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Tag: Container Gardening

  • Wednesday, April 9, 7:00 pm – Container Gardening with Herbs

    Betsy Williams, a renowned gardener and herb grower, will demonstrate how to use container gardening with herbs and flowers to enhance your daily life. In this Pepperell Garden Club event on Wednesday, April 9, beginning at 7 pm at the Pepperell Senior Center, 37 Nashua Road in Pepperell, she will show us how herbs and flowers can be used in cooking, potpourri, and floral arrangements to add beauty, flavor, meaning and fragrance to seasonal celebrations. $5 fee. For more information call Club president Lisa Moran at 978-433-3672.  Photo from www.gardenlandscapeideas.org.

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  • Saturday, August 10, 11:00 am – 2:30 pm – Container Gardening for the Urban Dweller

    Aesthetically, your cramped city apartment may be about the furthest thing from Mr. McGregor’s garden, but if you’ve got a patio, porch or windowsill, you’ve got enough space to grow all the herbs, veggies and flowers they do in the countryside (with far less threat of Peter Rabbit ransacking your crops). Learn where and how to grow the garden you’ve always wanted at the Boston Center for Adult Education, 122 Arlington Street, on Saturday, August 10, from 11 – 2:30. Instructor Iris Weaver will cover containers, soil, feeding and disease control, varieties of plants, growing conditions and more! $49 for BCAE members, $58 for the public, materials cost $10. Register at www.bcae.org.

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  • Saturday, June 8, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Flowers and Fragrance in a Pot

    Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, will again host Betsy Williams for a hands on worksh0p on Saturday, June 8 at 10 am entitled Flowers and Fragrance in a Pot. Fill a 14″ pot to overflowing with a selection of flowering and fragrant plants: miniature roses, scented geraniums, fragrant rosemaries, trailing vines, sweet pansies and other long blooming plants. Perfect for that sunny spot on a patio, porch or doorstep, a flowering container garden brightens your home and spirit all summer long. All plants and materials included. THBG members $70, non members $75.  Register on line at www.towerhillbg.org.

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  • Sunday, May 19, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Container Gardening

    Whether you’re growing annuals, perennials, vegetables, or tropicals, containers give you the versatility and freedom to have it all. Learn techniques for exciting and successful pots from the bottom up as Betty Sanders assembles five containers during this lecture/demonstration at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, Massachusetts on Sunday, May 19 from 1 – 3. $20 for Tower Hill members, $25 for nonmembers.  Sign up on line at www.towerhillbg.org, or call 508-869-6111.

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  • Saturday, October 13, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm – Container Gardening for the Urban Dweller

    Aesthetically, your cramped city apartment may be about the furthest thing from Mr. McGregor’s garden, but if you’ve got a patio, porch or windowsill, you’ve got enough space to grow all the herbs, veggies and flowers they do in the countryside (with far less threat of Peter Rabbit ransacking your crops). Learn where and how to grow the garden you’ve always wanted. Instructor Iris Weaver will cover containers, soil, feeding and disease control, varieties of plants, growing conditions and more, at the Boston Center for Adult Education, 122 Arlington Street, on Saturday, October 13, from 11 – 3.  BCAE member cost is $41, non-members $48.  Register on line at www.bcae.org.  Image from www.thedailygreen.com.

  • Saturday, April 28, 2:00 pm – Traffic-Stopping Container Gardens

    Deborah Trickett, MCH, and owner of The Captured Garden, will speak at Weston Nurseries of Chelmsford, 160 Pine Hill Road in Chelmsford, on Saturday, April 28, beginning at 2 pm. Deborah is an award-winning designer whose work has been featured in The Boston Globe, in Garden Gate Magazine, and on the TV show New England Dream Home.  She is a frequent lecturer at the Boston Flower & Garden Show as well as at the Philadelphia International Flower Show. She also teaches classes and workshops at the Arnold Arboretum.  She’ll help make your container gardens the talk of the neighborhood!  Free.  For directions, visit www.westonnurseries.com.

  • Tuesday, April 3, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Creating Lush Containers

    The Andover Garden Club will hold a meeting, open to the public, on Tuesday, April 3, beginning at 10 am at South Church, 41 Central Street in Andover.  A $5 suggested donation is requested. Garden designer, writer, and lecturer Donna Lane, speaking on Creating Lush Containers, will demonstrate how to create lush container gardens that will be the envy of the neighborhood. She will discuss color, texture, form, mass, and scale; how to select plants; the best soil for planters; which plants are best suited to containers; professional secrets; and use of accessories.

    Founded in 1927, the Andover Garden Club is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that encourages the study and practice of horticulture, landscape design, and floral design; aids in the beautification of the town of Andover; and helps protect and conserve natural resources. For more information telephone 978-475-7119.

  • Thursday, August 18, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Late Season Container Gardening

    Get past the potted chrysanthemum and a pumpkin for your front porch this fall. With summer winding down, it’s time to jazz up those tired container plantings you’ve been watering since June. Discover native plants that carry color, texture and form into the fall and learn tips on design, maintenance and over-wintering. Then assemble and plant your own container under the instructor’s guidance. BYOC–bring your own container. Containers and plants available at a discount for New England Wild Flower Society class participants that day, Thursday, August 18 from 10 – 12 at Garden in the Woods in Framingham. Class fee includes potting mix, fertilizer and mulch. The instructor is Dan Jaffe, and the fee for NEWFS members is $30, $36 for nonmembers. Visit www.newfs.org to register.  The “instant autumn garden” photo below, by Jennifer Martiné,  is taken from Sunset Magazine, a terrific source for garden articles of interest.

  • Saturday, August 6, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Container Gardening for the Urban Dweller

    Want to grow veggies, herbs, flowers, even shrubs, but don’t have the garden space? Don’t despair! If you have a patio, porch, or windowsill you can experience the pleasures of gardening from spring through fall. In this class, we’ll learn about where and how to grow the flowers you’ve always wanted and get ideas for new and exciting plants. This Boston Center for Adult Education class will cover containers, soil, feeding and disease control, varieties of plants, growing conditions, and more. Every student will leave with their very own potted, starter plant and the skills to create a little garden oasis in the city. The class will take place at 122 Arlington Street in Boston on Saturday, August 6, from 10 – 2, and the charge is $40 for BCAE members, $45 for nonmembers, with a $10 materials fee.  Register on line at www.bcae.org, or call 617-267-4430.

     

  • Wednesday, May 25, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Glorious Container Gardens

    Containers are the most versatile way to show your gardening creativity. Containers can be those classic terracotta urns, but they can also be ‘found objects’ from your home. Betty Sanders will do more than just talk about container gardening at the next Wednesday Night at Elm Bank lecture on Wednesday, May 25 beginning at 7 pm: she’ll put together five distinctive container gardens, explaining both the basics and the tricks experts use. You’ll leave both with a lot of new knowledge and with the confidence to try it on your own. For more information, log on to www.masshort.org.  Reservations are not required, and refreshments are served.