The New England Dahlia Society’s expert growers return to Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, on Saturday, April 11 from 11:30 – 2 to sell tubers and answer all of your dahlia questions. Learn how to plant dahlias, watch them grow over the summer, and bring your blooms back to Tower Hill for the annual Dahlia Show, September 26-27. Free with admission to the Garden. For more information visit http://towerhillbg.org.
The Middlesex Conservation District will be holding its annual Fall Bulb and Perennial Sale on 9/20 (3-6 pm), and 9/21 (8am-12 noon) at the Great Brook Farm State Park Ski Touring Center, 1018 Lowell St, Carlisle, MA.
All items can be pre-ordered through 8/31 and picked up on the sale days; the sale includes tulips, daffodils, specialty bulbs and perennials. To order, please visit http://middlesexconservation.org or email middlesexconservation@yahoo.com to receive a print catalog.
Proceeds benefit the MCD’s environmental programs.
Millis Garden Club will be selling daffodil and other spring bulbs during a Revolutionary War Re-Enactment at Oak Grove Farm, 410 Exchange Street, Route 115 in Millis, Massachusetts this Saturday, October 16, from 11 – 3. This free event is co-sponsored by the Millis Historical Commission and the Lexington Training Band.
This is a great opportunity to see history in action and purchase your bulbs to plant now for wonderful spring blooms. All proceeds from bulb sales go to civic beautification. For more information, log on to www.millishistory.org or
www.millisgardenclub.org.
Come to the 4H Fairgrounds, 51 South Chelmsford Road, Westford, September 24 and 25, for the Middlesex Conservation District Fall Bulb and Perennial Sale – tulips, daffodils, alliums (below), unusual bulbs, iris, perennials and garden supplies (compost bins, bulb fertilizer, kitchen scrap buckets, etc). All items may be ordered in advance through September 4 to ensure best selection. To place an order, visit the MCD website at www.middlesexconservation.org and download an order form, or call 978 692 9395 and obtain a brochure by mail. All proceeds will benefit the District�s’ conservation programs. You may also email frances.gillespie@ma.usda.gov for brochures and directions. Friday hours 3 – 6, Saturday 8 – noon.
Visit the Smith College Lyman Conservatory beginning Saturday, March 6 through Sunday, March 21 from 10 am – 4 pm daily to view a gorgeous display of Spring Bulbs, guaranteed to raise your spirits after a cold, dark winter. There also will be special evening hours on Friday, March 12 and Friday, March 19 from 6 – 8 pm, and as detailed below, an Opening Lecture entitled Parks, Places and Plants by Lynden Miller on Monday, March 5, beginning at 7:30 pm in the Campus Center Carroll Room. A $2 donation is requested. If you are a member of the Smith College Botanical Garden, there will be members only hours each day from 9 – 10 am – please bring your membership card. Then, on Saturday and Sunday, March 27 and 28, bring your wallet for the After the Show Bulb Sale. Members hours Saturday, March 27 9:00 am – noon, general public noon – 3 pm Saturday, and 9 am – 3 pm Sunday. For directions, log on to www.smith.edu.
Come to the 4H Fairgrounds, 51 South Chelmsford Road, Westford, for the Middlesex Conservation District Fall Bulb and Perennial Sale – tulips, daffodils, unusual bulbs, iris, perennials and garden supplies (compost bins, bulb fertilizer, kitchen scrap buckets, etc). All items may be ordered in advance through September 4 to ensure best selection. To place an order, visit the MCD website at www.middlesexconservation.org and download an order form, or call 978 692 9395 and obtain a brochure by mail. All proceeds will benefit the District�s’ conservation programs. You may also email frances.gillespie@ma.usda.gov for brochures and directions.
