Boston Flora

Tag: Culture

  • Now Through April 13 – Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture

    Just a couple of weeks left for you to see Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture at the Museum of Science, Boston.

    Explore the complex and intricate food system that brings what we eat from farm to fork. In sections devoted to growing, transporting, cooking, eating, and celebrating, this temporary exhibit illuminates the myriad ways that food is produced and moved throughout the world.

    Experience the intersection of food, nature, culture, health, and history — and consider some of the most challenging issues of our time.  Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York. The exhibit closes April 13. For complete information on ticketing and hours, visit www.mos.org.

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  • Wednesday, December 4, 1:00 pm – The Botanic Garden and Southeast Asian Cooking

    Items for a Southeast Asian meal in the middle of a New England winter are relatively easy to source in our global world.  this is possible because of research pioneered in botanic gardens, often overlooked immigrant entrepreneurs, and consumers who equate consuming ethnic food with cultural cosmopolitanism.  Professor Alex Orquiza, a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in American Studies at Wellesley College, shows how many of the plants from the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens connect to our everyday lives, with individual histories that include both old and new cultural exchanges.  The Wednesday, December 4 talk, beginning at 1 pm at the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens Visitors Center, includes a cooking demonstration.  Professor Orquiza is completing his first book, A Pacific Palate: Food, Culture, and American Imperialism in the Philippines, 1898-1935.  WCBG members free, nonmembers $10.  Sign up by calling 781-283-3094, or visit www.wellesley.edu/wcbgfriends.

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  • Saturday, October 17, 10:30 am – Bay State African Violet Society Annual Meeting and Plant Sale

    The Annual Meeting of the Bay State African Violet Society will be held Saturday, October 17, beginning at 10:30 am at the Parish of St. Michael, Bedford, Massachusetts.  Following the plant sale, there will be a luncheon beginning at 12:30 with a guest speaker addressing members on special issues in cultivating African violets.  In addition, this year there will be a panel of experts to answer your questions.

    The Bay State African Violet Society was organized in 1959, as an affiliate of the African Violet Society of America (AVSA), the national organization for African Violet enthusiasts. BSAVS provides a forum for lovers of African violets to share their interest in the propagation and culture of these beautiful gesneriads.

    As a member, you will receive four issues of the Society’s official newsletter, Ye Bay Stater. You also become eligible to enter your plants and designs in our African violet shows, sanctioned by the African Violet Society of America.

    Activities include the annual Spring Flower Show and Sale; the annual Meeting in October with a program on AVs presented by a well-known speaker; and other activities such as potting clinics.  All offer the opportunity to socialize with and learn from other violet enthusiasts.  For more information, log on to www.baystateafricanviolet.org.

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  • Wednesday, October 14, 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon – Bonsai Matching

    What would happen if a bonsai tree were planted in the ground? Most of the species seen as bonsai in the Arnold Arboretum’s world-renowned Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection can also be seen in the Arboretum landscape, but they look very different! Explore the history and culture of bonsai and the Arboretum’s long relationship with these fascinating plants. Compare and contrast bonsai with their “unrestricted” counterparts in the landscape. Meet instructor Robbie Apfel, Docent, at the Bonsai House, adjacent to the Dana Greenhouse at 1050 Centre Street.  Free. Advance registration requested.  Log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu to sign up  and for directions.

    Ficus Bonsai, Washington, DC by Grufnik.

  • Friday, August 21, 10:00 a.m. – Planting and Growing a Kitchen Garden

    Learn about planting and growing kitchen gardens from the Pilgrims to the present, and find out what past generations relied on to nourish and cure them. We will talk about heirloom varieties, their culture, and how to plant and harvest herbs and vegetables for the rest of the season.  Admission is $35, and reservations are required.  The event will take place at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses in Waltham, Massachusetts, and is run by Historic New England.  For further information, contact Susanna Crampton, 185 Lyman Street, Waltham, MA 02452, 781-891-4882, scrampton@historicnewengland.org.  You can get directions to the Lyman Estate on Historic New England’s website, www.HistoricNewEngland.org.