Boston Flora

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 St

    Guidelines

    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

  • 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.

  • Thursday, June 4, 6:30 pm – Urban Oasis: The Evolution of Fenway Court

    Join the Isabella Stewart Gardner Curator of the Collection Alan Chong for this fascinating exploration of Isabella Gardner’s artistic vision and broader goals in creating a museum that would be architecturally distinct yet seamlessly interwoven into Boston’s urban fabric.  Tickets are free and may be reserved in advance.  A $1.50 service fee applies to tickets reserved online.  Tickets may also be reserved in person at the Museum’s front entrance at 280 The Fenway or by calling the Gardner Box Office at 617-278-5156.  For more information log on to www.gardnermuseum.org.

  • Saturday, June 6, 11-5 – Festival of Historic Houses, Providence

    The 30th annual Festival of Historic Houses, sponsored by the Providence Preservation Society, will take place 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eight houses in the Queen Anne, Victorian, and Colonial Revival styles will be featured on the tour. Formed in 1956 to respond to the proposed demolition of a number of 18th- and early 19th-century houses on College Hill, the Providence Preservation Society (PPS) has grown from that small neighborhood group to a multifaceted citywide preservation organization. The Saturday tour will begin with registration at Wheeler School’s Baker House (217 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906) on the corner of Stimson Avenue. The Stimson Avenue area features superb examples of restored Queen Anne, Victorian, and Colonial Revival architecture. See the remarkable interior detail behind these otherwise-closed doors. Tour goers who purchase their Saturday tour tickets by June 4 will be entered in a drawing for one of four Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Key Pendants from the new Tiffany Keys Collection. Tickets, $35, at the Baker House, 217 Hope Street. Information: (401) 831-7440 and ppsri.org.

  • Sunday, June 7 , 6 a.m. – noon – Paul Parent Live Broadcast

    Mahoney’s Garden Center in Winchester will host a live broadcast of Paul Parent’s Gardening Advice show on Sunday, June 7 at Mahoney’s Garden Center in Winchester, Massachusetts.  Paul Parent has been on the radio providing gardening advice to listeners in New England for the last twenty years.  Paul’s expert gardening advice is now heard on stations all over the country with one half million listeners.  The Live Broadcast is from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., and the Q & A will be from 10 a.m. – noon.  Seating is limited so please sign up early to reserve your seat.  Log on to www.mahoneysgarden.com for more information and to register.  The same event will take place in Falmouth on Sunday, June 28, from 6 a.m. to noon.

  • Friday, May 29, 6:45 a.m. – Bike Friday

    Join a safe, guided bicycle convoy with police escorts! Led by experienced cyclists and escorted by Boston Police, convoys follow a fixed schedule and route and originate at locations throughout metro-Boston. All convoys finish at City Hall Plaza Boston, where free breakfast, bike expo and music await you! To sign up go to www.bikefridays.kintera.org. Registration is free!

  • Monday, June 1, 7 – 9 pm – Save the Boston Mounted Park Rangers Horses

    The Emerald Necklace Conservancy announces a night of fun and fundraising to Save the Boston Mounted Park Rangers Horses on Monday, June 1 from 7 – 9 pm.  The Boston Park Ranger Mounted Unit has its own department horses, tack, trailers, and patrol vehicles.  They patrol all nine parks in the Emerald Necklace as well as neighborhood parks and cemeteries.  Over the years, The Boston Park Ranger Mounted Unit has grown into a highly recognized and respected agency in the City of Boston. There will be delicious food and drinks and live music presented by the hot Boston band Felix Brown at Jacob Wirth Restaurant, 31-37 Stuart Street, Boston, between Washington and Tremont Streets.  Saddle up and help the Mounted Park Rangers as a “Mane Supporter” ($1,000), “Chomping at the Bit” ($500), “Hot to Trot” ($250), “In the Saddle” ($100) or “Stirrup Enthusiasm” ($50).  Please rsvp to Susan Knight: sknight@emeraldnecklace.org or call 617-522-2700.  All contributions are tax deductible.  Payments can be made by check or credit card.  Make checks payable to Justine Mee Liff Fund.  Mail to Emerald Necklace Conservancy, 891 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.  RSVP by May 30 – checks only at the door.  Log on to www.emeraldnecklace.org for more information.