Save America’s Treasures invites you to join them Honoring Eleanor Roosevelt: A Project to Preserve Her Val-Kill Home, at a breakfast where the Following in her Footsteps Award will be presented to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday, May 18, from 8-10 a.m. in the United Nations Delegates Dining Room, 46th Street and First Avenue, New York City. Guest speakers will include Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. $250 ticket price. For further information contact Kristine Bruch at 212-228-7446, ext 15, or email kristine@mcevoyandassociates.com.
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Saturday, April 25- Sunday, April 26 – Gardeners Weekend at MIT Endicott House
Nurturing Your Garden: Learn the techniques of creating and maintaining a New England garden from Endicott House’s own horticultural staff. Enhance your garden with vibrant colors and invigorating depth through hands on planting, lectures and demonstrations in our greenhouse. Bring your landscape diagram and find out what will work best for you. Experience 25 acres of theme gardens designed by Frederick Law Olmstead. 80 Haven Street, Dedham, Massachusetts. By weekend’s end you will have chosen a variety of plants from our greenhouse, which we will nurture for you until planting time. $189 per person.
Package includes:overnight accommodations, refreshment breaks, lunch and dinner Saturday,brunch on Sunday.Mansion rooms blocked on a first come first serve basis. For more information, or to make a reservation, call 781-326-5151.
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Saturday, May 9, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Casey Farm Plant Sale & Open House
Join Historic New England at Casey Farm’s kick-off event for the summer season. A variety of organic plants are available for sale, including unusual and old-fashioned varieties of annual and perennial flowers, heirloom vegetables, and culinary herbs. Free tours of the grounds will continue throughout the day and the festivities extend through Sunday, May 10 (10-4). Admission free. Casey Farm, Saunderstown, Rhode Island. For more information and directions call 401-295-1030, or log on to www.historicnewengland.org.
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Wednesday, April 29, 6-7 pm – Improve Your Personal Safety
The Crime Committee of the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay is sponsoring a special Back Bay Public Safety Forum in the Glass Orientation Room of the Boston Public Library, Copley Square entrance, on Wednesday, April 29 from 6-7 pm. The forum will include a presentation by Sgt. Gary Eblan of the Boston Police Academy. He will discuss such topics as making yourself a tough target, awareness of your surroundings, victim profile, perpetrator profile, risk assessment, and a plan of action. Free and open to the public.
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Thursday, April 30, 5:30 pm – Boston Preservation Alliance Auction and Awards
Join the Boston Preservation Alliance for A Date with Deco at the Landmark, at 160 Federal Street in Boston. Silent and Live Auctions begin at 5:30. Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails by La Morra, Wines by Greenvale Vineyards in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Tickets $75 ($40 deductible contribution). For more information on the awards and auction items log on to www.bostonpreservation.org.
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Thursday, May 7, 6-7:30 – Opening Reception, “The Poetry of a Chinese Watercolor Spring”
Jing Hua’s watercolor painting garnered high acclaim in her last exhibit at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts. Jing Hua uses traditional Chinese brush painting techniques to paint landscapes, birds and flowers, and figures in either detail or free style. Her watercolors move between classic and contemporary Chinese concepts. Ms. Dalia’s works reflect her intensive training that began at the age of nine with her father, the prominent Chinese artist and calligraphy master Chiang Kai-shek’s son, Chiang Ching-guo, the President of the Republic of China. Her studying continued under some of China’s most outstanding watercolorists. She earned a degree from the National Taiwan Normal University and went on to graduate work in Hawaii. She has exhibited at galleries across the country including the Soho Art Museum, The Copley Society, and the Currier Museum. Meet the artist at the opening reception, which will offer a cash bar and light refreshments. Free and open to the public. For more information call 508-869-6111, or log on to www.towerhillbg.org. The exhibit will run from May 5 – June 14, 2009.
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Wednesday, April 22, 6-8 – How To Shop A Nursery
Massachusetts Horticultural Society kicks off the first talk in the Wednesday Nights at Elm Bank lecture series on April 22 from 6-8 pm. If you would like to get a professional’s tips on selecting the best from a nursery, come hear Tom Ward, who will answer questions including “Where do I find what I want to grow?’ and “How do I know which plant to buy?” Putting in healthy plants is one of the keys to successful gardening and Tom will share his many decades of experience in choosing the right plant. He will talk about how to evaluate nursery stock when presented with dozens of seemingly identical plants, and how to put that plant in the ground once it’s purchased. $10 public, $5 MHS Member. You may register on line, and read more about the Wednesday Nights series, at www.masshort.org.
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Wednesday, April 22 – Earth Day
Log on to the earthdaynetwork, ww2.earthday.net for links and up to date information on Earth Day events nationwide. There will be an EarthWorks tree planting in Roxbury, an urban farming event in Dorchester, a Fort Washington Park Spring Cleaning in Cambridge, an Earth Day Kick-Off 2009 at Suffolk University with the Sierra Club, a Bike, Skate, Walk Transportation Alternatives Outreach in Beacon Hill, a Boston Bike Cycling Skills Clinic, also in Beacon Hill, and dozens more events in an around our neighborhood.
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Monday, April 20 – 6:30 a.m.- Patriots Day Trash Pick Up & Traffic Advisory
Don’t forget to put out your trash very, very early Monday morning. Because of the street closings and projected crowds coming to the Back Bay for the Marathon finish, the City will begin picking up trash at 6:30 a.m. Berkeley Street from Columbus Avenue to Newbury Street, Boylston Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Arlington Street, Commonwealth Avenue from Beacon Street to Gloucester Street, Clarendon Street from Commonwealth Avenue to Stuart Street, Dartmouth Street from Stuart Street to Newbury Street, Exeter Street from Commonwealth Avenue to Huntington Avenue, Fairfield Street from Boylston Street to Newbury Street, Gloucester Street from Commonwealth Avenue to Boylston Street, Newbury Street from Fairfield Street to Massachusetts Avenue, and Public Alley #440 (Exeter to Dartmouth) will be among the street closed. No parking will be allowed on both sides of Berkeley Street from Columbus Avenue to Newbury Street, Boylston Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Arlington Street, Clarendon Street from Commonwealth Avenue to Stuart Street, all of Hereford Street, Dartmouth Street from Boylston to Newbury, Exeter Street from Blagden Street to Newbury Street, Fairfield Street from Boylston to Newbury, Hereford from Commonwealth to Boylston, Newbury Street from Fairfield to Massachusetts Avenue. You will be towed. For questions, call the Boston Transportation Department Hotline at 617-635-4283.
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Sunday, April 26, 2 pm – Tulipomania: Banking with Bulbs During the Golden Age of Dutch Culture
As part of the Bellefield Design Lectures at the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Eric Haskell will present an illustrated talk. Eric Haskell is an author and professor at Scripps College . The event is in celebration of the Quadricentennial of Henry Hudson’s journey up the Hudson. $50 ($45 for BFGA members) includes wine and hors d’oeuvres. Event will be held at The Henry A. Wallace Center, home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, New York. Limited seating. Advance purchase of tickets strongly recommended. For more information contact Anne Symmes at infor@beatrixfarrandgarden.org, or call 845-229-9115, ext. 26. To learn more about the Beatrix Farrand Garden Association visit www.beatrixfarrandgarden.org.