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Tag: Bird-Friendly Gardens

  • Wednesday, September 13, 9:30 am – Bird Friendly Gardens

    Landscape designer Nanette Masi will talk about designing gardens with native plants to attract birds, butterflies,and other beneficial insects. She works with organic materials and techniques and designs gardens to be beautiful from spring through winter. This Lexington Field & Garden Club program is scheduled for Wednesday, September 13 at The Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington, MA. Coffee at 9:30 AM, Business Meeting at 10 AM followed by presentation. Meetings are free and open to the public.  Image from www.britishbirdlovers.co.uk.

  • Sundays, March 5 – April 9, 1:00 pm – Gardening For Life

    The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, 869 Main Street in Brewster, will sponsor a five part series of classes on Sundays, March 5 – April 9, on Gardening for Life.  Register online ($45 for the series, $12 for individual talks) at http://www.ccmnh.org/Gardening-for-life

    On March 5, Trevor Smith will discuss Waterwise Landscape Designs.  On March 12, Claudia Thompson speaks on Lessons from the Garden: What Native Plants Have Taught Me.  Mark Richardson of NEWFS follows on March 26 with his well received lecture Kill Your Lawn!  Nanette Masi, on April 2, covers Bird-Friendly Gardens, and the final lecture on April 9 by Michael Talbot is entitled Attractive Native Plants for the Cape Cod Garden.  For reservations, call 508-896-3867.