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  • Sunday, June 20, 10:30 am – 12:00 noon – Caring for Rhododendrons and Azaleas

    This Tower Hill Botanic Garden live course on June 20 at 10:30 am will teach you how to select, site, plant and care for rhododendrons and azaleas so that they perform well, are a pleasure to view and add 3 season interest to your landscape. The course will begin with an illustrated presentation on the huge diversity of hardy plants in this genus, of which people are mostly unaware. Tips will be given on how to select plants that will perform well for you. You will learn where and how they should be planted, and how to care for them after planting. The relatively few problems they are subject to, and how to address them, will be covered. Live plant material will be provided for hands-on viewing of some of the diversity discussed. Each person will leave with a potted native azalea.

    Joseph Bruso is a hybridizer, propagator and grower of rhododendron species and unusual hybrids, with a focus on attractive foliage as well as flowers. Joe maintains a 3 acre woodland display garden in Hopkinton, MA containing all the hardy species, including the natives, and many hybrids of own creation. Joe is the current President of the Mass Chapter American Rhododendron Society.

    $40 Member Adult; $55 Adult (Registration includes admission to the Garden) Register at www.towerhillbg.org

    1. All participants will be given a plant to take home.
    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, March 28 – Sunday, March 30 – Doin’ the Charleston : Azalea Style

    Friday, March 28 – Sunday, March 30, 2014 are the dates of our next Azalea Society of America convention, Doin’ the Charleston – Azalea Style, in Charleston, South Carolina, hosted by the Reverend John Drayton Chapter of the ASA. The convention hotel is the Charleston Marriott Hotel, 170 Lockwood Blvd, Charleston SC 29403, where they have a special $179 rate until March 6 – mention Azalea Society of America when you call for reservations at 1-800-968-3569.

    Spend time under stately live oaks hung with Spanish moss, visit the intimate gardens of the old homes and the historic plantations. Gaze at the plethora of azaleas as the Low country seduces you. During your time in Charleston, you’ll visit Magnolia Plantation & Gardens (pictured below), Middleton Place, Cypress Gardens, historic downtown Charleston and see many beautiful displays of azaleas.

    Lecturers include Tom Johnson, Director of Magnolia Plantation; Ernest Koone from Lazy K Nursery in Pine Mountain,GA, and famed for its native azaleas; Mary Roper, Garden Director at Asticou Azalea Garden in Maine, and Robert “Buddy” Lee, inventor of the Encore Azalea. Registration fee is $85, which includes the opening reception with two drink tickets, breakfast on Friday and Saturday, a great bag of gifts, and the Friday evening meeting. The registration form may be found at http://www.nationalazaleaconvention2014.org/Registration.html.

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  • Tuesday, June 18, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Ericaceae Family Focus

    Many different members of the Ericaceae, or heath family, thrive in New England’s acidic soils. This Arnold Arboretum class, offered with the New England Wild Flower Society and taking place at Garden in the Woods in Framingham on Tuesday, June 18, 9:30 – 12:30, begins with images and a description of the attributes of this family, including a demonstration of Go Botany to see the various genera. Along with botanist instructor Carol Govan, you will then walk outdoors to visit Garden in the Wood’s collection of azaleas, rhododendrons, blueberries, cranberries, leatherleaf, dog hobble, and more, also looking for evidence of nectar thieves and buzz pollination. Fee is $40 for Arboretum and NEWFS members, $48 for nonmembers. Register on line at www.my.arboretum.harvard.edu. Crowberries below courtesy of www.digitalnaturalhistory.com.

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  • Saturday, October 22, 11:00 am – 12:00 noon – Putting Your Landscape to Bed

    Mahoney’s Garden Center in Concord will conduct a free seminar entitled Putting Your Landscape to Bed on Saturday, October 22, from 11 – noon.  Do you know how to prepare your roses, dahlias, delphiniums or azaleas for the cold weather?  Mahoney’s in-house expert will show you how to prepare your beds and containers for the long wintr months.  Topics covered include annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs, and the best way to winterize pottery, statuary, and fountains.  Sign up at www.mahoneysgarden.com.  In keeping with our “Japan Year” garden club program theme, below is a picture of cycads wrapped for winter in Kyoto, Japan, from Tokyo Moe, a blog about Nakano, Tokyo and public space, found at www.jaredinnakano.wordpress.com.