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  • Wednesday, January 18 – Thursday, January 19 – GEM Horticultural Business Seminar

    Renowned horticultural business consultant Frank Crandall will host the 8th two-day intensive GEM (Growth, Effectiveness, Management) Horticultural Business Seminar on Wednesday, Jan. 18 and Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, from 8am to 5pm at the Kettle Pond Visitor’s Center at 50 Bend Road in Charlestown, RI (snow date Friday, Jan. 20).

    Crandall, a Rhode Island Certified Horticulturist, Arborist and NOFA Accredited Organic Land Care Professional, will share methods and techniques he mastered during 38 years of experience running an award-winning landscape firm with $3 million in sales and 30 employees at its peak. Over two days, the seminar will cover the following topics: Estimating, Job Costing, Overhead Calculation, Company Finances (budgets, cash flow, and financial statements), Sales Techniques, Employees (attracting, hiring, retaining, firing, and evaluating), Management Tips, Marketing, Importance of a Handbook, Business Insurance, Contracts and Legal Agreements, Getting Small Business Loans and Accounting Mistakes to Avoid.

    The text for the seminar is Crandall’s newly published book, The Essential Horticultural Business Handbook, which each participant will receive. Daily lunches are also included. The seminar is approved for NOFA Organic Land Care Program re-accreditation credits for accredited professionals. The cost is $395 per person; $375 early bird registration (by Jan. 3, 2012); $375 each for two or more employees from the same company. Checks should be made payable to Frank Crandall, GEM and mailed to: PO Box 451, Wakefield, RI 02880.

    For more information or to register, contact Frank Crandall at FrankCrandall3@gmail.com or (401) 742-7619.

  • Tuesday, March 2, and Wednesday, March 10 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm – City of Boston Community Workshop on Climate Action

    The City of Boston will hold two Community Workshops on Climate Action, the first on Tuesday, March 2, from 4:30 – 8:30 pm, at Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, in the Mary Norton Hall on the Second Floor, and the second on Wednesday, March 10, from 4:40 – 8:30 pm, at the Metcalf Ballroom, George Sherman Union, Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Avenue.  Target neighborhoods under discussion in the March 2 session will be East Boston, Charlestown, South Boston, and in the Downtown area, Chinatown, North Leather District, and the West End. Neighborhoods under discussion on March 10 include Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Kenmore, South End, Allston, Brighton, and the Fenway. Interpretation available on request in American Sign Language, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish.  You must register in order to ensure a space at this workshop.  You may register online at www.cityofboston.gov/calendar/#/?i=2.

  • Saturday, June 20, 10 – 4 – Pocket Gardens of Historic Charlestown

    Gardens for Charlestown, Inc. presents Pocket Gardens of Historic Charlestown on Saturday, June 20, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Tickets are $15 each.  Pick up tickets and start at the Community Garden at the corner of Main Street and Bunker Hill Street.  For more information contact Pat McSweeney at patmcs@verizon.net. Gardens for Charlestown is a non-profit, all-volunteer garden and greenspace organization established in 1976.  It owns and maintains a 63 plot community garden and supports neighborhood initiatives to reclaim abandoned or neglected public spaces throughout Charlestown.   Log on to www.charlestownonline.net/gardens.htm for updated information.