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  • Wednesday, September 25, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm – Garlic and the Flowering Alliums

    Learn how to grow and use garlic, queen of the kitchen, and her strikingly beautiful cousins, the flowering alliums. Fall is garlic planting time for New Englanders, as well as time to plant the bulbs of decorative alliums. Critter resistant and easy to grow, perennial alliums boast lovely, long lasting flowers that add interest and color to the garden from May to September and, in some cases, can be dried for winter use. Learn how to grow and harvest garlic and which alliums to choose for your garden Each student will receive bulb catalogs featuring a wide selection of alliums and garlic and take home cold hardy garlic and allium bulbs to plant. This Tower Hill Botanic Garden class will take place Wednesday, September 25 from 10:30 – 12:30, and is $50 for Tower Hill members, $64 for nonmembers. Register at www.towerhillbg.org. Image below from www.midwestliving.com.

    Betsy Williams teaches, lectures and writes about living with herbs and flowers. A gardener and herb grower since 1972, Betsy trained as a florist in Boston and England. She combines her floral and gardening skills with an extensive knowledge of history, plant lore and seasonal celebrations. Betsy is the author of several books on the uses and stories of herbs and flowers. She has appeared on the Discovery Channel and greater Boston cable stations as well as local and national radio talk shows. Betsy lectures and teaches locally and nationally.

  • Sunday, September 15, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Glorious Garlic

    Instructor Betsy Williams will present a class entitled Glorious Garlic and Her Bodacious, Upscale Cousins, the Flowering Alliums, on Sunday, September 15, from 1 – 3 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston. Learn how to grow and use garlic, queen of the kitchen, and her many strikingly beautiful cousins, the alliums. Fall is garlic planting time for New Englanders, as well as time to plant the bulbs of decorative alliums. Critter resistant and easy to grow, perennial alliums boast lovely, long lasting flowers that add interest and color to the garden from May to September and, in some cases, can be dried for winter use. Learn how to grow and harvest garlic, which alliums to choose for your garden and how to use both of them in seasonal flower arranging. Each student will make a decorative door spray of garlic, dried allium seed heads, golden yarrow and autumn leaves and take home garlic to plant. All materials provided. Image below from www.whiteflowerfarm.com.  $60 for Tower Hill members, $65 nonmembers.  Register online at https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXDONATE/AddDonor.asp?cguid=C7E2C131-AD0F-49AA-B073-5B92F8300A37&sid=6FDD6E92-8680-41D9-8636-D241A25BFA25&sTarget=https%3A%2F%2Fdnbweb1.blackbaud.com%2FOPXDONATE%2FEventRegister.asp%3Fcguid%3DC7E2C131%252DAD0F%252D49AA%252DB073%252D5B92F8300A37%26eid%3D46016. 

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  • Thursday, October 7, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Glorious Garlic and Her Bodacious Cousins, the Alliums

    Betsy Williams, a popular speaker at garden clubs and herb festivals, will demonstrate how to grow and use garlic, how to select from the many beautiful alliums available for the garden, and how to use garlic and the “bodacious” alliums in seasonal flower decorating. The program, sponsored by the Medford Garden Club, will be held Thursday, October 7, from 7 – 9 at the Medford Public Library, 111 High Street in Medford, and is free and open to the public.  For more information, email sbcummer@msn.com.