade Association, Community Boating Inc., Union Boat Club, and the Department of Conservation and Recreation invite you to join DCR Commissioner Richard K. Sullivan to celebrate the restoration of the Boat Haven on the Esplanade. Ribbon cutting at 4:30. Enjoy food, sailing, and rowing at Community Boating from 5 to sunset. Come see what your support has made possible. Kindly RSVP to Guenaelle Rubin at grubin@espladeassociation.org.
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Wednesday, June 4 – June 7 – Images of Burma
Images of Burma – Benefit Photography Exhibit for Relief Efforts in Myanmar. Exhibit open to public June 5 – 7, 10 am to 5 pm, Robert Klein Gallery, 38 Newbury Street. Garden Club of the Back Bay member Calla Jean Schaeffer-Adams’ husband Doug, presents photographs taken this past January as a member of an international group of photographers working with Steve McCurry, acclaimed National Geographic photographer. Images of the exhibit can be viewed at dougadamsphotography.com after June 4.
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Thursday, June 19 – Rose Garden Party
Mrs. Angela Menino and Commissioner Antonia Pollak cordially invite you to the 12th Annual Rose Garden Party to benefit Park ARTS, Thursday, June 19 from 5:30-8:00, The Rose Garden, Back Bay Fens, Boston. Garden party attire enthusiastically encouraged. Tickets $125. To reserve, call 617-961-3039.
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June, 2008 – Yvette Stenzel Exhibit
Garden Club of the Back Bay member Yvette Stenzel has a new show of her floral oil paintings at St. George Gallery, 245 Newbury Street, Boston, May through June, 2008. The opening reception will take place Thursday, May 29, from 6-8 pm. Gallery Hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 11 – 5:30, Sunday Noon – 5 pm.
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Saturday, June 21 – Paul Parent
Delande Lighting Hosts Gardening Guru Paul Parent!
To help kick off Summer, gardening expert and radio host Paul Parent answers seasonal plant and garden questions at the Delande Lighting showroom, 22 New Derby Street, Salem, MA.
Free to the public, this event is on Saturday, June 21st, from 10am until 2pm, and refreshments will be served!
The general public, customers, gardening clubs, landscapers and designers are encouraged to stop in and learn the secrets to having a spectacular landscape!
www.delandelighting.com or call (978) 744-2609
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Sunday, June 15 – Garden Conservancy Open Days
Visit some of the best private gardens in the North Shore area – Beverly Farms, Gloucester, Manchester-By-The-Sea & Marblehead, as part of The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program. This is America’s only private garden visiting program, and is made possible by the work of hundreds of volunteers nationwide. Admission is $5 per garden or get discounted tickets (6 for $25) in advance from The Garden Conservancy. For descriptions and directions to the gardens visit http://www.opendaysprogram.org or call toll free at 1-888-842-2442. These are rain or shine events and no reservations are required. Other Open Days this year in Massachusetts are Saturday, June 21 (South Natick, Dover, Medfield, & Needham), Thursday, June 26 (Nantucket), July 19 (Marion & Mattapoisett), Sunday, August 10 (Marblehead), and The Berkshires on July 20, July 27, August 3, and September 21.