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  • Saturday, September 12, 5:00 pm – Dogwood Days Garden Party

    Saturday, September 12, 5:00 pm – Dogwood Days Garden Party

    Please join the Mary M.B. Wakefield Charitable Trust on September 12 at 5 pm for our 8th annual Dogwood Days Garden Party at The Wakefield Estate, 1465 Brush Hill Road in Milton. While they won’t be in bloom as they are in June (the originally planned time for the party), the dogwood trees will be beautiful in the late summer when their berries ripen and turn red.

    Help us celebrate Dogwood Days with this wonderful celebration of the glorious dogwoods and grounds held at the Isaac Davenport Mansion.

    Guests can tour the grounds, enjoy live music, and snack on good food and beverages, along with participating in a silent auction,

    The Dogwood Days Garden Party is the Wakefield Estate’s annual fundraiser, celebrating the legacy of Polly Wakefield and her extraordinary gift to the community.

    Tickets are $50 and must be purchased in advance. For tickets, call 617-333-0924 to receive an invitation in the mail.

  • Saturday, June 9, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Greater Boston Area Open Day

    Saturday, June 9, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Greater Boston Area Open Day

    The Garden Conservancy is proud to partner with the Mary M.B. Wakefield Estate to bring you this Greater Boston Area Open Day on Saturday, June 9. Each June, the Wakefield Estate welcomes visitors to celebrate the annual blooming of hundreds of Polly Wakefield’s Kousa dogwood trees during “Dogwood Days”. As host garden, the Wakefield Estate has helped us line up several remarkable gardens, some with important historical horticultural pedigrees and others reflecting remarkable accomplishments of local gardeners and landscape designers.

    Begin your day at the Wakefield Estate, pick up a map and head out to see some or all of these great and inspiring gardens. A guided tour of the Wakefield Estate will be offered at 1 p.m., rain or shine.

    Mary M. B. Wakefield Estate
    Sat 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • 1465 Brush Hill Road. Milton, MA, 02186

    Open Days coincides with the Wakefield Estate’s own Dogwood Days, timed to give the public a rare opportunity to enjoy our collection of hundreds of Chinese Dogwoods.

    Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate
    Sat 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • 2468B Washington Street. Canton, MA, 02021

    Once a colonial farmstead known as Cherry Hill Farm, the Bradley Estate was transformed in 1902 into a classic country estate.

    Dustman-Ryan Garden
    Sat 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • 353 Park Street. West Roxbury, MA, 02132

    This garden reflects the creative efforts of a mighty team: Christie Dustman, professional garden designer and Patti Ryan, a professional furniture maker.

    The former “Mrs. Holden McGinley Garden” designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman (pictured below)
    Sat 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • 582 Blue Hill Avenue. Milton, MA, 02186

    An intact garden designed for Mrs. Holden McGinley by Ellen Biddle Shipman in 1925, at the peak of her illustrious career as one of America’s premiere landscape architects.

    The Roberts Garden – Formerly the “Helen Gilbert Estate” Designed by Fletcher Steele
    Sat 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • 173 School Street. Milton, MA, 02186

    Not to be missed! The Roberts Garden was formerly the Helen Gilbert Estate, designed by Fletcher Steele between 1953 and 1960.

    Complete details may be found at https://www.gardenconservancy.org/open-days/open-days-schedule/greater-boston-area-ma-open-day-3

  • Saturday, June 13 – Sunday, June 21 – Dogwood Days

    Each June, the Wakefield Estate in Milton, Massachusetts welcomes visitors to celebrate the annual blooming of hundreds of Polly Wakefield’s kousa dogwood trees. This year’s Dogwood Days will kick-off with the fifth annual Dogwood Days Garden Party, and include a week-full of special events, including open hours, guided tours, a tree sale and more. Starting Sunday the 14th, the grounds will be open daily for self-guided walks around the formal gardens where hundreds of kousa dogwoods will be at their peak bloom. Dogwood Days closes with one of the estate’s most enjoyed event: Dogs and Dogwoods – but wait! This year, we’re adding DAD for a special Father’s Day version of “Dads, Dogs, and Dogwoods!” It should be a blast!

    In conjunction with the Dogwood Days Celebration, there will be an annual plant sale. This is your opportunity to add some special woody plants and perennials to your own yard, including some of the estate’s signature kousa dogwoods, metasequoias, tulip trees, and mayapples. For a complete schedule of program highlights visit www.wakefieldtrust.org/site/dogwood-days/schedule.html.