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  • Saturday, July 17, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – You Can Grow Better! Underused Plants for Northeast Gardens

    The Trustees are excited to present Andrew Keys Pepper, live and in person, on July 17 at 4 pm at Long Hill, 572 Essex Street in Beverly. Why plant the same old thing as the neighbors? Long Hill features dozens of exceptionally beautiful but inexplicably underused plants, many of which you can grow. Join Andrew Keys Pepper, author of Growing the Northeast Garden, for a presentation on old favorites at the garden and elsewhere that have fallen out of fashion, as well as newer introductions that deserve your attention.

    Andrew Keys Pepper is an artist, writer, plantsman, and lifelong gardener. He is the author of two books published by Timber Press: Growing the Northeast Garden (2015) and Why Grow That When You Can Grow This?: 255 Extraordinary Alternatives to Everyday Problem Plants (2012). He received a Master of Fine Arts from San Francisco Art Institute in 2019, focusing on sculpture and photography. Prior to that, he also served as web manager at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

    Andrew produces and hosts the podcast Artists Looking At Animals, and created podcasts for both Fine Gardening and Horticulture magazines. His written work has appeared in This Old House magazine, Fine Gardening, and others. Though he lives outside Boston, Andrew grew up in the American South, in a family of cotton farmers, gardeners, and outdoorsmen. Andrew is trained as an organic land care professional through the Northeast Organic Farming Association.

    Space is limited; pre-registration required by clicking HERE.
    Trustee Member: $24 Nonmember: $30

  • Sunday, May 17, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Growing the Northeast Garden: Talk, Walk, & Book Signing

    Andrew Keys, author of Growing the Northeast Garden, discusses underused and overlooked plants for gardens specifically for our region. The event will take place Sunday, May 17 from 1 – 3 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden. He’ll include plants from his book that are widely available but tend to be overlooked by gardeners, as well as “b-sides”–botanical outtakes from the book, rarer in nurseries, but sure to interest the horticulturally curious. An illustrated lecture will be followed by a walk to view many of these plants in Tower Hill’s gardens. $20 for THBG members, $30 for non-members. Register online at www.towerhillbg.org, or call 508-869-6111.

  • Tuesday, February 24, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Native Alternatives to Problem Plants

    Why grow invasive burning bush for its one season of interest when you could grow native blueberry, a multi-season star? Isn’t it time to replace boring, weedy vinca with something more dynamic, like ‘Grow Low’ sumac (below?) Andrew Keys, author of Why Grow That When You Can Grow This?, discusses native alternatives that are sexier and more sustainable than everyday problem plants. Book signing at the end of class. The New England Wild Flower Society class will take place Tuesday, February 24, from 2 – 3:30 at Garden in the Woods in Framingham. $26 for NEWFS members, $32 for nonmembers. Register online at http://www.newenglandwild.org/learn/our-programs/native-alternatives-to-problem-plants.

  • Tuesday, February 12, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Why Grow That When You Can Grow This?

    Andrew Keys, designer , consultant, writer, and lifelong gardener, host and producer of Fine Gardening’s Garden Confidential podcast, and author of Why Grow That When You Can Grow This? will speak on Tuesday, February 12, from 10 – noon at Garden in the Woods, Framingham, in a program co-sponsored by the Ecological Landscaping Association and the New England Wild Flower Society.  Tired of fussy plants that require excessive care and maintenance?  In this presentation, Mr. Keys will discuss native New England alternatives that are sexier and more sustainable than high-maintenance plants in every way.  Pining to grow lilac but lack the full sun?  Try the fragrant pink and white flowers of Korean spice viburnum.  Love the drama of canna but need something hardier?  Tr4y the bold foliage of variegated fleece flower.  Hundreds of all-star alternatives that replace, and often outshine, popular problem plants will be discussed.  $26 for ELA and New England Wild Flower Society members, $32 for non members.  Register by calling 617-436-5838 or visit www.ecolandscaping.org.

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  • Saturday, September 25, 9:30 am – 12:00 noon – Renovate and Replant: Native Substitutes for Common Landscape Invasives

    The New England Wild Flower Society and the Trustees of Reservations team up on Saturday, September 25, from 9:30 – noon, for an instructive class and walk at Long Hill in Beverly, Massachusetts. Our plant choices now extend beyond color and form. We seek plants that won’t escape into the natural community and, at the same time, provide valuable nourishment and habitat for birds, mammals, and insects. Learn about ecologically sound substitutes for invasives such as burning bush, Norway maple (below), and yellow flag iris. Following the lecture, Andrew Keys and the Trustees Horticultural Staff will lead a walk through the 6-acre Sedgwick Gardens, identifying native trees and shrubs thriving within the ornamental gardens and along the woodland edge.$22 for members of NEWFS or the Trustees, and $26 for non-members.  To register, log on to www.newfs.org.