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  • Saturday, October 27, 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm – 8th Annual Canine Promenade

    Named to Boston Magazine’s 10 Can’t-Miss Halloween Events Around Boston, the Canine Promenade is a dog fair, costume contest, and 1/2‐mile Halloween costume parade around the Esplanade to celebrate the Fall season!

    SCHEDULE

    12:00pm: Dog Fair

    1:00pm: Costume Parade Begins

    1:45pm: Prize Winners Announced

    PRIZES

    Gift baskets will be awarded to the Top 3 Individual Costumes and Top 3 Group Costumes overall. Some of the prizes include:

    $150 Cunard Tavern gift card

    $100 Bar Boulud gift card

    $100 Pawsh gift card

    $75 75 Chestnut gift card

    Fluff & Tuff toys

    All registered dogs will receive a favor bag with their costume contest entry! All dogs must be registered to be eligible to receive a goody bag and prizes. Sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/8th-annual-canine-promenade-tickets-50452318242 Spectators are welcome!

    DOG FAIR

    Prior to the Costume Parade there will be a Dog Fair featuring local companies giving away samples and treats while showcasing their services for dog owners in the community. Vendors include:

    Back Bay Veterinary Clinic

    Boston Dog Lawyers

    Boston Veterinary Clinic

    Bridget Foster Reed Art

    Douglas Elliman Real Estate

    Fred Levy Pet Photography

    Lina Kriva Homes International

    Pawsh Dog Boutique & Salon

    Polka Dog Bakery

    Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa

    Shameless Pets

    WalkyWalk

    The Esplanade Association event is hosted in partnership with Pawsh, a dog boutique and saon conveniently located on Gloucester Street in Back Bay.  Photograph below of past winner copyright Fred Levy Pet Photography.

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  • Sunday, October 28, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Water Features in the Residential Garden

    Water has been an ever present element throughout garden history. Water features were influenced by agricultural, horticultural and architectural trends, leading to many fine examples around the world. In this Tower Hill Botanic Garden presentation on Sunday, October 28 from 1 – 2, landscape architect Paul Maue highlights ten of his New England projects, discussing how they respond to the site architecture and needs of the client, from concept to construction to completion. Gain inspiration for how to use water features in your own garden. $15 for Tower Hill members, $20 for nonmembers. Register online at www.towerhillbg.org.

    Award winning landscape architect Paul Maue is principal of Paul Maue Associates whose residential design projects have been featured in Boston Magazine, This Old House Magazine, and Tennis Magazine.

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  • Wednesday, March 8, 10:00 am – How the Glaciers Affected New England’s Plants

    Wednesday, March 8, 10:00 am – How the Glaciers Affected New England’s Plants

    Today, Massachusetts is a network of houses, businesses, farms, forests, and wetlands—but how did it get to be that way? What did it look like when the Laurentide Glaciers melted 12,000 years ago? How did a state that was only 25 percent forest by 1850 come to be 64 percent forested today? As part of our ongoing series The Prehistoric Garden, The Garden Club of the Back Bay welcomes Meg Muckenhoupt to our March meeting on Wednesday, March 8 at 10 am at The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue. This broad overview traces how and why the land has changed and what people thought about it—from Wampanoag King Philip to Frederick Law Olmsted to Governor Charlie Baker.

    Our speaker Meg Muckenhoupt is an environmental and travel writer. She has appeared on NPR’s Radio Boston and WCVB’s Chronicle, as well as WGBH’s Forum site. Her work has been featured in the Boston Globe, the Boston Phoenix, Boston Magazine, and the Time Out Boston guide; her book Boston Gardens and Green Spaces (Union Park Press, 2010) is a Boston Globe Local Bestseller. She currently serves as Executive Director of Community Outreach Group for Landscape Design (COGdesign).

    Meg was awarded a certificate in Field Botany by the New England Wild Flower Society and earned degrees from Harvard and Brown University. She lives in Lexington, Massachusetts. Garden Club members will receive notice of the meeting. If you are not a member but are interested in attending, please email info@bostonflora.com. Image from bostongeology.com.

  • Sunday, October 4, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – Emerald Necklace YogaFest

    On Sunday, October 4, enjoy a day long yoga festival, connecting people and parks to benefit the Emerald Necklace.  The event will take place at Clemente Field in the Back Bay Fens from 9 – 3.  General admission is $50, Supporter tickets are $125, and Advocate tickets are $250.  There will be Yoga, AcroYoga, food trucks, vendor booths, and more.  In the event of rain the party will move indoors.  You will find more information at www.emeraldnecklace.org/EmeraldNecklaceYogaFest.  Media partners are Boston Magazine and Hub Health, Boston.  Music by Djour Entertainment.

