Boston Flora

Friday, June 21, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Roots and Shoots

Join artist and naturalist Louise Barteau for a one-day botanical workshop on June 21 from 9:30 – 3:30 in the Putnam classroom at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley. Using a hand lens and a notebook, examine many examples of plant structures while considering their role in plant growth. Brief slide presentations will be accompanied by hands-on observation and exercises. This Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens class is $70 for members, $85 for non-members. Register at www.wellesley.edu/wcbg/learn

Tuesdays, July 16 and 23, 10:30 am – 4:45 pm – Behind Adobe Walls Santa Fe Home & Garden Tours

The Santa Fe Garden Club celebrates its 80th year hosting Santa Fe’s prestigious Behind Adobe Walls Home and Garden Tours. The 2019 tours will feature the ‘Best of the Best’ and include past favorites. On July 16th and 23rd guests will experience the unique beauty that is so characteristic of Santa Fe on this hostess-guided bus tour while visiting four seldom seen, private homes and gardens on Santa Fe’s oldest home and garden tour. Selected homes will highlight extraordinary art collections, as well as a variety of architectural styles and high desert gardens. New this year, guests will gather at the Eldorado Hotel where they can enjoy an Epicurean Buffet Lunch prior to boarding buses for the tour.

Event proceeds benefit the Santa Fe Garden Club’s community education, beautification, and conservation projects including the Santa Fe Botanical Garden Ojos y Manos Learning Laboratory, and the New Mexico Museum of Art, recipient of the newly re-designed Courtyard Garden, a legacy gift to the Santa Fe community.

Behind Adobe Walls is grateful for support from Santa Fe businesses that have generously donated to underwrite the tours.

Since 1940 guests have enjoyed Santa Fe’s oldest and most prestigious Home & Garden Tour on the 3rd and 4th Tuesday of July. Guests board SFGC hostess-guided buses at noon and visit four unique, seldom-seen private residences each week. Refreshments are served at each delightful garden on the tour. Regrettably, these tours are not ADA accessible. Walking is required. Tickets are fully tax deductible, non-refundable and changes to tour dates are not allowed, but you may transfer a ticket to another person. Guests board buses at Eldorado Hotel, 309 W. San Francisco. City parking lots at corner of W. San Francisco and Sandoval Streets.

10:30 am – 11:45 am Registration
10:30 am to Noon – Lunch – Reservations required
12:00 pm – Guests Board Buses
12:15 pm – 4:45 pm Guided Bus Tour

$85 per person—each tour. New! Epicurean Buffet Lunch: Chilled soup, chicken, shrimp, grilled veggies and beverage. $30 Lunch, tax and tip included

Call 505-216-9153 for tour information
Call 505-995-4561 or 800-955-4455 for hotel reservations.
Mention “Behind Adobe Walls” Group Code 190712GARDEN for July 16 and Group Code 190719GARDEN for July 23

Sunday, June 9, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Paint the Gardens

Come paint in the gardens of the Stevens-Coolidge Place in North Andover on June 9 from 1 – 3 with everyone’s favorite instructors Ana Smyth and Francisco Colom.

A little creativity and some new-found technique are all you will need to create a beautiful work of art and have lots of fun doing it in this special setting. Smyth and Colom provide expert step-by-step instruction on painting en plein air to all participants, novice and seasoned alike. By the end of Sunday’s class, you will have created a beautiful painting to take home with you, inspired by The Stevens- Coolidge Place and its expansive gardens. Weather permitting the event will be held outside in rotating garden settings. During inclement weather class will be held in the greenhouse or the historic estate on the property. All art supplies, aprons and instruction are provided. You simply have to show up and be ready to paint! This class is suitable for all skills levels and recommended for ages 14 and up. $36 for Trustees members, $45 for nonmembers.

Questions? Contact kbibeau@thetrustees.org or visit our Facebook page for the most up-to-date information: www.facebook.com/stevenscoolidgeplace/

Space is limited. Pre-registration required. Register at http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/northeast/event-43818.html

Sunday, June 9, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Ravenswood Park Property Hike

Did you know there is more to the Trustees in the Northeast than just Crane Estate and Appleton Farms? Let them show you around properties you might not have heard of to expand your hiking repertoire and learn more about the natural history of the area.

Ravenswood Park is an expansive preserve that offers over 10 miles of trails through spectacular natural environments. If the weather cooperates, the native sweetbay magnolias may be blooming in the Great Magnolia Swamp!

Bring water and dress for the weather to maximize comfort. Unless otherwise communicated, Neighbor Property Hikes will convene at that property, not at Crane Estate.

Weather cancellation policy: All trips will take place rain or shine with the following exceptions: If there is a high confidence that thunder and lightning will be present, we may cancel a trip up to one hour in advance. If the forecast is for steady and heavy rain all day, we may decide to cancel by 3pm on the day before the event. If either of these happens, all registrants will be notified by email and/or phone with as much notice as possible.

