Tag: Arbor Day

  • Friday, April 29, 10:30 am – 1:00 pm – Celebrate & Explore the Growth of Trees on Arbor Day

    Have you been yearning to know more about trees? Arbor Day is the perfect time to learn about them. No single view of a tree is a fixed snapshot in time that tells the complete story. Join Michael Wojtech (one of the Garden Club of the Back Bay’s speakers this season) on April 29 at The New England Botanical Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston and discover how trees grow, reproduce, and interact with their environment across days, weeks, seasons, and years and over varying scales—from the intricate details of buds, flowers, and leaves that we use for species identification to the collaborative roles of trees in ecosystems. Learn more about the function and experience the beauty of overwintering buds, lobed or toothed leaves, flowers by the thousands, seeds that fly on the wind, and more.

    Michael Wojtech is the author of Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast. As a naturalist and educator, Michael strives to share the science and wonder of trees in an accessible and compelling fashion. He writes, photographs, illustrates, and presents programs about the structure, growth processes, and ecology of trees-including their bark, buds, leaves, roots, and wood-for audiences at all levels of experience. He is especially interested in the process of discovery and engagement, and draws his greatest inspiration from sharing the sense of wonder, awe, and the recognition of beauty that result from these investigations.

    $60 Member Adult; $75 Adult (Registration includes admission to the Garden) Register at www.nebg.org.

  • Friday, April 29, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Orchard Walk and Talk

    Walk and Talks give you an in-depth behind the scenes look at what goes on at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill. Learn from Tower Hill staff as they dive into what makes Tower Hill so special. For this Arbor Day Walk and Talk join Director of Horticulture Mark Richardson as he guides you around the newly planted orchard. Learn about all the changes that have happened to the orchard over the past few years, the plans for the upcoming years, and all of the special varieties was have at the Garden. $10 Member Adult; $20 Adult (Registration includes admission to the Garden) . Register at www.nebg.org

    1. Please wear the appropriate attire for walking around the gardens and potentially on the forest trails.
    2. Please note, there is currently construction happening at Tower Hill, which may result in altered or obstructed walkways, parking lots, or parking spaces, in addition to some noise.
  • Friday, April 30 – Massachusetts Arborists Association Arbor Day of Service

    Mark your calendar now and watch for details about the Massachusetts Arborists Association’s Arbor Day of Service celebration on Friday, April 30, 2021.  MAA’s popular community service event will be held at the historic Ames Estate and Community Park in Easton, MA. Details will be found at https://massarbor.org/Arbor_Day_Home_Page_2021

    First settled by Oliver Ames, 35th Governor of the Commonwealth, this 36-acre bucolic estate is now a well-loved green space regularly enjoyed by community members under the stewardship of The Trustees. The property has a significant number of full-growth specimen trees that reflect the ongoing commitment of the Ames family members to arboriculture. Dramatic examples include Kentucky coffee tree, magnolia, cucumber magnolia, Stewartia, beeches, sweet gum and columnar maple. 

  • Friday, April 21, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, and Saturday, April 22, 8:00 am – 11:45 am – UMass Earth Day & Arbor Day Celebration with Dr. Michael Dirr

    Join UMass Amherst Extension Landscape, Nursery & Urban Forestry Program for an Earth Day and Arbor Day Celebration with Dr. Michael Dirr. For most people who work with trees, Dr. Michael Dirr needs no introduction. He is the author of numerous books on woody plants that have become staples on our desks. He also has some New England roots, as he earned his PhD from UMass. His fingers are always on the pulse of the nursery industry, scouting for new introductions, and having himself introduced 15 trees into commerce.

    Michael Dirr is the author of seven books, including Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture and Propagation and Uses, a widely used and best-selling reference text, Dirr’s Hardy Trees and Shrubs, Hydrangeas for the American Gardener, and Viburnums: Flowering Shrubs for Every Season. A Mercer scholar, Dirr is considered one of the green industry’s most celebrated plant experts. An Emeritus Professor of Horticulture at the University of Georgia, his teaching, lectures, seminars, garden study tours and plant introduction programs have contributed greatly to industry awareness.

    He has established several arboreta, consults on tree selection, and has penned tree guides for many campuses. The green industry has tremendously benefited from his keen interest in evaluating trees and his enthusiasm to share it with us.

