Boston Flora

Tag: cannabis

  • Saturday, November 5, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Homemade Herbal Pet Treats

    Treat your dog or cat to delicious homemade snacks and learn about the benefits of herbal infusions for pets in an educational, hands-on environment. You’ll learn a technique for making herbal, pet-friendly tinctures with chamomile, rosemary, mint, cannabis, and others, which we’ll incorporate into wholesome, limited-ingredient pet treats. All supplies will be provided by the instructor except for cannabis; if you want to make a cannabis infusion to take home, you must bring your own cannabis. Small vials will be provided to take the tinctures made in class home. You must be 21+ to take this class. The class and venue are in compliance with MA cannabis laws; no cannabis may be bought or sold with the venue or on the property. The instructor for this Cambridge Center for Adult Education class, to be held Saturday, November 5 from 1 – 4, is Melissa Smith. This class will meet in-person at CCAE with a limited student capacity. Please note that COVID-19 proof of vaccination is required. Please view our In-Person Class Guidelines prior to enrolling. $75. Sign up at www.ccae.org.

  • Wednesday, March 16 & Thursday, March 17, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Cannabis Symposium, Online (Early Registration Discount)

    With the increased legalization of cannabis throughout the United States this impactful plant is getting a lot of attention. With that attention brings lots of questions and curiosities. Tower Hill Botanic Garden is committed to exploring the horticultural components of the cannabis and hemp plant. This online symposium on March 16 and 17 from 6 – 8:30 will bring together experts in the fields of horticulture and science to help understand the many questions and topics surrounding the biology, applications, and care of this plant. The symposium is geared toward anyone with an interest in cannabis and hemp as well as professionals. Speakers include Monique McHenry, PhD, Pete Apicella, Maggie Kinsella, John de la Parra, and Ernest Anemone.

    $75 for Tower Hill members, $90 for nonmembers, $40 for students. Fee includes a gate pass for a future visit. Early Registration (before February 1) discounts available ($55/$70/$25) Register at www.towerhillbg.org

  • Sundays, March 8 – April 5, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm – Cannabis Lecture Series

    Learn more about the plant that has been making news and sparking change across the country. In each lecture, experts will cover a different topic related to cannabis, as well as its connection to people throughout history. Topics include ethnobotany, evolution, horticulture, taxonomy and genetics, and hemp. Join us for one lecture or all. 

    March 8 will feature Peter Apicella, University of Connecticut, on Genetics and Taxonomy. March 15 lecture is on Horticulture with Maggie Kinsella of Coyote Cannabis Corporation. On March 29, John de la Parra of Harvard University’s Herbaria teams with Ernest Anemone of the Arnold Arboretum to talk about Ethnobotany, and finally, on April 5, Monique McHenry of University of Vermont speaks on Evolution. $20 per lecture for Tower Hill members, $25 for nonmembers. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.