  • Meg Muckenhoupt Named Executive Director of COGdesign

    Meg Muckenhoupt Named Executive Director of COGdesign

    Our friend Meg Muckenhoupt has assumed the role of Executive Director of COGdesign. Meg brings more than a decade of experience in writing, web publishing, and nonprofit management to her role. Meg is an environmental and travel writer and co-creator of the GREEN SPACES: Boston smartphone app. She has appeared on NPR’s Radio Boston and WCVB’s Chronicle, as well as WGBH’s Forum site. Her work has been featured in the Boston Globe, the Boston Phoenix, Boston Magazine, and the Time Out Boston guide; her book Boston Gardens and Green Spaces (Union Park Press, 2010) is a Boston Globe Local Bestseller. A talented public speaker, she gives frequent talks about Massachusetts landscape history and Boston’s greatest unknown parks to audiences around New England.
    Meg was awarded a certificate in Field Botany by the New England Wild Flower Society and earned degrees from Harvard and Brown University.

    The Community Outreach Group for Landscape Design (COGdesign) connects underserved communities with the technical design assistance they need to bring healthy, attractive open space to their neighborhoods.  COGdesign clients include affordable housing sites, public and private schools, neighborhood parks, Friends groups, churches, municipal agencies, historic sites, arts centers, and community gardens.  COGdesign’s volunteer designers are trained landscape design professionals and students. We recruit seasoned, licensed professionals, recent graduates with innovative ideas, and landscape designers at every level in-between.  Image from boston.com.

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  • Saturday, June 14, 1:00 pm – To Cook is to Love

    Longtime Boston-based chef John Verlinden serves up his own healthier, modernized version of traditional Latin cooking, while also taking readers on a classic immigration adventure, in his upcoming book, To Cook Is to Love. He will appear on Saturday, June 13, at 1 pm at Porter Square Books, 25 White Street in Cambridge.

    John Verlinden is a chef, food educator and writer who started cooking the summer he turned 12 years old. He honed his craft by working in many restaurants and other food businesses in nearly every capacity—from dishwasher, to busboy, to waiter, to bartender, to chef to owner. Along with his life partner, Oz Mondejar, he owned and operated a popular Cuban-American restaurant, Mucho Gusto Café & Collectibles, in Boston from 1995 to 2000. Among the honors the restaurant received were Boston Magazine’s “Best of Boston”, The Improper Bostonian’s “Boston’s Best”, and Hispanic Magazine’s “Top 50 Hispanic Restaurants in the U.S.” A passion advocate for healthier Latin cooking, Verlinden has participated in a variety of culinary training programs for adults and children. He also maintains a popular blog on his website and produces a food column for a local newspaper. For more information visit www.portersquarebooks.com, or call 617-491-2220.

  • Friday, April 25 – Monday, April 28 – Art in Bloom

    As part of the MFA’s 2014 Season of Color, join them for this exuberant spring festival of art and floral design! Once again, garden clubs and professional designers from across New England will create floral arrangements inspired by the MFA’s works of art. Art in Bloom is open during regular Museum hours (10 am–4:45 pm) and is free with Museum admission; no reservations are required to see the floral arrangements and participate in most of the programs listed below. Events with prices require tickets.

    This year’s featured speaker is Emily Thompson.  Born in Vermont, she came from the north woods with her artist’s eye, a love of nature, and an unfettered imagination to become one of the nation’s most sought-after creators of organically beautiful, yet classically composed, floral designs.  Thompson, a sculptor, is one of New York’s premier floral artists, and received significant acclaim for her exquisite 2011 holiday decoration of the White House.

    ‘Tinis and Tulips Preview Party
    Shapiro Family Courtyard
    Friday, April 25, 7–9:30 pm
    Swing into spring at the MFA’s inaugural Season of Color preview party and enjoy a festive evening of colorful cocktails, light bites, music, and a scavenger hunt. Open to visitors 21+. Valid ID with proof of age required for entry. Tickets: Members $25; Adults (nonmembers) $50.

    Emily Thompson: Master Class I
    Druker Family Pavilion 160
    Saturday, April 26, 10:30 am–12:30 pm
    Hands-on flower instruction from a renowned, highly innovative sculptor turned floral designer. Tickets $250.

    Emily Thompson: Master Class II (advanced)
    Druker Family Pavilion 160
    Sunday, April 17, 10:30 am–12:30 pm
    Hands-on advanced flower instruction from a renowned, highly innovative sculptor turned floral designer. Tickets $250.

    Emily Thompson: Spring in the Wild Kingdom
    Remis Auditorium
    Monday, April 28, 10:30 am–12:30 pm
    A floral demonstration and lecture by Emily Thompson whose highly innovative and dramatic arrangements combine her love and reverence for nature with classical ornamental design. Tickets $55.

    Elegant Tea
    Koch Gallery 250
    Saturday. April 26, 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm
    Sunday, April 27, 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm
    Monday, April 28, 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm
    Tickets required. Limited tickets available each day for purchase at the box office in person.
    Tickets: Adults $30, Children under 12 $10.
    Parties may be combined as needed.

