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  • Saturday, March 29, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm – 39th Annual Gardeners Gathering

    Saturday, March 29, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm – 39th Annual Gardeners Gathering

    Do you love to garden? Join over 400 community and backyard gardening enthusiasts for a full day of lectures, demos and hands-on workshops on Saturday, March 29, from 11 – 5 at The Egan Center, 120 Forsyth Street and Shillman Hall, 115 Forsyth Street at Northeastern University in Boston. Learn how to keep bees, grow mushrooms, plan your garden and more. Plus, the perennially popular community garden awards will honor Bostonians who’ve made extraordinary contributions to our gardening community. Join Boston Natural Areas Network for this special event!  For more information visit www.bostonnatural.org. 

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  • Saturday, March 22, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Perennial Garden Basics: Spring Perennial Garden Care

    Boston Natural Areas Network will host Perennial Garden Basics: Spring Perennial Garden Care on Saturday, March 22, from 10 – 12 at the James J. Chittick School, 154 Ruskindale Road, Mattapan.  In this workshop presented by Adam Monroy, learn how to prepare, plant and fertilize a perennial garden bed for multi-season interest.  Registration required by calling 617-542-7696 or by emailing info@bostonnatural.org. Photo from www.perennials-made-easy.com.

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  • Friday, October 18, 5:00 pm – Application Deadline for Grow Boston Greener’s Fall Tree Giveaway

    Due to the overwhelming interest in planting trees in Boston, Grow Boston Greener is giving away 100 FREE trees on Saturday, October 26! The Free Tree Giveaway is aimed at broadening community level tree planting efforts by giving away free trees to Boston residents, non-profits and community groups. We have formally launched the Tree Giveaway on growbostongreener.org.

    The Grow Boston Greener Tree Giveaway is made possible through the Boston Urban Forest Program, a partnership effort by the Boston Natural Areas Network, the City of Boston’s Park Department, Office of the Mayor’s Sustainability Initiative Greenovate Boston, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.

    Available trees include fruit, flowering, shade, or conifer trees. Trees will be in 5 gallon pots, 6′ in height, and weigh about 50 pounds each. The trees must be planted in the City of Boston. Pick up time and location, one day only, Saturday, October 26 from 10 – 2 at City Natives, 30 Edgewater Drive in Mattapan. On that day also, two half hour training sessions will be offered at 11 and 1, on how to properly plant and care for your trees. You must agree to water and maintain the trees for two years following the planting date, to help ensure the tree establishes itself and survives. The trees must be planted before November 30, 2013.

    The application form may be found at www.growbostongreener.org/gbg, and you may email the completed form to linda@bostonnatural.org, or mail to Grow Boston Greener, Attn: Linda Ciesielski, Boston Natural Areas Network, 62 Summer Street, 2nd floor, Boston, MA 02110.  Image from www.upwithtrees.org.

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  • Thursday, September 5, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Community Garden – Get Involved!

    Thinking of joining a community garden? In this Massachusetts Horticultural Society workshop, to be held this Thursday, September 5, from 7 – 8:30 at Elm Bank in Wellesley, explore the vast variety of community gardens in Boston from gardens on the rooftops to postage stamp size gardens tucked between residences. Learn how community gardens support cultural exchange, community building, sustainability and healthy lifestyles. Most importantly, we will discuss how to get involved in community gardening by starting, joining or volunteering at a garden in your community!

    Caitlin Gilson is the Garden Educator at the Boston Natural Areas Network which coordinates activities related to all of the Boston area’s community and school gardens, involving over 10,000 individuals and families. Caitlin has created and managed school garden programs for over seven years. She has developed professional development workshops on gardening for the Green Education Foundation and the Northeast Organic Farming Association.

    Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN), organized in 1977, works to preserve, expand and improve urban open space through community organizing, acquisition, ownership, programming, development and management of special kinds of urban land.

    Cost – $10.00 for members, $15.00 for non-members.  Register on line at http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e7r2np7ga3191b6b&llr=kzaorjcab.

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  • Thursday, August 15, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Boston Park Advocates Mayoral Candidates’ Forum

    We have received a letter from our good friends at Boston Park Advocates which we wish to share with our readers:

    Help make parks and open spaces a priority for Boston’s candidates. The Boston Park Advocates is a network of people and organizations who champion our city’s parks and open spaces. You may have been involved in the past, attending a workshop, as sponsor of a candidates’ forum, or by testifying at a city budget hearing.

    We’re jumping into this exciting campaign season. Will you join us? Here’s what’s happening:

    Mayoral Candidates’ Forum on Thursday, August 15th 7-9pm at the Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse.
    Survey on parks & open space sent to all the candidates.
    Updated www.bostonparks.org – check it out!
    Follow Twitter and facebook activity to get the candidates talking about greenspace.
    Calendar of events so park advocates can make sure candidates hear about open space issues.

