Boston Flora

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  • Saturday, December 8, 10:00 am – Holiday Table Garden

    Plant a fragrant and festive garden for holiday decorating. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, will host instructor Betsy Williams for a workshop entitled Holiday Table Garden. We’ll combine chartreuse-colored, lemon-scented cypress trees with small evergreens, trailing ivies, white flowering plants and club moss in an attractive container. The garden is a beautiful, natural and, with proper care, long-lasting addition to your celebrations. Please bring an apron and floral scissors to class. Register at www.towerhillbg.org or call 508-869-6111. Tower Hill Member fee $65, nonmember $70.

  • Sunday, August 15, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – Survey of New England Ferns in Maine

    Don Lubin and Ray Abair of the New England Wild Flower Society have offered this workshop annually since 1999, but never before in Maine. They begin with a review of our fern flora, the 68 species that are native to New England. After an introductory discussion, they display photographs, drawings, and frond silhouettes. Field ID techniques are reviewed.  An outdoor field session follows with a  visit to many ferns on the Delta Institute property, located in Bowdoin, Maine, then Lycopodiella club-moss (below)  and other taxa at a nearby quarry. Geared to students with some experience and comfort in fern taxonomy. Bring a bag lunch and a hand lens.  The class will be held Sunday, August 15, from 10 – 4:30, and will cost $72 for NEWFS members, and $85 for nonmembers.  Register at www.newfs.org.

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