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  • Thursday, September 20, 10:00 am – Great Gardens of the Northeast

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay opens its 2012/2013 program year focused on Gardens of America on Thursday, September 20, beginning at 10 am at The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue. Join Adriana O’Sullivan for a spectacular armchair garden tour from Washington, DC to Mount Desert Island in Maine. This one-hour presentation focuses on some of the finest gardens the Northeast has to offer. Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C., designed by Beatrix Farrand between 1921 and 1941, Wave Hill Botanic Garden in The Bronx, Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate in Sleepy Hollow, NY (pictured below), the magnificent gardens at Old Westbury on Long Island, Edith Wharton’s estate ‘The Mount’, and Naumkeag in the Berkshire hills. In New Hampshire we visit the home and studio of Augustus Saint Gaudens and on Mount Desert Island in Maine we will see the Thuya Gardens, the Asticou Azalea Garden and the famous Abby Aldridge Rockefeller Garden. All gardens are a feast for the eye and all are open to the public.  GC members will receive written notification.  The public is invited, with a requested $5 donation, and may rsvp at info@bostonflora.com.

  • Wednesday, March 31, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm – Tough Plants for Tough Places: Beautifying Your Community

    The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts presents its 9th Annual Civic Development Workshop on Wednesday, March 31, from 9 am – 12:30 pm at The Espousal Center, 554 Lexington Street, Waltham, Massachusetts.  Adriana O’Sullivan will speak on Tough Plants for Tough Places: Beautifying Your Community.  Ms. O’Sullivan is a graduate of The Landscape Institute at Harvard University, and former Chairperson of the Gardening Study School, Gardening Consultants Council, and the Landscape Design Council of Massachusetts.  She is the current Director of the South Shore District of GCFMA.  A group design exercise will follow the presentation.  Please bring colored pencils or markets.  Refreshments will be served.  Space is limited, so register early.  Send your check for $11, payable to GCFMA Inc., to Joan Butler, Chairman, Civic Development GCFMA, 76 Bayberry Lane, Holliston, MA 01746.  Include your telephone number, email address, and Garden Club affiliation along with your name and address.

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