The Powisset Garden Club presents this program, open to the public, on Wednesday, March 3, beginning at 9 am at the Dover Town House, 5 Springdale Avenue in Dover, MA. Katherine Tracey is co-owner of Avant Gardens, a small specialty nursery in Dartmouth, MA. They grow a wide variety of uncommon plants, with an emphasis on tender perennials.  Kathy has been selecting uncommon plants for the container displays at Avant Gardens for over a decade. Her years of experience have allowed her to refine the list to the best and easiest choices for easy care for plant combinations. This slide presentation will introduce you to many new cultivars and start our creative juices flowing. For additional information log on to http://maclubs.esiteasp.com/powissetgardenclubofdover.
Tag: Choices
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Thursday, February 25, 7:30 – 9:00 pm – Seedy Night
Bring your seed catalogues to the Natick Community Organic Farm on Thursday, February 25, from 7:30 – 9:00 pm, for an informative evening around the wood stove with Natick Community Organic Farm Assistant Director Jean-Claude Bourrut. You will talk about variety choices suited for your garden, and will learn to read between the lines of glossy descriptions. Does “foolproof” mean invasive? Does “full sun” mean you’d better plant it in Florida? Does “mildew resistant” mean it will be covered in white powder if you don’t thin 90% of the planting? The cost for all this information will be $27, and you may sign up at www.bcae.org.
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Thursday, February 4, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Garden Design: A Perfect Plant Palette
Like dabs of paint and brush strokes in a painting, individual plants and their placement are what creates a garden or yard. It’s easy to walk into a nursery or garden store and become overwhelmed by the wide selection of plants, tools, soil choices, gardening tips, and helpful accessories. With so many choices how is it possible to comprise plant schemes with ease? This class will give an overview of the first steps to take in creating your perfect plant palette. You will discuss the basic design features of plants and how to use them in combination to make your available garden space into the retreat you wish it to be. Topics will include using plant forms to define outdoor rooms, using leaves and/or bark as a prominent feature of the garden, and using flowers and fruits to accent the garden. You’ll talk about color theory and the use of texture to create a balanced composition in the landscape. This course, sponsored by Brookline Adult Education, will be held on Thursday, February 4, beginning at 7 pm, at Brookline High School. The fee is $28, and you may register on-line at www.brooklineadulted.org, or by phone at 617-730-2700. The instructor, Kimberly Turner, is a principal of KDTurner Design, a landscape architecture firm in Newton. She has a background in both horticulture and landscape architecture and is the author of the soon to be published book Botany For Designers.
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Sunday, October 18, 1 – 3 pm – Autumn Beauties: Native Plants in the Collections
Tower Hill Botanic Garden’s grounds contain many beautiful native trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants that are at their most vivacious in the fall. Blueberries and chokeberries around the Wildlife Pond will be in vivid fall dress, and winterberries will be ripening for winter migrating birds. Fine native grasses will be at their ripest on Sunday, October 18, beginning at 1 pm, in the Systematic Garden. Witch hazels will be glowing yellow around the Wildlife Garden. Garden Designer Dori Smith, M. Ed, of Gardens for Life in Acton, Massachusetts, will seek out the best specimens in the garden’s collections to show you. She will discuss the special characteristics of native plants that make them good choices for your gardens, and how to create a palette of plants that will please you and the wildlife, year round. Fee $20 for Tower Hill members, $25 for non-members. To register, log on to www.towerhillbg.org.
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Tuesday, July 7, 9 – 12 – Flower Arranging From the Garden
Explore making good choices for floral arrangements through flower selection, learn simple techniques for cutting and conditioning materials, and see the appropriate methods of handling specific kinds of plant materials.
Award winning floral designer Robin Murphy, who presented to The Garden Club of the Back Bay during the “Art in the Garden” theme year, will lead you through this process and guide you in the creation of your own abundant “gardenesque†floral arrangements.
Container and mechanics included. Participants should bring floral scissors, clippers, and a small bucket to class. Members of Heritage Museums – $40; non-Members – $50 per person. To register, log on to www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org.