Boston Flora

Tag: Bloom

  • Saturday, November 21, 10:30 – 12:30 pm – Specialty Perennials: Five Genera for the Shade

    Many excellent perennials thrive in the shade. A continuation of bloom with outstanding foliage is the dream of many gardeners. Exciting new cultivars will be featured including many rare forms of Polygonatum, Astilbe, Anemonella (below), Primula sieboldii and hardy Arisaema. This lecture at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts will focus on specialty perennials for the shade border. Learn from an expert propagator. Leo Blanchette is the owner and propagator of Blanchette Gardens in Carlisle, Massachusetts a nursery specializing in perennials. It features numerous rare and unusual varieties. He lectures through out the United States as well as in Canada and Japan. He was awarded the Silver Medal from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the Bronze Medal from the American Rhododendron Society and he has been featured in national gardening magazines.  The lecture will take place Saturday, November 21 beginning at 10:30 am, and will cost $20 for BBG members and $25 for non-members.  For more information, log on to www.berkshirebotanical.org.

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  • Tuesday, October 13, 2 – 4:30 pm – Afternoon at the Farmer’s Market

    Join Leah Bloom and the Boston Center for Adult Education (122 Arlington Street, Boston) for this hands-on trip to the Farmer’s Market, followed by a tasting of unusual fruits and vegetables and cooking demonstration, where you’ll learn to cook several colorful dishes with a bounty of farm fresh ingredients.  The cost is $45 plus a materials fee of $18.  BCAE members pay $39 plus the materials fee.  For more information, and to register, log on to www.bcae.org.

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  • Tuesday, September 22, 11 am – 1:30 pm – Lunch at the Farmer’s Market

    What’s so special about local farmer’s markets?  See for yourself in this hands-on class lunchtime visit to the farmer’s market, where you will discuss the benefits of buying locally grown produce, ways to get the most for your money, and some shopping rules of thumb.  Then, depending on what’s available at the market that day, you’ll return to the BCAE with fruits and vegetables to taste, and learn to cook some dishes with a bounty of farm-fresh ingredients.  Meet at 11 at the Boston Center for Adult Education, 122 Arlington Street.  The instructor is Leah Bloom, and the cost is $45 plus $18 for materials.  BCAE members enjoy a discount on the class cost, paying $39 plus the materials fee.  To register, and for more information, log on to www.bcae.org.

  • Tuesday, September 29, 6 – 8:30 pm – Cooking with Farmer’s Market Finds

    What’s so special about local farmer’s markets?  See for yourself the benefits in this hands-on class.  You will discuss buying locally grown produce, ways to get the most for your money at a farmer’s market, and some shopping rules of thumb.  Then, depending on what’s available in the market that day, you’ll taste unusual fruits and vegetables, and learn to cook several colorful dishes with a bounty of farm fresh ingredients.  A materials fee is included.  Cost $45 (members of the Boston Center for Adult Education $39), and a materials fee of $18.  The instructor is Leah Bloom, and the class, which is held from 6 – 8 pm at the Boston Center for Adult Education, 122 Arlington Street will run from 6 – 8:30 pm.  For more information, and to register, log on to www.bcae.org.

  • Saturday, August 15 – Sunday, August 16, noon – 4 pm – Meadow Magic

    Celebrate peak meadow bloom at The Garden in the Woods in Framingham  with butterflies, games, and many special events, from noon until 4 pm.  For more information and directions, log on to www.newfs.org.

  • Sunday, July 12, 10 – 5 – ACK-Sustainable

    The 45th Annual Community Green Thumb Flower Show, a Garden Club of America Flower Show, will be presented by the Nantucket Garden Club on Sunday, July 12, from 10 – 5, at the Nantucket New School, 15 Nobadeer Farm Road, Nantucket, Massachusetts.  The Nantucket Garden Club is a member of the Garden Club of America. This “summer” club on the resort island of Nantucket off the Coast of Cape Cod has members from throughout the U.S. who spend much of their vacation time in service to the Nantucket community and take responsibility for long-term civic projects.  In July, when gardens across the island are all in bloom and the fragrant roses of ‘Sconset are a highlight of the island tours,  the Nantucket Garden Club presents the Annual Community Green Thumb Flower Show. For 45 years the island community has entered their cut stems, blooms, plants, and vegetables, along with special theme arrangements, where children, seniors, men, and women compete for ribbons and awards. The Nantucket Garden Club maintains the historic Hadwen House Garden and assisted with funding the Athenaeum (library) garden/park in the downtown historic district. The picturesque and often photographed Main Street fountain is seasonally decorated with colorful plants throughout the year by the Garden Club members. Four major scholarships are awarded annually to Nantucket High School graduates for advanced study in horticulture, landscaping, environmental studies, and conservation. Efforts by members in local and national conservation is a current focus of the Nantucket Garden Club.

  • Sunday, June 28, 12 noon – Weymouth in Bloom

    The Weymouth Garden Club presents Weymouth in Bloom, a tour of seven of Weymouth’s loveliest private gardens, on Sunday, June 28, from noon to 4 p.m. Tickets can be purchased on the day of the tour at Trinity Episcopal Church, 241 Broad Street, Weymouth, starting at noon.� Come and see  beautifully enhanced  properties in North, East, and South Weymouth.  For more information contact Jean M. Berg at jeanmberg@hotmail.com, or call 781-37-4088.