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  • Saturday, June 20, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – South End Garden Tour & Art!

    On Saturday, June 20, 2015, this year’s rain-or-shine, self-guided South End Garden Tour will kick off at the South End Branch of the Boston Public Library at 685 Tremont Street from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Tour will feature many beautiful, diverse gardens in the South End – from pocket-sized patio spaces to rooftop terraces to neighborhood parks and community gardens. All of the gardens show the creativity of the owners and gardeners, and the joy they receive from developing and caring for a city garden. The Tour, a major neighborhood event, attracts garden lovers from all over the city as well as the suburbs, who are often surprised and amazed to find such creative use of outdoor urban space. South End artists will be creating paintings in the Tour gardens and other designated locations within the Tour area. The painting will be available for purchase at the reception from 4 – 6 immediately following the Tour.  The reception/art sale will be held at City Year headquarters, 287 Columbus Avenue, Boston MA 02116 (corner of Clarendon Street). Proceeds of the Tour exclusively benefit the South End & Lower Roxbury Gardens, through The Trustees of Reservations Boston Region, a non-profit organization supporting community gardens and urban green spaces. South End & Lower Roxbury Gardens was established to protect community gardens and pocket parks in this historic Boston neighborhood.  For complete information and to purchase tickets ($20 in advance, $25 day of tour) visit www.southendgardentour.org.  Photos by Ben Watkins.

  • Wednesday, July 4 – Monday, July 9 – Thirtieth Perennial Plant Symposium

    The yearly Perennial Plant Symposium is the only annual symposium devoted entirely to perennials. It is also the oldest with the first symposium presented in 1983. The location changes each year. Enjoy learning about and observing perennials, gardens, and production facilities all across the USA and Canada. This summer the annual meeting of the Perennial Plant Association takes place in Boston, Massachusetts. The conference includes optional tours before and after the symposium, trips to public and private gardens, a trade show, and retail, grower, or designer’s talks and tours. Selected highlights include:

    July 4th: Optional walking horticultural tour of Boston, historical tour by bus of Boston, Lexington and Concord,  and fireworks cruise

    July 5th: Public Day Seminar Speakers

    Julie Merservy:  Home Outside – Creating the Landscape You Love

    Debra Knape: Good Enough To Eat – Designing Edible Landscapes

    David Culp:  Best of Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

    Adrian Bloom:   Bloom’s Best Perennials and Grasses

    Roger Swain: Ace of Shovels: Finding the Perfect Garden Tool

    Laura Deeter: Bringing Your Perennials Up Right

    July 6th: Eleven fascinating presentations featuring growers, landscape designers, and retailers, plus Keynote by Julie Merservy:  Hearing the Stream With Open Eyes – The Evolution of a Designer

    July 7th: Morning Bench to Border Tours of Cavicchio Greenhouses, Stonegate Gardens, Russell’s Garden Center, Garden in the Woods, Weston Nursery, and Tower Hill Botanic Garden.

    Afternoon Divine by Design Garden Tours of four private gardens, Elm Bank (Massachusetts Horticultural Society), Weston Nursery, and Tower Hill Botanic Garden.

    July 8th – Trade Show and Sixteen Lectures on topics ranging from Biological Controls to New and Upcoming Coreopsis Cultivars to Container Gardening.

    July 9 – Optional Tour to garden centers and Newport gardens

    July 10 – Option Tour:  Journey to the Edge!  The Maine Event.  Visit five wholesale and retail growers in New Hampshire and Maine, and experience a lobster bake at the Coastal Maine Botanic Garden.

     

    Lectures, reception and the trade show will take place at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 50 Park Plaza at Arlington Street. The room rate is: $129 for Single or $129 for Double.  Non Perennial Plant Association members are invited to register for the entire conference at non-member rates, or just for the public day on July 5th.  Registration information will be available at www.perennialplant.org.  This is a fabulous opportunity for our Boston area gardening community to participate in one of the nation’s premier horticultural events.

     

  • Sundays, June 13, 20, and 27, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Bostons’s Gardens & Green Spaces Tours

    Join Meg Muckenhoupt, author of Boston’s Gardens & Green Spaces, and Maryglenn Vincens, founder of Boston Your Way Premium Private Tours, for three exclusive walking tours through Green Boston, past and present.  Inspired by Muckenhoupt’s beautiful new book, Muckenhoupt and Vincens will examine how Boston’s shifting landscape and coastline have shaped the city’s ever-expanding network of public spaces.

    Tours are $50 per person and are open to the public. Each tour is limited to 25 people. Reservations must be made by Friday June 4, 2010. Each ticket includes a signed copy of Boston’s Gardens & Green Spaces and complimentary tea at some of Boston’s finest cafés and restaurants.

    Week 1: The Big Dig: Boston Blasts, Builds, and Reconnects: Sunday, June 13, 1pm-3pm
    Week 2: Evolution of Boston Proper: From Puritan Functionality to Modern Day Leisure: Sunday, June 20, 1pm-3pm
    Week 3: The Fenway: Land Conflicts, Commitments, and Community Gardens: Sunday, June 27, 1pm-3pm

    To register, email: events@unionparkpress.com and send us the Boston’s Gardens & Green Spaces Tour Form.  You may also log on to www.unionparkpress.com/news-events/bostons-gardens-green-spaces-june-tour-series/ for more information.

    Boston’s Gardens & Green Spaces

  • Thursday, May 20, 9:00 am -5:00 pm – The Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill

    Take a tour of the Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill on Thursday, May 20, 9-5, rain or shine.  The 81st Annual Tour is self-guided and may be viewed at your own pace.  Complimentary tea and coffee will be served at The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street.  To purchase tickets in advance by mail, send a check payable to Beacon Hill Garden Club to Ticket Chairman, Beacon Hill Garden Club, Box 302, Charles Street Station, Boston, MA 02114.  Include a stamped, self-addressed business sized envelope with your check. Tickets in advance are $30 each, and will be mailed in April.  Tour day tickets, if available, are $35.  No refunds or exchanges are allowed, and there are no group discounts.   Tickets may also be purchased on line at www.beaconhillgardenclub.org.

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  • Thursday, May 21, 9-5 – The Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill

    Take a tour of the Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill on Thursday, May 21, 9-5, rain or shine.  The tour is self-guided and may be viewed at your own pace.  Complimentary tea and coffee will be served at The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street.  To purchase tickets in advance by mail, send a check payable to Beacon Hill Garden Club before May 7, 2009 to Ticket Chairman, Beacon Hill Garden Club, Box 302, Charles Street Station, Boston, MA 02114.  Include a stamped, self-addressed business sized envelope with your check. Tickets in advance are $30 each.  Tour day tickets, if available, are $35.  No refunds or exchanges are allowed, and there are no group discounts. If you have questions, you may call 617-227-4392.  Tickets may also be purchased on line at www.beaconhillgardenclub.org.