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Tag: Boxwood

  • Tuesday, December 10, 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Holiday Boxwood Topiary Tree Workshop

    Bring a touch of nature into your home this holiday season by creating a stunning Boxwood Topiary Tree. In this Massachusetts Horticultural Society festive class at Elm Bank, you’ll learn how to craft and decorate a beautiful 14-inch tabletop tree that will remain vibrant for weeks with the right care.

    The art of topiary dates back centuries, allowing for endless creative possibilities in shaping and design. Whether you’re looking to enhance your holiday decor or searching for the perfect hostess gift for your next holiday visit, this adorable topiary tree is sure to impress. Throughout this workshop, we will guide you through each step of the process, from selecting the freshest boxwood branches to shaping and decorating your tree with charming holiday ornaments.

    By the end of the class, you’ll have a gorgeous centerpiece that adds a festive flair to any room. Plus, you’ll take home the skills to create more topiary trees in the future! $65 for Mass Hort members, $80 for nonmembers. The class takes place December 10 from 10 – 11:30. Register at www.masshort.org

  • Wednesday, December 4 and Thursday, December 5, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Boxwood Trees Workshop

    Choose either 12/4 or 12/5 workshop at Weston Nurseries, 93 East Main Street, Hopkinton, Massachusetts:

    Create a holiday tabletop tree using freshly clipped boxwood. For decorations, go natural or add a little bling! These trees are perfect for your holiday décor or to give as a gift. Of course there will be wine and goodies so bring a friend and make it a girls’ night. They’ll stay open until 8:00 pm on these nights so plan to end the evening with private shopping in the Garden Center Holiday Shop. Cost: $40 per person. These workshops are very popular so please call 508-293-8091 to reserve your spot now.

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  • Saturday, December 10, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – Boxwood, Fragrant Greens and Berry Centerpiece

    Create a beautiful, long lasting fresh centerpiece for the holiday season with Betsy Williams of The Proper Season on Saturday, December 10, from 10 – 12:30 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston.  Fill an attractive container with an arrangement of fresh boxwood, fragrant evergreens, California bay and rosemary, accented with sprays of berries, rose hips and pine cones.  Finish your container with a seasonal ribbon.  THBG members $60, non-members $65.  Email thbg@towerhillbg.org to sign up, or visit www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Saturday, May 14, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm – Garden Club of Buzzards Bay Plant Sale

    The Garden Club of Buzzards Bay will hold its annual plant sale at 783 Dartmouth Street in South Dartmouth on Saturday, May 14, from 9 – noon.  Admission and parking are free. Favorite plants on sale will include extraordinary geraniums, heirloom tomatoes, herbs, dahlias, unusual boxwood cultivars, and club grown annuals and perennials.  Community projects benefit from the proceeds of the plant sale.  For more information, email GCBBplantsale@yahoo.com, or call 508-758-3867.

  • Saturday, June 26, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Hedgemania

    The Berkshire Botanical Garden is holding a workshop on shearing, pruning and shaping hedges of all sizes and shapes on Saturday, June 26, from 10 – 1, in Richmond, Massachusetts.

    Join horticultural expert Matt Larkin for a hands-on hedge pruning workshop. The focus is on creating and maintaining a healthy, beautiful hedge. Learn about the different plants available for hedging including boxwood, yew, hornbeam, and privet. See first hand how these plants grow and learn techniques needed to tame them into formal and not-so formal shapes. Matt will share his “tools of the trade”, and his knowledge of cultivating these useful plants. Step-by-step instruction on pruning will be provided, and participants will sharpen their pruning skills on a variety of plants.
    Matthew Larkin established Black Barn Topiary in 2001 in an effort to provide large scale living sculpture to the garden obsessed. His work is currently growing at the Hartford Children’s Hospital, The London Hotel and various gardens in Connecticut and New York.  The class costs $35 for BBG members, $45 for non members, and you may register on line at www.berkshirebotanical.org, or by calling 413-298-3926.

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  • Saturday, December 5, 10 am – 12:30 pm – Boxwood, Fragrant Greens and Berry Centerpiece

    Create a beautiful, long lasting fresh centerpiece for the holiday season at this workshop with Betsy Williams, taking place at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Saturday, December 5 at 10 in the morning.  Choose an attractive pot or basket to fill with a lush arrangement of fresh boxwood, fragrant evergreens, California bay and rosemary, accented with sprays of eucalyptus berries, rose hips, pine cones and ribbons.  Greens arrangements are fun to make and, kept well watered, will last the holiday season.  Use your arrangement to decorate the dining table, entry hall, living room, kitchen, porch or doorstep.  Please bring clippers and an apron to class.  Cost $55 for Tower Hill members, $60 for non-members.  Register on-line at www.towerhillbg.org.

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