Boston Flora

Tag: Autumn

  • Tuesday, October 24, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Designing a Garden for All Seasons: Autumn Edition

    How do you create an all-season garden that both captivates people and provides for wildlife year-round? On Tuesday, October 24 at Garden in the Woods, Anna Fialkoff will discuss designs and plant palettes for your garden that focus on structure and seasonal themes, with special attention to fall gardens. Afterward, you will walk through the Garden to see how the Society’s horticulture team tackles the autumn season. The New England Wild Flower Society session will begin at 10 am and is $62 for NEWFS members, $73 for nonmembers. Register online at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/designing-a-garden-for-all-seasons-autumn-edition

  • Saturday, September 16, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Wildflowers of Fall

    Fall-booming New England natives are the swan song of the growing season, with the explosion asters, goldenrods, and others providing a last burst of color before winter. In this quick introduction to fall favorites on Saturday, September 16 from 10 – 1 at Garden in the Woods, you will learn to identify flowers, habitats, and pollinators through a combination of classroom instruction and a walk in the field at the Garden. Bring a hand lens and Wildflowers of New England. Instructor is Neela de Zoysa, co-sponsor is Mass Audubon, and the fee is $40 for NEWFS and Mass Audubon members, $48 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/wildflowers-of-fall

  • Saturday, November 6 – Fall Chrysanthemum Show Opening

    Come to the Botanic Garden of Smith College on Saturday, November 6, and see the most glorious display of autumn blooming chrysanthemums.  The show will on view through November 21, and you will see many varieties you’ll want to plant in your own garden next season.  Or, just come and enjoy the fabulous color – this is a terrific fall outing for those gray November New England days.  For hours and more information, log on to www.smith.edu/gardens, or email garden@smith.edu.

  • Saturday, October 9 – Monday, October 11, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Shades of Autumn Harvest Arts and Crafts Market

    Entertainment, apples, and children’s crafts will highlight Tower Hill Botanic Garden’s Shades of Autumn, an annual celebration of the harvest season, taking place Friday, October 9 – Monday, October 11, from 10 – 5.  Arts and Crafts Vendors feature stained glass, trellises, quilting, plants, edibles, photography, pottery, jewelry, and garden accessories.  Taste testing tours of the Preservation Apple Orchard will take place at 2 pm each day.  Enjoy a hayride (weather permitting) through the trails.

    Free admission for residents of Boylston and Clinton, courtesy of the event sponsors, the Boylston and Clinton Public Libraries. For directions and more information, log on to www.towerhillbg.org, or E-mail: thbg@towerhillbg.org . Phone: 508-869-6111

  • October Daffodil Planting on the Charles

    This autumn, the Charles River Conservancy will be planting bulbs along the banks of the Charles in Boston, Cambridge, and Watertown.  For the next month, every dollar you give will purchase one bulb that will help to brighten our Parklands next spring.

    If you’re unable to donate funds for the bulbs, help plant them!  Volunteer events will take place throughout October and November until the ground freezes.

    You can donate securely via their website, www.TheCharles.org.  Please specify BULB PLANTING in the “Comments” box.  If you prefer, you can also mail a donation to: Charles River Conservancy, 4 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.

    For questions, or to volunteer for a bulb planting event, please contact the Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator John Broderick at jrb@thecharles.org or 617.300.8173.

    Daffodils at water's edge

  • Saturday, October 3 – Sunday, October 4, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Keep it Local Fall Festival at Drumlin Farm

    The theme of this year’s festival, “Keep it Local,” reminds us to celebrate all that autumn has to offer in New England. Taste freshly picked produce from our fields or pick your own, come enjoy live music each day, and meet some of our native furry critters. Visitors can: • Savor fresh Drumlin Farm food • See antique cars • Meet the wildlife! • Feel the beat with live music by the Ancient Mariners Saturday 11:00 am-3:00 pm and Mollie’s Misfits on Sunday 11:00 am-3:00 pm • Buy fresh and festive fall pumpkins, wool, and more at our country store • Enjoy a hayride around the farm—a fall Drumlin tradition • Watch local crafters creating their work, or try your hand at rolling your own beeswax candles • Participate in children’s activities and games • Learn about certified Bird Friendly®, Bird and Beans® coffee! Purchase tickets in advance by calling 781-259-2206. Admission prices are $8 adults/ $6 children for members, and $10 adults/ $8 children for nonmembers, children under age 2 are free. Event runs rain or shine. Check in faster by preregistering! Preregistration is good for either Saturday or Sunday. Drumlin Farm will be closed to general visitation for both members and nonmembers on October 3 and 4. Your ticket price provides critical support for Massachusetts Audubon’s education and conservation programs.


  • Sunday, October 18, 1 – 3 pm – Autumn Beauties: Native Plants in the Collections

    Tower Hill Botanic Garden’s grounds contain many beautiful native trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants that are at their most vivacious in the fall. Blueberries and chokeberries around the Wildlife Pond will be in vivid fall dress, and winterberries will be ripening for winter migrating birds. Fine native grasses will be at their ripest on Sunday, October 18, beginning at 1 pm, in the Systematic Garden. Witch hazels will be glowing yellow around the Wildlife Garden. Garden Designer Dori Smith, M. Ed, of Gardens for Life in Acton, Massachusetts,  will seek out the best specimens in the garden’s collections to show you. She will discuss the special characteristics of native plants that make them good choices for your gardens, and how to create a palette of plants that will please you and the wildlife, year round. Fee $20 for Tower Hill members, $25 for non-members.  To register, log on to www.towerhillbg.org.