Boston Flora

Tag: Autumn Color

  • Saturday, October 3, 9:30 – 12 noon – Autumn Beauties: Habitat Gardens in Acton

    Fall can be one of the most beautiful seasons in the garden. On Saturday, October 3, from 9:30 – noon, Dori Smith, landscape designer of Gardens for Life in Acton, leads this tour of several gardens designed primarily with native plants to please birds and butterflies, as well as her clients. Native shrubs such as fothergilla and cranberry viburnum glow with autumn color. Winterberries are ripening, and twigs of dogwood are turning crimson. Many of the fall flowers are still blooming. The designer shows you “before” photos of these landscapes, as well as photos taken in different seasons. She discusses the unique challenges, goals and methods of each project. Learn ways to use stone and water to enhance the effects of the plantings. You are welcome to tour the Acton Arboretum  before or after the garden tour. The tour is sponsored by The New England Wild Flower Society, and costs $25 if a NEWFS member, and $30 if a nonmember.  Limited to 20 participants.  To register, log on to www.newfs.org, or call 508-877-7630.

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  • Sunday, September 27, 12:30 – 3 pm – Weetamoo Woods Walk

    This 650-acre preserve of maritime hardwoods and wooded swamp is at the heart of an on-going effort to protect a large un-fragmented forest region near the southern New England coast. The primary natural community is coastal oak-holly forest that surrounds a remnant Atlantic white cedar swamp. Autumn color and late season flora of woodlands and edges will be on display, as well as some interesting footprints from the past — cellar holes, bridges, and the remains of a 19th century sawmill.  Join the New England Wild Flower Society and Instructor Garry Plunkett for a very interesting hike through Weetamoo Woods in Tiverton, Rhode Island on Sunday, September 27, beginning at 12:30 pm.  Limit 15 participants, $20 for members of NEWFS, $25 non members.  To register, and for directions, log on to http://www.newfs.org, or call 508-877-7630.

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