    Sponsored by: UMass Extension, the UMass Waugh Arboretum, and Eversource. Friday, April 21, 2017 – 2:00pm to 3:30pm, Saturday, April 22, 2017 – 8:00am to 11:45pm at UMass Amherst, 551 North Pleasant Street in Amherst. To register ($50), and for complete itinerary of events, visit http://ag.umass.edu/landscape/events/umass-earth-day-arbor-day-celebration-with-dr-michael-dirr

  • Friday, March 17 – Deadline to Acquire Arnold Arboretum 2017 Arbor Day Seedling

    Grow a part of the Arnold Arboretum in your own landscape. As a part of its mission to promote horticulture and the cultivation of exceptional woody plants in our region, the Arnold Arboretum distributes exceptional plant material to other botanical institutions and to members of the Arboretum community. It continues to honor and build upon this legacy through the Arbor Day Seedling Program, which makes a seedling of a tree, shrub, or vine available in early spring to members of The Friends of the Arnold Arboretum as a benefit at the Sustaining ($100) level and above. Inaugurated in 1970 as the Spring Plant Dividend, the Arbor Day Seedling Program invites our members to cultivate a living part of the renowned collections in their own landscapes. Members may elect to receive the plant by having it shipped to their preferred address or by picking it up in person on the designated pick up day.

    If you are not currently a qualifying member, join at the Sustaining level or upgrade your membership by March 17 to receive the 2017 Arbor Day Seedling. To join visit https://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/support/membership/ or call 617-384-5767.

    The 2017 Arbor Day Seedling is Chinese dogwood (Cornus Kousa var. chinensis). This form of kousa dogwood was discovered by Arboretum plant explorer Ernest Henry Wilson on his 1907-09 Expedition in China and was introduced by the Arboretum in 1907. C. kousa var. chinensis offers spectacular ornamental qualities in all seasons. Foliage emerges dark green, morphing to reddish-purple or matte scarlet in autumn. The true flowers, borne in June, are small rounded umbels, but the four creamy-white bracts surrounding each flower provide the real show. Produced in abundance, these large tapered bracts persist for over six weeks. Bracts of Chinese kousa dogwood are larger at up to 2½ inches long, compared to the straight species. Fruits set in August, and the pinkish-red to red edible aggregates provide for a striking effect suspended among fall foliage. The tree’s exfoliating bark reveals an exquisite mosaic of gray, tan, and rich brown, best admired following leaf drop. A lovely small tree, it grows up to 15-30 feet with an overall vase shape and strong horizontal branching. It performs best in moist, well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. Arboretum Founding Director Charles Sprague Sargent described this noteworthy tree as one of the greatest gifts to North American gardens. An outstanding individual growing near the Bussey Street Gate on Hemlock Hill Road was collected as seed during the NACPEC (North American China Plant Exploration Consortium) Shaanxi 1996 Expedition, and offers an excellent example of its fine qualities as a specimen tree.

  • Friday to Sunday, April 30 – May 2, 10-5 – Arbor Day Weekend at Tower Hill

    Celebrate Arbor Day at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts.  The first twenty five first time visitors will receive a free tree sapling.  Tree plantings and tours will occur each day at 2 pm.  The Gift Shop will be having a 20% off sale on everything they carry.  On Friday and Sunday at noon, arborist Joe Biagioni will give a one hour pruning demonstration – meet at the Entry Garden and dress for weather.  Also there will be a variety of childrens’ activities, including a scavenger hunt.  For more information and directions, log on to www.towerhillbg.org.

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  • Friday, April 30, 11:00 am – Arbor Day at The Breakers

    Ernest Bowditch, renowned as a “pioneer of American landscape design,” planned the grounds of The Breakers. Join The Preservation Society of Newport County to celebrate Arbor Day on Friday, April 30 at 11 a.m. as they plant a specimen tree, and tour the property to hear stories of preserved trees, hurricane damage, and new preservation activities on one of Newport’s most spectacular Gilded Age landscapes. The tree planting and tour will be led by Director of Gardens and Grounds Jeff Curtis. Admission for Preservation Society members is $10, general admission $15. Please register for Arbor Day at The Breakers in advance by calling (401) 847-1000 ext. 154. You may also log on to www.newportmansions.org.

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  • April 24-26, 10-5 – Arbor Day Weekend at Tower Hill

    Celebrate Arbor Day at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts.  The first twenty five first time visitors will receive a free tree sapling.  Tree plantings and tours will occur each day at 2 pm.  The Gift Shop will be having a 20% off sale on everything they carry.  On Saturday, at 1 pm, there will be a magnolia lecture, and arborist Joe Biagioni will give pruning demonstrations on Friday and Sunday at 1 pm.  Also there will be a variety of children’s activities.  For more information and directions, log on to www.towerhillbg.org.