$12 for members of The Trustees, $20 for nonmembers. Register online at www.thetrustees.org.

Wednesday, June 12, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm, and Thursday & Friday, June 13 & 14, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Be Inspired: A Celebration of Floral Design

On Wednesday, June 12 from 4 to 8 p.m., and Thursday and Friday, June 13 and 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Gore Place, 52 Gore Street in Waltham, will offer Be Inspired: a celebration of floral design.

During Be Inspired, designers will place beautiful floral designs inspired by 15 rooms of the 1806 Gore mansion. Visitors will be able to vote for their favorite arrangements. Admission is $15 per person. You can purchase tickets at the door.

Now Through June 16 – Massachusetts Horticultural Society Online Auction

The Massachusetts Horticultural Society is excited to announce its first ever online auction. Register today so you can bid on items and help the garden grow. In order to participate, you will need to set up an account on Bidding for Good. Follow the simple instructions by clicking here. Mass Hort already has nearly 100 items up for bid, including tickets to see the Red Sox and the Patriots, a three day getaway to a cottage on Lake George in New York, restaurant gift cards, autographed garden books, overnight stays in local hotels, and more.

Wednesdays, June 12, 19, & 26, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Hands-On Floral Design

Using flower and foliage that you might find in your own yard and garden, learn the basic techniques of floral design in this 3-part Massachusetts Horticultural Society workshop led by Barbara Rietscha, owner of Field & Vase. On the first night, you will learn the advantages of local flowers, flower selection and composition of arrangement. The second night will focus on the mechanics of arranging in different styles of vases and color composition. In the final class you will learn how to care for your floral arrangement. Sessions will be held on Wednesdays, June 12, 19, and 26 from 7 – 8:30.

Flowers will be provided for all classes and for the first and second class. Bring your most challenging vase for the third class. Please bring a pair of clippers with you to each class. Each week, you’ll go home with a beautiful arrangement.

Barbara Rietscha owns and operates Field & Vase. Field & Vase is a farmer-florist business. In her designs, Barbara uses flowers and herbs grown on her cut flower farm, Stow Greenhouses, located in Stow, MA.

Space is limited, must pre-register athttp://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eg6c6juo94d0ba70&llr=kzaorjcab

Class Fee:Mass Hort Members $150 General Admission $200

Tuesday, June 11, 6:30 pm – Sonic Sea Screening and Conversation

Join WBUR on June 11 at 6:30 pm at WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, for a screening of the award-winning documentary Sonic Sea, followed by a conversation with Dr. Leila Hatch, Marine Ecologist, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, NOAA and Barbara Moran, WBUR Senior Producing Editor, Environment. Sonic Sea, narrated by Rachel McAdams, is about protecting life in our waters from the destructive effects of oceanic noise pollution.

Hatch is a marine ecologist with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary at the mouth of Massachusetts Bay and featured in the film. This area has experienced dramatic increases in shipping and she studies how low frequency noise emitted by large ships and other vessels impacts marine mammals who also rely on low frequency signals for communication, foraging, navigating and caring for their young.

Ticket price is $10 and may be purchased online at www.wbur.org.

Saturday, June 15, 10:00 am – 12:15 pm, and Wednesday, June 19, 5:30 pm – 7:45 pm – The Diversity and Ecological Value of Native Shrubs

This Grow Native Massachusetts workshop at Stony Brook Reservation in Hyde Park on either June 15 or June 19 will be conducted entirely in the field. Enrollment at each session is limited to 15.

June is the peak time for some of our loveliest flowering shrubs, many of which also have tremendous value as host plants for the larvae of moths and butterflies. Join Meredith to learn about the diverse mix of native shrub species found in Stony Brook Reservation, the largest green space in the city of Boston and a hidden gem for plant lovers. This program will cover the basics of woody plant identification, and highlight underutilized species that have tremendous potential for use in challenging landscape settings. $28 for Grow Native Massachusetts members, $38 for nonmembers.

Meredith Gallogly is the Manager of Programs at Grow Native Massachusetts. She is a skilled botanist, and much of her plant identification knowledge comes from her explorations of metro-Boston area parks and reservations. She holds a B.A. in Biology from Smith College.

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Saturday, June 15, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – South End Garden Tour

This year’s South End Garden Tour on June 15 from 10 – 4 is centered on gardens and green spaces in and around the Rutland Square, Pilot Block, Claremont Park, and the Chester Square neighborhoods. A mix of public and private spaces including private back yards, front gardens, roof deck gardens, community gardens, and neighborhood ‘pocket parks.’ Artists will return to the gardens this year and the tour will be followed by a reception and sale of their wet works. Admission to the reception and sale is included in the tour admission.

Yes, we’ll start celebrating Father’s Day a day early with deals for Dads at the tour!

Proceeds of the tour exclusively benefit the South End and Lower Roxbury Gardens through The Trustees. Register for the tour here.