    Marc Hall and Janie Haas: A Blooming Affair
    Alfond Auditorium
    Monday, April 28, 3–4 pm
    Enjoy learning about the latest in design trends for events and weddings from Marc Hall, a renowned designer and event planner and Janie Haas, a 2013 award winner of Boston Magazine’s “Best of Boston.” Tickets $25.

    Tom Strangfeld: The Entry Courtyard Garden
    Alfond Auditorium
    Saturday, April 26, 3–4 pm
    Come let Tom show you how your front yard is far more than just another part of the landscape… rather it is the first room in your home, welcoming family and friends.

    Art in Bloom French, Italian, and Russian Tours
    Meet at Sharf Visitor Center
    Saturday, April 26, 2:45–3:45 pm
    Tours given in French, Italian, and Russian include art and floral arrangements throughout the galleries.

    Members’ Night
    Saturday, April 26, 6–9 pm
    Doors open at 5:30 pm.
    Enjoy a members-only viewing of the MFA’s 38th annual festival of fine art and flowers.

    Family Day
    Various locations throughout the Museum
    Sunday, April 27, 10 am–3 pm
    Celebrate Art in Bloom with family-friendly activities for all ages including live entertainment, art-making activities, and storytelling.

    Dora Lee: Celebrate the Season of Color with Ikebana
    Alfond Auditorium
    Sunday, April 27, 3–4 pm
    Drop in to see Dora Lee demonstrating Sogetsu Ikebana from basic to freestyle.

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  • Sunday, February 2, 1:00 pm – Mary Kocol Garden Photography Gallery Talk and Artist Reception

    Mary Kocol is a fine art and editorial photographer based in Boston. She’s a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and several Massachusetts Local Cultural Council grants. Editorial clients include The New York Times Magazine, Boston Magazine, and Doubleday. Kocol is represented by Gallery NAGA on Newbury Street in Boston.

    Mary Kocol’s photography has received acclaim for its transformation of ordinary domestic and street scenes, located often in her residence in Somerville, Massachusetts, into dramatic, richly colored compositions that convey an uncanny sense of both day and night. By photographing at dusk, with prolonged exposures, Kocol creates a melding of daytime and evening that transforms the mundane into the fantastic.

    In addition to her medium format (6×9) work, Kocol shoots with a plastic lens toy camera, producing images in which she uses the camera’s imperfections and its vagaries of focus. Examples of her photography are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

    Meet Mary on Sunday, February 2 at 1 pm at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, for a gallery talk and reception, or visit Tower Hill through February 23 to see the exhibit. Free with admission to the garden.

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  • Thursday, June 16, 11:00 am – Boston’s Gardens and Green Spaces

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay and The Friends of the Public Garden join local author Meg Muckenhoupt as she travels through the verdant world of her book, Boston’s Gardens & Green Spaces. This exciting lecture examines the role of public spaces throughout Boston’s historic and contemporary landscape. Rediscover Boston’s most revered historic parks and explore the city’s ever-expanding network of public spaces. How has the philosophy behind public spaces shifted over the years? How significant is the native flora and green space to the city’s overall health? This is a fascinating journey through green Boston, past to present—and all nature lovers, gardening enthusiasts, and history buffs should be sure to come along for the ride. Meg Muckenhoupt is a freelance environmental and travel writer. Her articles have appeared in The Boston Globe, the Boston Phoenix, Boston Magazine, the Time Out Boston guide, and many other publications. She holds a certificate in Field Botany from the New England Wild Flower Society. This special June meeting will take place Thursday, June 16 beginning at 11 am at Trident Booksellers, 338 Newbury Street (between Hereford Street and Massachusetts Avenue.)  Garden Club of the Back Bay members will receive written notice of this meeting – rsvp’s required due to limited space.

  • Tuesday, August 3, 7:00 pm – Empires of Food: Feast, Famine and the Rise and Fall of Civilization

    Porter Square Books in Cambridge hosts author Andrew Rimas on Tuesday, August 3, beginning at 7 pm.  Andrew will speak on his most recent book, Empires of Food: Feast, Famine and the Rise and Fall of Civilization. The book vividly chronicles the fate of people and societies for the past twelve thousand years through the foods they grew, hunted, traded, and ate-and gives us fascinating, and devastating, insights into what to expect in years to come. The narrative takes the reader to places as disparate as ancient Mesopotamia and imperial Britain. Discussed are the history of cyclic consumption and also of the future and the impact of food availability and distribution on world events. Rimas is a journalist and the managing editor at the Improper Bostonian magazine; previously he was an associate editor and staff writer at Boston Magazine. His work has frequently appeared in those publications, and in the Boston Globe Magazine and the Boston Globe. For more information, email ellen@portersquarebooks.com, or call 617-491-2220.