    What can you do?

    First, join. Go to the sponsorship link on the website to add your organization to the growing list of groups that care about parks and open space. Let’s show candidates that Boston park advocates are from many disciplines: youth, sports, public safety, arts, bikes, health, CDC, and more.

    Second, link to www.bostonparks.org from your organization’s website to get more people educated about parks and open space.

    Third, get involved, go to candidate events, ask about their experiences with parks and let them know what you think is needed from a new mayor to make our greenspace even more spectacular. There are lots of ways to get involved, look at www.bostonparks.org to learn how.

    We’re not supporting a candidate, we’re supporting parks! Please join us.

    For Boston Park Advocates,

    Christine Poff, Franklin Park Coalition
    Valerie Burns, Boston Natural Areas Network
    Julie Crockford, Emerald Necklace Conservancy
    Liz Vizza, Friends of the Public Garden

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  • Saturday, February 23, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Fruit Tree Pruning at The Shirley-Eustis House

    The Shirley-Eustis House, a National Historic Landmark house museum and carriage house in Roxbury, Massachusetts is pleased to announce a fruit tree pruning workshop will be held on Saturday, February 23, 2012 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Please join the Shirley-Eustis House, Boston Urban Forest Council and Boston Natural Areas Network for a free workshop presentation entitled Fruit Trees: Pruning and Care at the Shirley-Eustis House, 33 Shirley Street, Boston.

    Routine pruning is vital for healthy fruit trees. In this hands-on workshop, experts will demonstrate basic tree pruning techniques and guide you as you help prune the Shirley-Eustis House orchard trees.  The workshop will teach you how and when to make pruning cuts, methods to boost the production of quality fruit and strategies to improve the health of fruit tree orchards.

    Please register for this event by calling 617-542-7696 or by emailing info@bostonnatural.org. This event is free and open to the public. All pruning tools and equipment will be provided but we ask that you provide your own gloves and eye protection gear.

     

  • Saturday, August 25, 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Fruit Trees: New Orchard Maintenance

    So you have planted some new fruit trees. What do you do now to ensure fruitful trees for future seasons? This informative program on Saturday, August 25, from 10 – 11:30 am, will illustrate the training, pest control, pruning, soil building and fertilization techniques required to grow healthy trees and delicious fruit. The class will take place at the Nightingale Community Garden, 512 Park Street in Dorchester. Co-sponsored by Boston Natural Areas Network and Boston Tree Party.  Email info@bostonnatural.org or phone 617-542-7696.  Photo from www.apartmenttherapy.com.

  • Saturday, August 18, 9:00 am – 11:00 am – Seed School

    Build the local seed supply! Learn basic techniques for collecting, processing and storing seeds from your favorite garden vegetables and flowers, on Saturday, August 18, from 9 – 11 at City Natives, 30 Edgewater Drive in Mattapan.

    This Boston Natural Areas Network  Seed, Sow and Grow program is free and open to the public. Registration is required for all programs and registering early is recommended. Participants should dress appropriately for weather and program content. Outdoor programs may be cancelled due to rain or severe weather.

    To register for a program: Call 617-542-7696 or email info@bostonnatural.org.

  • Tuesday, August 14, 5:30 pm – Neponset Nature Sketching

    Learn from a local artist Anne Schmalz how to put to paper what you see in nature, on Tuesday, August 14, beginning at 5:30 pm. We’ll use the flora and fauna surrounding the river as our subject matter. Bring a folding chair, materials provided. Register at info@bostonnatural.org or 617-542-7696. Meet behind 1245 Adams Street, Dorchester Lower Mills, at the small riverside park behind Baker Square building.

  • Thursday, May 17, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – More Ticks in More Places

    Several local green space organizations have joined together to present the following educational program about tick awareness and tick bite prevention.  More Ticks in More Places: How the ever-changing ecology of tick-borne diseases in the Northeastern US affects you! will be presented by Thomas N. Mather, Ph.D, Director, The University of Rhode Island Tick Encounter Resource Center, on Thursday, May 17, 6:30–8:00pm in the Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston.

    In New England, 2011 was an exceptionally “ticky” year, and there are predictions for a possible 20% increase in the tick population in 2012. Dr. Thomas Mather will discuss current trends in tick encounter risk as well as his efforts to help individuals and communities prevent tick bites and Lyme disease. Learn about tick life cycles, environmental factors contributing to Lyme disease, and what you can do to protect yourself so that you can continue to enjoy the green spaces in and around Boston. Reserve now. Space is limited.

    Free, but registration requested.

    Register online at http://my.arboretum.harvard.edu or by phone at 617-384-5277.

    Sponsored by Boston Natural Areas Network; Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center; Brookline Parks & Open Space; Emerald Necklace Conservancy; Franklin Park Coalition; Friends of the Blue Hills; New England Mountain Bike Association; Olmsted National Historic Site, NPS; and Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.