Enjoy delicious food, wine, and craft beers, bid on items in a silent auction, and support the biggest fundraiser of the year for The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay. The party will be held on Thursday, November 9, from 6 – 9 at The Women’s Lunch Place, 67 Newbury Street. Click the link for more information and donation opportunities: https://womenslunchplace.org/nabb
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.
The Garden Club of the Back Bay is pleased to participate in this year’s COGdesign Online Auction, beginning March 25 at www.cogdesign.org.
The Community Outreach Group for Landscape Design (COG) will hold its annual online auction Thursday, April 3 – Wednesday, April 9. Visit www.cogdesign.org and get started. Looking for a private garden consultation? A specimen tree? Or maybe a classic teak bench to place in your garden? Then prepare to bid early and often at the 10th annual In the Garden online auction.
All proceeds are used to build and improve neighborhood gardens and parks throughout greater Boston. In the Garden offers specialty goods and services for the discerning gardener and attracts great interest and spirited bidding.
Among the prized offerings this year are a winter-proof Lunaform planter, specialty seeds and tools, organic compost, and massage gift certificates for the achy gardener! Retail values for auction selections range from $30 to $1,000 — something for every budget.
COGdesign is a non-profit service organization offering quality landscape design for community-based groups, meaningful professional experience for student and practicing landscape designers, and volunteer opportunities for those interested in strengthening communities by creating and improving neighborhood green spaces.
In 2003, TCLF launched the Pioneers of American Landscape Design initiative in partnership with the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), with the goal of documenting, collecting, and preserving the unique, first-hand perspectives of renowned landscape practitioners. To support the development of this and other important educational initiatives, TCLF is conducting its eighth annual silent auction of artwork. This year’s auction will feature more than 75 sketches, paintings, photographs, books, clothing, and other ephemera executed by notable landscape architects and artists. In addition to the diverse collection of work by both veteran and emerging landscape architects, the auction will include more than a dozen works by celebrated photographers from across the country.
TCLF is extremely grateful for the generous support of all our auction donors and sponsors, the American Society of Landscape Architect’s and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. ASLA’s continued support of this project assures that all of the funds raised go directly to support our education initiatives and promote our mission of stewardship through education.
To arrange an absentee bid or for more information on the Silent Auction, please contact Amanda Shull at amanda@tclf.org. Painting below by Michael Van Valkenburgh. View the entire catalog at www.tclf.org/event/2012-silent-auction.
Tower Hill Botanic Garden and Co-Chairs Barbara L. Morse, Trustee, and Christopher S. Reece, President, cordially invite you to attend Fashioned from Nature: Holly Days Gala and Fashion Show, on Friday, December 2. The evening will begin at 6 pm with cocktails and hors d’oeuvre, followed by a light dinner and fashion show by James Hogan. There will then be a custom holiday wreath auction and caroling in the Limonaia. Individual tickets $125, Patron Tickets $250, and Sponsor Tickets $500. Please respond by November 22. You may pay by check made out to WCHS and mail to Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Attn: Marleen Kilcoyne, Development Coordinator, 11 French Drive, PO Box 598, Boylston, MA 01505-0598, or you may pay securely on line at www.towerhillbg.org. For more information call 508-869-6111, x 114. Also, visit the Tower Hill Holly Days Auction at www.biddingforgood.com/towerhill. All proceeds support Tower Hill Botanic Garden.
For the third year in a row, the American Horticultural Society will reprise its online auction. This year’s auction features exclusive opportunities for four people to have lunch and a garden tour with notable horticulturists and landscape designers throughout the United States.
Among the tours is Fallingwater in Pennsylvania with Landscape Architect Melissa Marshall, principal designer for the award winning firm MTR Landscape Architects. Ms. Marshall was instrumental in the recent renovation of the last great Frank Lloyd Wright house with its original setting, furnishings, and artwork intact.
Also available is a tour with Allan Armitage, internationally known for his multifaceted teaching and research in new plants for the garden and greenhouse at the University of Georgia Horticulture Gardens.
Visit http://www.ahs.org/auction/ for a full list of these exceptional experiences and more information about the auction process. The deadline to bid on the auction items is September 26, 2011, 5:00PM EST. All proceeds benefit the AHS’s outreach programs and stewardship of its River Farm headquarters.
Support Fruitlands Museum and enjoy a fun evening under the tent at Alcott’s Restaurant and Tea Room on Saturday, June 18, from 6:30 – 10 pm. This year’s event includes new and exciting items in both a live and silent auction, delicious hors d’oeurve, plated dinner and scrumptious desserts from Fireside Catering, a cash bar, live band, and dancing. Tickets are $75 per person, $560 for a table of eight, and $700 for a table of ten. For more information, or to become a sponsor, call 978-456-3934, ext. 289, or email Kerry Castorano at kcastorano@fruitlands.org.
COGdesign announces the In The Garden Online Auction to benefit community green spaces. Bids will be accepted through Tuesday, April 13, at www.cogdesign.org. Items include a granite compass rose by sculptor Karin Stanley (pictured below), a weekend getaway on Martha’s Vineyard, organic compost from Coast of Maine, a 7’ tall hand-crafted iron tuteur in Mediterranean blue, and many other wonderful items for bidding! Hand tools, house improvement services, garden-inspired art, personal adornments (beads), wine & food, garden consultations, museum memberships, books, ONE-OF-A-KIND treasures, and, naturally, a Garden Club of the Back Bay holiday wreath.
In The Garden Online Auction is brought to you by COGdesign – the Community Outreach Group for Landscape Design – landscape professionals dedicated to providing pro bono planning and design services to homeless shelters, public schools, community gardens, low income housing, and neighborhood parks. Wherever people need plants, gardens, and parks, you’ll find COGdesign volunteers lending a hand.
Celebrate the start of spring by visiting IN THE GARDEN Online Auction to invigorate your hibernating soul and satisfy your craving for sunshine and warmth! Color, crafts, and creative inspirations will be yours for the highest bid.
Be prepared to be inspired because The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, hosted by local non-profit “e” inc., the Environmental Science Learning and Action Center, is back! WSEFF will take place on March 20th from 6-10 PM at The Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, 41 Berkeley Street in Boston’s South End. The evening will showcase 9 films – shorts, animations, documentaries – about pressing environmental issues, opening with the award winning documentary ‘Tapped’ about the privatization of water and the effects of buying back what you already own. Tickets also include a light supper, dessert, and a silent auction. Supper begins at 6 and films at 7:15. Dessert/Intermission is from 8:30 to 9 followed by the 2nd set of films from 9 to 10. Admission for the entire event is just $25 if purchased before March 1 and $30 after that. All proceeds benefit “e†inc.’s mission of bringing science literacy and community action to urban children and teens. For more imformation log on to
www.e-action.us, or call 617-227-1522. You may also email drickystern@yahoo.com.
