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Tag: Docent

  • Wednesday, November 29, 11:00 am, Thursday, December 14, 12:00 noon, Thursday, January 4, 3:00 pm, or Tuesday, January 23, 12:00 noon – FOPG Docent Information Session

    The Friends of the Public Garden are recruiting volunteers to become tour guides for their 2018 season, which runs weekdays May through September. If you’re passionate about the trees, plantings, sculpture, and history in the Boston Public Garden, please attend one their upcoming information sessions and learn more about becoming a volunteer guide for the tour program, Untold Stories of the Public Garden:

    Wednesday, November 29 at 11am
    Thursday, December 14 at 12 noon
    Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 3pm
    Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 12 noon

    Training is provided and begins in February.

    RSVP to attend one of these sessions by calling 617-723-8144 or emailing tours@friendsofthepublicgarden.org.

  • Sunday, January 24, 1:00 – 1:45 pm – Winter Wellness Walk

    Great scenery and exercise, who could want more?  A brisk winter walk will help you stay healthy and connected to the Arnold Arboretum at a time when the landscape is pared down to its beautiful bones.  The emphasis is on fitness, with a healthy dose of information on seasonal plants and points of interest.   Join an Arnold Arboretum docent for this free walk, starting at 1 pm on Sunday, January 24 and lasting approximately 45 minutes.  Meet at the Hunnewell Visitor Center.  No registration is necessary.  After the tour, warm up with a cup of tea or hot chocolate in the Visitor Center.  For more information or possible weather cancellations, please call 617-384-5209.  For directions, log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

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  • Monday, October 19, 2:00 pm – The Gardens of Paris

    Experience the gardens of Paris as close up as you can hope for without being there.  Wellesley College Botanic Garden docent and former Paris garden tour guide Maureen Bovet provides us with her unique view of Paris’ most beautiful parks and gardens.  Maureen will show us well known historic parks – Luxembourg, Parc Monceau (pictured below, photo courtesy of Marcel Germain), Jardin des Plantes, Medieval Garden of Cluny Museum, and Parc des Buttes-Chaumont – as well as several exciting new Paris gardens – Parc de Bercy, Promenade Plantee and Andre Citroen, with their innovative urban park designs.  She will discuss French garden design and plant cultivation, along with the fascinating history of these parks.  The program will begin with tea at 2:00 pm, and the lecture follows at 2:30.  WCFH members $10, non-members $13.  To register, or for more information, log on to www.wellesley.edu/SCFH, or email horticulture@wellesley.edu.

    Parc Monceau by marcelgermain.

  • 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.